Tag: Commons
UK lawmaker’s X account hacked to boost scam ‘House of Commons Coin’
The X account of UK Member of Parliament and Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, was hacked to promote a scam crypto token.In a series of now [...]
Ten-year-old becomes youngest to make speech in House of Commons
Owen Glass, a 10-year-old from the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, is believed to be the youngest to give an official speech in the House of Common [...]
Jailed Cheshire MP faces calls to quit Commons
ReutersMike Amesbury was jailed for 10 weeks on Monday after pleading guilty to assaultDisgraced Cheshire MP Mike Amesbury has been urged to quit the [...]
MPs call for crackdown on booing and jeering in Commons
Sam FrancisPolitical reporterHouse of Commons/ReutersParliament should crack down on booing and jeering in the House of Commons to make debates more a [...]
Kent MP shares in Commons he is HIV positive
An MP has revealed he is living with HIV during a House of Commons debate.Kevin McKenna, Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP, became the third MP to share hi [...]
MP tells Commons of rape threat during Stormont school visit
PA MediaSorcha Eastwood described herself as a "survivor of abuse" during the debateAn MP has told the House of Commons that she was once approached b [...]
Commons Speaker rebukes Rachel Reeves for Budget comments in US
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has reprimanded Chancellor Rachel Reeves for giving interviews to reporters in the US about her upcoming Budget.Parl [...]
Winter fuel cuts to go ahead after government wins Commons vote
Winter fuel payments are set to stop for millions of pensioners this year after an attempt to block the cuts failed.MPs voted on a Conservative motion [...]
Plan to ban no-fault evictions to return to Commons
Getty ImagesThe government is set to introduce a bill in the Commons next week which will ban landlords from evicting tenants without a reason. Minist [...]
Jeremy Corbyn forms new Commons group with four pro-Gaza MPs
Jeremy Corbyn has united with four other MPs elected as independents to establish the joint-fifth biggest group in the House of Commons.Already outnum [...]
Standards watchdog tells MPs they are not special outside Commons
Westminster's standards watchdog has told the BBC he has been running training schemes to help MPs remember they are "not special" outside the House o [...]
PM Starmer calls Sunak ‘Prime Minister’ in Commons slip-up
Sir Keir Starmer joked that "old habits die hard" as he appeared to give the leader of the opposition his old job back.In one of their first exchanges [...]
Backlash over plan to ban charged MPs from Commons
Some MPs want to see those arrested on suspicion of sexual offences barred from Parliament.
www.bbc.com [...]
No cheering warning to Commons gallery during Covid debate
The deputy Speaker has warned those in the public gallery to stop clapping during a debate on Covid excess deaths.Dame Rosie Winterton said the noise [...]
Bill to ban trophy hunting imports back in Commons
But the parliamentary move has been condemned as counter-productive by several African countries.
www.bbc.co.uk [...]