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John Rentoul answers your Clacton by-election questions – from unity candidates to whether Binface can win

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers readers’ questions on the standards committee investigation, Reform’s US funding rumours, and whether Farage’s by-election gamble could still backfire

The Independent UK

MP faces eight week suspension over groping incident in bar

Calls for Chris Pincher to resign over conduct which was 'completely inappropriate and represented an abuse of power'

Nottingham Post

MP faces eight weeks suspension over groping incident in bar

Calls for Chris Pincher to resign after what was described as 'an egregious case of sexual misconduct'

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Sunak clashes with Bryant over respect for Parliament

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s attitude to the Commons was questioned by Standards Committee chairman Sir Chris Bryant.

The Independent UK

South Tyneside councillor could face police investigation over failure to declare paid role at meetings

The role included a £10,000-per-year allowance as the chair of the board at South Tyneside Homes

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Union welcomes Commons panel proposal to bar MPs from Parliament if arrested

The precautionary exclusion of MPs should be considered if they are arrested for a violent or sexual offence, the Committee on Standards said.

The Independent UK

Andrew Bridgen apologises to Commons for lobbying breaches

The backbencher should have told ministers and officials about his relationship with Mere Plantations as he made multiple representations.

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MPs set to debate proposed code of conduct reforms

The Government currently backs 18 of the 20 recommendations made by the Standards Committee.

The Independent UK

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen appeals against lobbying breach suspension

The backbencher had previously accepted the findings of the Commons’ Standards Committee.

The Independent UK

'Cavalier' Tory MP Andrew Bridgen set for Commons suspension over lobbying breaches

The Standards Committee advised a suspension of five sitting days for offences including an “unacceptable attack upon the integrity” of standards commissioner Kathryn Stone

Wales Online

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen faces suspension over ‘cavalier lobbying breaches’

The Standards Committee also found he committed an ‘unacceptable attack upon the integrity’ of standards commissioner Kathryn Stone.

The Independent UK

MP second jobs crackdown finally accepted by government - but with 'odd' loopholes

The government responded to a formal review by the Standards Committee on MPs' second jobs - but didn't accept all its recommendations

Daily Mirror

Truss will be no more honest than Johnson, Bryant warns

The Standards Committee chairman branded the former PM a ‘disgrace’, but says he does not think his successor will be any better ‘on the lying front’.

The Independent UK

Labour's Chris Bryant says he used to be 'regularly touched up' by senior MPs

Chris Bryant said he didn’t feel able to report the incidents - but he would do if they happened again under an independent complaints scheme. It comes amid a fresh slew of allegations about inappropriate behaviour

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Wales Online

MPs call for reforms to prevent ‘next great parliamentary scandal’

Standards Committee chair Chris Bryant said the report comes as a 'wake-up call for us all'

Daily Mirror

Neil Parish: Everything we know about MP accused of watching porn - from wife to career

Neil Parish, 65, has been suspended pending an investigation after reporting himself to the Standards Committee of the House of Commons and has been named as the MP accused of watching porn in the House of Commons

The Independent UK

Moment Tory MP suspended over porn claims ‘denies culture problem’ in TV interview

‘In a very intense area, you are going to get people that step over the line,’ he told GB News

Liverpool Echo

Neil Parish named as Tory MP accused of watching porn in Commons

Mr Parish was asked what should happen to the then-unnamed MP in a TV interview earlier this week

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Daily Mirror

MP Neil Parish was quizzed on TV about Commons porn scandal days before being named

Today Neil Parish, 65, was named as the Tory MP accused by two female colleagues of watching porn in the House of Commons and he has since been suspended by the Tory whip

Daily Mirror

Neil Parish: Tory MP accused of watching porn in Commons named and suspended

Farmer Neil Parish, 65, referred himself to the Commons Standards watchdog and has lost the Tory whip after the bombshell claims - but tonight refused to resign

The Independent UK

Conservative MP Neil Parish suspended after accusations of watching porn in Commons

The MP has reported himself to the Commons standards committee

The Guardian - UK

Plans to cap UK MPs’ earnings from second jobs dropped

Exclusive: ministers tell Commons standards committee that a ceiling on such earnings would be ‘impractical’

Evening Standard

Revealed: The misogyny faced by female politicians from their male counterparts

The litany of misogyny faced by female councillors across London is not just from the constituents they represent, as we have reported previously, but from the men they stand alongside, an Evening Standard investigation reveals.

The Independent UK

Tory MP faces Commons suspension over ‘insincere’ apology for bullying

The Commons Standards Committee said Daniel Kawczynski undermined his apology in comments he made to the media.

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