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Here’s the key question about Britain in 2023: why do we put up with this rubbish?

We tolerate a sclerotic system that allows the rise of people you wouldn’t trust with your wallet, says broadcaster and author Gavin Esler

The Guardian - UK

House of Commons disruption looms as security guards vote to strike

PCS union says more than 250 Palace of Westminster guards took part in ballot in favour of industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Canada's House of Commons elects first Black speaker

Canada’s House of Commons has elected a Black Canadian as its new speaker, a first

The Independent UK

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Canadian speaker resigns after leading celebration of Nazi veteran in parliament

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned on Tuesday after he invited a man who fought for the Nazis during the Second World War to attend a speech by Volodymyr Zelensky.

Evening Standard

Canada's House speaker quits: What the Hunka scandal reveals about Second World War complexities

Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, has resigned from his post after inviting “war hero” Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament to take in the recent appearance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Conversation

Canadian Speaker Apologizes For Honoring WWII Nazi Unit Member

Anthony Rota expresses regret after receiving backlash for honoring Ukrainian man who fought in Nazi division

Zenger

Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II

The Independent UK

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy blasts Russian ‘genocide’ before Canadian parliament

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a historic second parliamentary address.

Al Jazeera

Tobias Ellwood resigns as defence committee chair after video praising Taliban

Ex-defence minister said in July that Afghanistan had been ‘transformed’ under repressive regime

The Independent UK

Hospitals regularly have to shut units due to dilapidation, NHS England says

Julian Kelly discusses structurally unsound hospitals during evidence to Commons public accounts committee

The Guardian - UK

Investigation under way to find out if parliamentary estate has any Raac

Authorities unsure whether the aerated concrete at risk of collapse is present anywhere on the estate

The Guardian - UK

NHS cancer targets breached 1m times since Rishi Sunak became PM

Long waits in England for patients to see specialists, get diagnoses and start treatment

The Guardian - UK

SNP has resorted to ‘grievance politics’ at Westminster, says Streeting

The Labour MP also called the SNP’s House of Commons leader Stephen Flynn a ‘career politician’.

The Independent UK

Stephen Flynn under investigation by Commons watchdog over misuse of stationery

STEPHEN Flynn has been placed under investigation for the misuse of stationery equipment by a House of Commons watchdog.

The National (Scotland)

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Full line-up unveiled for Alex Salmond's Edinburgh Fringe event

THE full line-up for Alex Salmond’s upcoming Fringe show The Ayes Have It.

The Guardian - UK

38m patients wait over 14 days to see GP in England despite government pledge

Lib Dems call for rescue plan after data shows people unable to get appointments within period promised by ministers

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP has not been in Parliament for a year since being arrested

A TORY MP who was arrested for sexual offences and indecent assault has not attended the House of Commons for more than a year.

The Guardian - UK

Yes, the Tories’ migration bill is bad – but the lack of Commons scrutiny is more disturbing still

Rebel MPs couldn’t muster enough opposition to the government’s plan – nor even much interest in it, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Daily Record

Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier completes Westminster suspension

Margaret Ferrier can now return to the House of Commons after a 30-day ban.

The Independent UK

Tory Lee Anderson under investigation for using parliamentary roof to film promo

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has launched a probe into the Tory deputy chairman’s use of the rooftop for his GB News show.

The Week

Potential fifth by-election headache for Rishi Sunak after Chris Pincher report

Rishi Sunak is facing a fifth potentially embarrassing by-election defeat after a House of Commons committee said Tory MP Chris Pincher should be suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct.

Daily Mirror

Workers in Parliament speak out over 'predatory' culture that persists in Westminster

Unions demanded a 'step change in the culture of behaviour' after one parliamentary aide alleged a male MP had pressured her to sit on his lap

The National (Scotland)

Westminster staff share stories of 'predatory culture' in Commons

WESTMINSTER staff have said a "predatory culture" still exists at the House of Commons.

The Independent UK

Mike Pence and Liz Truss among VIPs who speak at Iranian dissident rally despite pressure from Tehran

Dozens of prominent US and UK politicians attend events despite warning of terror threat by US embassy

Daily Mirror

Tightwad Rishi Sunak gives £10 wine to local school after $3million US college donation

The mega-rich PM who is worth more than half a billion pounds picked the cheapest wine from the House of Commons shop to donate to Leyburn Primary School in his constituency

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