Tag: MPs
Windsor Framework: Chris Heaton-Harris says MPs will vote on deal soon
The NI secretary says the government will be bound to veto new EU legislation if MLAs raise concerns.
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Boris Johnson: I didn’t mislead MPs
Boris Johnson has says he believes an update from the privileges committee "totally vindicates me", despite the cross-party group of MPs finding there [...]
Johnson may have misled Parliament over parties, say MPs
Evidence suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been "obvious" to the then PM, committee says.
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Sue Gray: Tory MPs angry over Labour job for Partygate probe chief
Top official Sue Gray has been offered a job as chief of staff to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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Minister Kemi Badenoch clashes with MPs over menopause law
The minister says she doesn't want to see the menopause given special legally protected status.
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Don't create drama over Brexit deal, Rishi Sunak tells Tory MPs
Rishi Sunak addresses his MPs in an attempt to win support for his new deal on Northern Ireland.
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Forty years of monster raving loony wannabe MPs
The party, with its garish outfits and garish policies, has become part of British political tradition.
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Richard Sharp: BBC chairman made errors on Johnson loan, MPs say
A committee says Mr Sharp did not give the "full facts" while applying for the job at the BBC.
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Erkin Tuniyaz: UK MPs urge government to block Xinjiang official’s trip
He said Mr Tuniyaz, who had overseen the internment of over a million people, was "hardly likely to be bothered by a Foreign Office official telling h [...]
MPs want inquiry into Ashford school after attack on black schoolgirl
A protest was held after the suspected racially-aggravated assault on the girl in Surrey.
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Medals for MPs among ideas to attract fresh talent to Parliament
Sir Charles, who is standing down as an MP himself at the next election, after 15 years representing Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, said political part [...]
Ban on sale of animal-exploiting trips, given initial support by MPs
Tory Angela Richardson says her bill would encourage tourists to visit sites with good welfare records.
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Young people in Northern Ireland rioting to clear drug debts, MPs told
A lobby group told MPs young people got up to £80 of drug debt cleared by rioting in April 2021.
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New powers to curb strike disruption approved by MPs
Under the bill some employees would have to work during strikes - and could be sacked if they refuse.
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Towie star Pete Wicks says MPs need to stop sale of fur
The Only Way Is Essex star Pete Wicks said Parliament needs "to get on with it" and ban fur sales.Before the pandemic, he had visited a fur farm in Fi [...]