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Lord Speaker: Upper House needs more independent peers and experts, amid honours row

Lord McFall has said an ‘eagle eye’ must be kept on ensuring the House does not have too many 'cronies' and party donors

Wales Online

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

House of Lords needs more experts, says speaker, as former PMs line up allies

Exclusive: John McFall says upper house is in danger of falling ‘out of sync’, amid controversy over Johnson and Truss choices

The Guardian - UK

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Labour’s Jess Phillips opens up about taking anti-anxiety medication

Frontbencher says MPs face extreme trauma but are ‘just expected to deal with it as part of your job’

The Guardian - UK

Good Friday Agreement: the early 1990s back-channel between the IRA and British government that made peace possible

In February 1990, in the midst of the Troubles, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness publicly invited the British government to reopen a back-channel used during previous phases of contact with the IRA in the 1970s and during the 1981 hunger strike.

The Conversation

Would Margaret Ferrier's constituents remove her as their MP?

FORMER SNP MP Margaret Ferrier is facing a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons after breaching Covid rules during the pandemic.

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP Scott Benton has whip suspended after newspaper sting

Blackpool South MP reportedly offered to lobby on behalf of gambling industry and leak confidential document

The Guardian - UK

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Labour MP says she takes anxiety medication over 'level of threat' against her

The Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips also detailed the the toll of the 2017 Westminster terrorist attack and the murder of two MPs

Daily Mirror

Reports of rotten pork being sold in UK may lead to tighter control of FSA

Therésè Coffey may bring Food Standards Agency, now overseen by health department, under remit of Defra

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh's forgotten heliport plans that would have seen locals fly to work

Back in the 1950s there were many who believed that the helicopter was about to become the mode of transport of choice for Edinburgh's commuters getting to and from their work each day.

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow's post-war helicopter dream that would've seen locals take to skies every day

Back in the 1950s there were many who believed that the helicopter was about to become the mode of transport of choice for Glasgow's commuters getting to and from their work each day.

Glasgow Live

Carol Vorderman rips into ‘bullying’ Dominic Raab after he got Paul O’Grady’s name wrong

The presenter wasn’t happy with the Deputy Prime Minister after his blunder in a tribute speech to Paul O’Grady, who died Tuesday

Evening Standard

Covid-breach Lanarkshire MP Margaret Ferrier faces Commons suspension

Margaret Ferrier could also now face a by-election in her Rutherglen & Hamilton West seat following her widely-criticised actions

Daily Record

Margaret Ferrier: MP who left London while infected with Covid faces 30-day suspension

An MP who took trains between London and Scotland while infected with Covid during the pandemic faces a by-election after a Parliament watchdog recommended she is suspended for 30-days from the House of Commons.

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Daily Mirror

MP who got on train while she had Covid faces 30-day suspension and possible by-election

Margaret Ferrier faces the severe punishment after the ex-SNP MP travelled hundreds of miles by train to London from Scotland in September while awaiting a Covid test result

The National (Scotland)

Dominic Raab gets Paul O'Grady's name wrong paying tribute to 'incredible comic'

DEPUTY Prime Minister Dominic Raab embarrassed himself after getting Paul O’Grady’s name wrong when paying tribute to the late TV presenter…

Manchester Evening News

Dominic Raab gets Paul O'Grady's name wrong during House of Commons tribute

The Deputy Prime Minister had to be corrected

Wales Online

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab gets Paul O'Grady's name wrong during tribute

He was paying tribute in the House of Commons

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The Independent UK

‘Remarkable’ Betty Boothroyd remembered at funeral attended by PM

The only female Speaker of the House of Commons died last month aged 93.

The Independent UK

Sunak and Starmer pay tribute to Betty Boothroyd at funeral of first woman speaker

Prime minister leads tributes as her successor Sir Lindsay Hoyle says she was one of the greatest women he has ever known

The Independent UK

Watch live: MPs debate Illegal Migration Bill in parliament

Watch live as MPs debate the Illegal Migration Bill as it returns to the House of Commons on Monday, 27 March.

The Independent UK

Tory rebellion over small boats bill on hold as ministers and MPs hold talks

The controversial legislation returns to the House of Commons later today

The Independent UK

Rebellion on Illegal Migration Bill seen off for now after talks with Tory MPs

The controversial legislation designed to put a stop to migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats returns to the House of Commons later.

The Guardian - UK

A failed revolt and an ‘embarrassing’ display: the week that saw Boris Johnson’s downfall

In a pivotal few days, the ex-PM, who had swept all before him in the 2019 election and ‘got Brexit done’, found himself with few allies and his influence draining away

The Guardian - UK

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, statistics watchdog says

UK Statistics Authority says PM used inaccurate figures when comparing current backlog with situation under Labour

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