The solicitors' watchdog has said it will now investigate claims Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has made about his legal career. The Solicitors' Regulation Authority (SRA) initially said there was "no need to take any action" after Mr Reynolds was accused of misrepresenting his past work as a lawyer.
Mr Reynolds has described himself as a solicitor on several occasions - including on his LinkedIn page, in the Commons and on an old constituency website that is no longer online - when he had actually worked as a trainee at a law firm and never qualified.
However, in a fresh statement issued today, a spokesperson for the SRA said: "We looked at that issue at the time we became aware of it and contacted Mr Reynolds about the profiles. "The materials were corrected, and we closed the matter with no further action based on all the evidence we had at the time.
