The government has won a key vote on fracking – seen as a test of Liz Truss’s authority – but its victory was overshadowed by claims that Tory whips had physically manhandled and bullied backbenchers into backing the prime minister’s administration.
A Labour former minister urged the Deputy Speaker to launch an investigation, and one Conservative MP described the chaos in the House of Commons as “inexcusable” and an “absolute disgrace”.
