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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Mobile phone ‘hidden in Commons’ as part of prank to play ‘sex noises’ during PMQs

A phone was planted in the House of Commons as part of an attempted prank which would have seen “sex noises” broadcast during Prime Minister’s Questions, it has emerged.

Parliamentary authorities have launched an inquiry into how a mobile was hidden near where Sir Keir Starmer was due to stand up and face Kemi Badenoch on the front benches on Wednesday.

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