James McMurdock resigned the Reform UK party whip in July. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

A former Reform UK MP is shutting down one of the companies he was alleged to have not declared a financial interest in.

James McMurdock, who now sits as the independent MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock in Essex, has applied to Companies House to have Gym Live Health & Fitness Limited struck off .

The move comes after McMurdock was cleared by the parliamentary standards commissioner who did not uphold the complaint last month.

However, standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg said his unpaid directorship should now be registered in his parliamentary interests.

McMurdock hit the headlines at the start of July when accusations emerged in the Sunday Times over government loans h

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