Dorries and Rees-Mogg ‘waged campaign to undermine’ privileges committee probe into Johnson June 29, 2023 Boris Johnson allies Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among MPs who attempted to undermine the privileges committee’s investigation into the ex-prime minister. Eight current and former MPs – Dorries, Rees-Mogg, Lord Zac Goldsmith, Mark Jenkinson, Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith, Andrea Jenkyns, and Priti Patel – were involved in a “campaign waged outside Parliament… to [...]
MPs back plans for national Holocaust memorial centre next to Parliament June 29, 2023 MPs have backed plans for a national Holocaust memorial centre next to Parliament despite several Conservatives raising concerns over its proposed location. The Holocaust Memorial Bill, to enable the development to go ahead in Westminster, was given an unopposed second reading in the Commons. Costs have increased by almost 35 per cent due to delays [...]
Sony, Universal and Warner forced to explain ‘disappointing’ gender pay gaps June 28, 2023 Representatives from Sony, Universal and Warner today were forced to explain the gender pay gaps in their companies as they were questioned by MPs in parliament. Reports on salaries at the organisations in 2022 revealed Warner had an average gender pay gap of just under 38 per cent – a slight rise on the previous [...]
Hunt to discuss support with mortgage lenders as repayments crisis looms June 20, 2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to meet with mortgage lenders to discuss support for homeowners as a repayments crisis looms. Various calls have been made for the government to step in to help struggling borrowers – but Hunt said ministers would not provide financial support which would fuel inflation. Average costs for a two-year fixed-rate [...]
MPs vote to sanction Boris Johnson after ‘damning’ privileges committee report June 19, 2023 Boris Johnson will no longer have a pass to Parliament after MPs voted to back sanctions against him in the apparent final chapter of his parliamentary career. Watched over by Sir Ian McKellen, MPs debated the privileges committee report which ruled the former prime minister had “deliberately misled” and committed “serious contempt”. It followed an [...]
‘A massive mistake’: Liz Truss bemoans Boris Johnson’s removal after Brexit mandate June 16, 2023 Liz Truss has waded into the fallout over the partygate report which found her predecessor Boris Johnson lied to Parliament, branding his removal a “massive mistake”. The former prime minister, who stood down after a short and tumultuous premiership last autumn, told GB News that Johnson had a “huge mandate” in support of Brexit. Asked [...]
Rishi Sunak facing two by-election tests after damning Boris Johnson partygate report June 16, 2023 Rishi Sunak will face a test of his leadership in two by-elections next month caused by Boris Johnson and an ally. The former prime minister quit his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat to avoid the judgement of the Privileges Committee. The cross-party panel subsequently found he should have faced a 90-day suspension for deliberately misleading [...]
‘Painful’: MPs to vote on Boris Johnson report on his birthday June 15, 2023 MPs are set to vote on the Privileges Committee report which found Boris Johnson “deliberately misled” Parliament on the former prime minister’s birthday. A free vote is expected to be held in the House of Commons on Monday (19 June) – the former PM’s 59th birthday. It is also the third anniversary of the illegal [...]
Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Parliament and faced suspension for 90 days, damning report finds June 15, 2023 Former prime minister Boris Johnson “deliberately misled” Parliament and if he were still an MP should be suspended for 90 days, a report from the privileges committee has found. The report says he also deliberately misled the committee itself, “impugned” the committee and was “complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the [...]
PMQs sketch: All the fun of the fair for Sunak and Starmer June 14, 2023 In the wake of Boris Johnson’s seemingly endless headline generating abilities being demonstrated again this week, it’s unsurprising Keir Starmer launched into what should have been a brutal takedown of a government fiddling while Frome (oh no, that’s already gone independent…) Stoke-on-Trent – majority of just 670 – burns. It’s just a shame the criticism [...]