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Lib Dems ask committee to consider ‘potential withdrawal’ of Johnson honours

It comes as the Government attempts to draw a line under the honours row.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

Paris Olympics 2024 headquarters searched as part of corruption investigations

The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) said the Paris 2024 headquarters were raided amid a preliminary investigation launched in 2017 into contracts made by the Summer Games Organising Committee

The Hindu · Jun 20, 2023

Boris Johnson loses vote on Partygate lies as just SEVEN MPs back him in humiliation

The shamed former PM’s political career ended with a whimper as the Commons found he lied and lied and lied without his few remaining supporters putting up a fight

Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2023

Boris Johnson Q&A: why report into misleading parliament still matters, even after he resigned as an MP

The House of Commons Committee of Privileges has released a damning report on former prime minister Boris Johnson, ruling that he deliberately misled parliament over the partygate affair and recommending that he be denied a pass giving him access to parliament as a former member. The committee concluded that were…

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2023

Senate to Hold Hearing for FCC Nominations June 22

Hearing will allow Commerce Committee to publicly vet new FCC nominee Anna Gomez for the first time

TV Tech · Jun 16, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Boris could have done things very differently

It seems likely that MPs will vote on Monday to approve the report of the Commons Privileges Committee condemning Boris Johnson for misleading the Commons (though many Conservatives may abstain or will be deliberately absent).

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2023

Boris Johnson lands new job - days after quitting as MP over damning Partygate report

The Daily Mail teased an 'erudite new columinist who'll be required reading in Westminster and across the world' on its front page on Friday alongside a silhouette figure of a man

Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2023

TMC seeks meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee to discuss Manipur violence

In a letter to the Committee Chairperson, Brij Lal, the TMC’s Derek O’Brien urged for a meeting of the Committee on Manipur which is reeling under the “consequence of ethnic violence”. In the letter, Mr. O’Brien said that it is imperative to understand the ground reality and assess the extent…

The Hindu · Jun 16, 2023

In a first, House Education and the Workforce panel’s Democratic staffers look to unionize

The campaign to unionize Capitol Hill took another step forward Thursday, as the Congressional Workers Union announced that committee staffers filed to hold union elections for the first time.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023

Boris Johnson slammed as 'pound shop Winston Churchill tribute act' after damning Privileges Committee report

Conservative MPs in the North East have been silent so far on the report

Chronicle Live · Jun 15, 2023