All news on the topic: House of Commons

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Top Tory had over £70,000 of shares in oil giant while Environment Secretary
The Mirror can reveal that Theresa Villiers owned large shareholdings in several firms for up to five years without declaring them, including when she was a Cabinet minister
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Victims of 'Grenfell of the 70s' inferno call for justice to honour 50 who died
The campaign is being backed by survivors and those who lost loved ones as the horrific memories of the night in 1973 will never fade
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Ann Widdecombe – apology and correction
Article published on the 21st of May 2023 wrongly reported that Ann Widdecombe was famous for insisting that pregnant prisoners should be handcuffed whilst giving birth in hospital
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A million youngsters owed share of huge £1.7billion pot - check your eligibility
MPs said many young adults do not know about their savings or have lost track of them, adding that officials 'may as well have buried these billions of pounds on a desert island'
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Top Tory blames 'chaotic' Covid crisis for infected blood scandal payout delays
The top Tory suggested then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak was preoccupied with the pandemic, adding there was a breakdown in communication about compensation for victims
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Dame Kelly Holmes joins LGBT+ veterans in welcoming Rishi Sunak apology
The Prime Minister and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace both made apologies in the House of Commons for the shameful treatment of troops under the military gay ban
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Tony Blair leads tributes as former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86
Keir Starmer said: "A long standing Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Ann was a leading figure in the Labour Party, dedicating her life to our movement."
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'This isn't government, it's a surreality show with mouthy Tory MPs all over TV'
Paul Routledge says the opportunity for MPs to have second jobs is limitless, and he is horrified by the Tories on telly, boring the nation and spouting nonsense
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Nuked blood: Test veterans told to search for their own missing medical records
Nuclear veterans whose blood records are mysteriously missing from records of Cold War radiation tests have been refused government help to find them
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'Stop The Boats is only a slogan - not a solution'
Take Back Control has turned into Stop The Boats, the latest three-word slogan designed to grab the headlines. But like its predecessor it’s totally meaningless, Eva Simpson writes
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Furious Labour MP demands Oliver Dowden resigns after 'misleading' the Commons
In an extraordinary move, Dawn Butler lambasted Rishi Sunak's number two after he claimed Labour green plans would cost mortgage payers an extra £1,000 a year
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Lawyers probe Nadine Dorries for 'forceful' messages over blocked peerage
In a savage dig at Nadine Dorries, Tory MP William Wragg - who chairs Parliament's Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - described her as the 'lingering MP for Mid Bedfordshire'
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Chinese 'spy' attempts to infiltrate Hong Kong dissidents' Commons briefing
Pro-democracy activists Finn Lau and Christopher Mung were speaking at the briefing in a private room at the Commons when a man believed to be sent by China's Communist Party tried to get in
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MPs get subsidised five-course feast with stilton and veal for just £65
Taxpayers paid £17million to subsidise food and drink across the Commons’ bars and eateries from 2018 to 2021 - and the special banquet marks 250 years of Commons grub
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Fresh calls for Brits to get a day off work to vote in general elections
The True and Fair Party is set to launch its pre-election manifesto - and a bank holiday for polling day is among the proposals
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Workers in Parliament speak out over 'predatory' culture that persists
Unions demanded a 'step change in the culture of behaviour' after one parliamentary aide alleged a male MP had pressured her to sit on his lap
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Anger as health agency unable to prove billions of pounds spent properly
The UK Health Security Agency was launched in 2021 with such poor financial controls that it is unable to prove that billions of pounds were properly spent, MPs have ruled
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​Rishi Sunak gives £10 wine to local school after $3million US college donation
The mega-rich PM who is worth more than half a billion pounds picked the cheapest wine from the House of Commons shop to donate to Leyburn Primary School in his constituency
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'Britain is run by criminal bullies doing illegal things badly'
Those in charge are now officially criminals, bullies, and incompetents, says Fleet Street Fox. The Mafia would never have sold the water or wasted money on Rwanda
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Dolphins forced to perform for tourists treated so badly they're self-harming
The last captive dolphin attraction in the UK closed in 2003 ending the cruelty of keeping such intelligent creatures in confinement but there are still more than 3,000 in held tourist entertainment venues around the world
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Mum of tragic cancer patient makes incredible vow in her daughter's name
Nicola Nuttall, whose daughter Laura died five weeks ago, is calling on MPs to back an Early Day Motion in Laura’s memory calling for more funding to beat the disease
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'I wince at Love Island's cheesewire thongs - but we shocked in tiny miniskirts'
Many people my age disapprove of the show because they can’t stand the skimpy outfits - but then I realised I have to accept the way of the modern world
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Kick shamed Boris Johnson off Privy Council over his Partygate lies, demands MP
Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse warned that the lying ex-PM is 'simply not fit to hold any form of public role for a minute longer' as she argued he should not be an adviser to the King
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Theresa May delivers savage 'one rule for them' dig over Boris Johnson's lies
The House of Commons has started its debate into the Commons Privileges Committee - with Rishi Sunak branded "weak" for skipping the session
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Rishi Sunak urged to 'come clean' over what he knew about Partygate
Labour chair Anneliese Dodds has written to Mr Sunak to demand “honesty” over the “culture of brazen rule-breaking” in No10 during the Covid lockdowns