The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Dumfries and Galloway Council causes a stink with Easter bin collection changes

The local authority caused anger on Wednesday evening when it announced refuse pickups due to take place on Friday and Monday will now take place weeks later

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023

Lord Speaker warns upper chamber needs more independent peers amid honours row

Lord McFall told The Guardian an ‘eagle eye’ must be kept on ensuring the House does not have too many politicians.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Labour doubles down amid criticism of ‘vile’ attack advert against Sunak

Opposition party accused of ‘appalling’ and ‘debased’ politics after posting the ad on Twitter on Thursday

Wales Online · Apr 6, 2023

Suspended Tory MP Scott Benton ‘said there were ways to keep corporate hospitality secret’

The now suspended Scott Benton told an undercover reporter ‘companies try to be quite cute about the level of the hospitality’

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2023

MP Scott Benton ‘said there were ways to keep corporate hospitality secret’

He reportedly laughed after telling undercover reporters there are ‘ways around’ parliamentary rules on the declaration of corporate hospitality.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Questions – and conspiracy theories – swirl around Sturgeon’s knowledge of raid

Some critics have even asked if Police Scotland was asked to delay the operation. But there’s no sign she anticipated it

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

MPs’ corporate jollies kept secret, laughing MP recorded saying

Scott Benton said there were ‘ways around’ strict rules

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

MP stripped of Tory whip tells undercover reporters there are 'ways around' strict rules

It comes after Scott Benton was stripped of the Tory whip on Wednesday evening after a newspaper sting alleged he was prepared to leak policy documents to a bogus investment fund and ask parliamentary questions on its behalf

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

The Guardian view on the police and the SNP: a high-stakes moment

Editorial: The arrest of Peter Murrell and the searches of party offices and Nicola Sturgeon’s home mark a major shift in political regulation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

Rhun ap Iorwerth: Playing politics? The future of the NHS is no game

Rhun ap Iorwerth MS is Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson for health and social care and writes about the need for a new start for healthcare in Wales

Wales Online · Apr 6, 2023