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Xander Elliards

Why are MPs wearing white flowers at PMQs?

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy speaking in the Commons on Wednesday (Image: ParliamentLive)

AT Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, MPs on both sides of the House of Commons chamber could be seen wearing large white roses.

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy – who was filling in for Keir Starmer while he attends the G7 summit in France – and Chancellor Rachel Reeves were among the senior parliamentarians to wear the flower.

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