Category: Commons Speaker

Abbott criticises speaker over PMQs and asks Starmer to restore the whip – as it happened

Hackney 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...

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UK politics: ex-minister apologises for saying there are ‘no-go areas’ in UK cities – as it happened

Paul 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...

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Ex-minister apologises for saying there are ‘no-go areas’ in UK cities – UK politics live

Paul 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...

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Post Office a ‘dead duck’ and should be sold to Amazon for £1, Alan Bates tells MPs – UK politics live

The Commons business committee is holding a marathon evidence session on the Post Office Horizon scandalJonathan Gullis (Con) asks Creswell if he was told that members of the Post Office board might leave if Henry Staunton was...

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Lee Anderson defends anti-Khan diatribe, saying ‘when you’re right, you should never apologise’, but accepts wording ‘clumsy’ – live

MP who lost Tory whip suggests he will not apologise to London mayor Sadiq Khan over ‘Islamist’ commentsRishi Sunak is now on BBC Radio Lincolnshire. Scott Dalton is interviewing him, and asks why it is taking so...

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PM says Lee Anderson’s comments were ‘not acceptable’ but denies Tory party has Islamophobic tendencies – UK politics live

Rishi Sunak gave interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting this morningQ: Is there a hierachy of hate? You condemn antisemitism, but you have been accused of overlooking Islamophobia in...

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Rishi Sunak says Lee Anderson’s comments were ‘not acceptable’ but denies Tory party has Islamophobic tendencies– UK politics live

Prime minister is giving interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting this morningSunak’s line on Lee Anderson was broadly the same as Oliver Dowden’s yesterday. He did not get...

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Hoyle says Gaza debate decision was motivated by threats against MPs

Commons speaker fights back against Tory and SNP attempts to oust him after chaotic scenes over ceasefire motion• UK politics live – latest updates• Why is speaker facing calls to quit?Lindsay Hoyle has come out...

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