Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP for Bridgwater and West Somerset, claimed of corruption in the IBM Somerset County Council Southwest One outsourcing venture using parliamentary privilege.

Along with allegations of corruption, Liddell-Grainger said that the deal had been founded on lies from IBM, saying “IBM was telling a huge porky”.

The claim was made using parliamentary privilege, and repeated allegations made by the MP in 2008.

Liddell-Grainger said: "There is overwhelming evidence to prove that the auditors were grossly negligent. Southwest One should be properly examined by the National Audit Office".