Government minister Robert Jenrick banned from driving and fined after speeding on M1

Tory minister Robert Jenrick has been disqualified from driving for six months for speeding on the M1.

The immigration minister was also fined £1,639 on Tuesday 4 April, having previously admitted to travelling at 68mph in a temporary 40mph zone between junctions 18 and 17 on the southbound M1.

Mr Jenrick - MP for Newark in Nottinghamshire - was travelling south after an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions at Wakefield Cathedral when he was caught by a speed camera in his Land Rover at around 11.30pm on 5 August 2022.

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