James Cleverly in Commons to answer questions on Israel and Gaza conflict James Cleverly is in the Commons answering questions on the conflict in Israel and Gaza. Cleverly visited Egypt, Turkey and Qatar, while the prime minister spent a day in Israel – before touring the Middle East himself. Ahead […]
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The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons has apologized for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. Aired in a statement Sunday, the apology came from Speaker Anthony Rota – who said he only recently became aware that a man he had celebrated during a […]
A British politician claimed he may have accidentally opened porn on his phone in the House of Commons. Tory Member of Parliament Neil Parish is currently under investigation for allegedly watching explicit videos near female co-workers, BBC reports. Two politicians filed a complaint after claiming to have spotted him watching […]
The Conservative chief whip is investigating reports that a Tory frontbencher watched pornography on his phone in the Commons chamber, a statement from his office has said. Female Tory MPs met Chris Heaton-Harris on Monday night to complain about sexism in parliament, with one alleging that a male colleague was […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today channelled Winston Churchill’s wartime defiance as he delivered a historic address to the House of Commons from his war-ravaged country, vowing ‘we will not give up’. Mr Zelensky was given a standing ovation by MPs both before and after his speech in which he compared Ukraine’s […]
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Nurse Anna Briggs puts down a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Center for Empowering Refugees in collaboration with Native American. […]
12.51pm BST12:51 Jo Churchill MP (Con), parliamentary under-secretary for health and social care, has told the House of Commons that £50m is being spent on researching Long Covid. She says the government is continuing to work with the NHS and the wider scientific community to better understand the long lasting […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in March he believes the UK’s economy will return to pre-pandemic size in mid-2022. Speaking to the House of Commons when announcing the 2021 Budget, Mr Sunak announced the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast which held GDP will return to pre-Covid levels by mid-2022 but […]