Home secretary insists all MPs treated equally but that security of former MPs and non-Westminster politicians is a concernShabana Mahmood has offered Nigel Farage a personal meeting with the Home Office unit that works on...
Read MoreAfter Ann Widdecombe’s murder, Reform UK has criticised the Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle and suggested its MPs are not given enough security. Pippa Crerar tells Kiran Stacey what Hoyle’s team have been telling herPlease keep...
Read MoreCommons speaker to grant application by Tories for vote on investigation into whether PM misled MPs, say sourcesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer will face a vote on whether to launch an investigation into claims he...
Read MoreLindsay Hoyle says decision by prosecutors to drop case ‘leaves the door open’ to spiesThe aide, the associate and the ‘Chinese agent’ – and the collapse of a long-awaited UK spy trialThe UK parliament has been left vulnerable...
Read MoreThe wheels of diplomacy are oiled by the exchange of tokens – and plenty of booze, it seemsHouse of Commons speaker has kept almost 300 gifts over past four yearsLindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has declared...
Read MoreDecision brings Commons speaker’s role into disrepute, says Will ProchaskaAnti-gambling campaigners have called on the Commons speaker to apologise after Sir Lindsay Hoyle opened Betfred’s multimillion-pound new HQ with a...
Read MoreClive Lewis would have been at risk of a byelection if he did not pledge allegiance to ‘heirs and successors’ of the kingA Labour MP has had to return to parliament to be sworn in again a week after he protested against pledging...
Read MoreLindsay Hoyle tells BBC that level of intimidation is his main worry and ‘is much greater than anybody can imagine’ The speaker of the Commons has said threats and intimidation against MPs are at a level where he has “never seen...
Read MoreHackney MP was not given chance to ask a question despite comments about her from Tory donor. This live blog is closedSpeaker fails to let Diane Abbott speak in PMQs debate on Tory donor’s remarksNusrat Ghani, a business...
Read MoreLindsay Hoyle faces fresh controversy after anger over his decision-making in Gaza debate last monthUK politics live – latest updatesThe Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has sparked a fresh row by refusing to allow Diane Abbott...
Read MorePaul Scully says he is ‘slightly furious’ with himself after comments about London and BirminghamJonathan Gullis (Con) asks Creswell if he was told that members of the Post Office board might leave if Henry Staunton was not...
Read MorePaul Scully says he is ‘slightly furious’ with himself after comments about London and BirminghamJonathan Gullis (Con) asks Creswell if he was told that members of the Post Office board might leave if Henry Staunton was not...
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