Former Conservative MP Craig Williams pleads guilty to cheating at gambling involving bets on the date of the 2024 UK general election. Multiple outlets report that the 41-year-old, who previously served as an MP and as a parliamentary aide to then–Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, made the plea at Southwark Crown Court. The accounts say Williams used confidential or inside information connected to his role to place bets on when the election would be held, rather than relying on publicly available information. Several sources describe him as the former MP for Montgomeryshire and Cardiff North and as a figure within Sunak’s inner circle, including duties as a parliamentary private secretary. Coverage across outlets is consistent that the guilty plea relates specifically to betting on the election date, not the outcome. While the reports focus on the admission of the offence and the circumstances described by prosecutors, the articles provided do not include details of the sentence or the precise amount or timing of the bets, and those elements are not reported uniformly in the supplied excerpts.