Speaker accused of breaking promise as he rejects call for new Gaza vote Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was advised that granting fresh vote could be further breach of Commons protocol The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024
Gaza vote row: minister refuses to back Commons speaker Health minister Maria Caulfield ‘disappointed and surprised’ by Lindsay Hoyle’s actions but refrains from calling for his resignation The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Gery Bramall obituary Other lives: Labour councillor in Westminster who became a translator in the classical record industry The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
The time for equivocation is over – all Westminster MPs must vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza While we welcome the apparent change in Keir Starmer’s position, the UK must back an immediate ceasefire in no uncertain terms, says Stephen Flynn, SNP leader at Westminster The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Keir Starmer seeks to head off another Labour rebellion over Gaza ceasefire Crucial vote on party’s new call for ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ goes before MPs on Wednesday as thousands of protesters expected in Westminster The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Where in London would you pay the highest and lowest amount of council tax? Which boroughs are expecting bigger hikes for this financial year? Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2024
These are the only six London boroughs where house prices didn't fall last year The biggest single fall was in Westminster, where the average cost of a home plummeted almost 21% to £877,733 Evening Standard · Feb 19, 2024
Westminster Abbey in discussions to return sacred Ethiopian treasure The Abbey is in discussions about possible return of looted tablet Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2024
Thousands join pro-Palestine marches in London and Edinburgh Demonstrations first in UK since UN’s international court of justice ordered Israel to ensure acts of genocide not committed in Gaza The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024
Westminster councillors to vote on another pay rise for themselves – less than a year after 45% wage hike Last year Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slammed the council for giving cabinet members an 'eyewatering' pay rise Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2024
OPINION - The Standard View: Going nowhere fast: trains... and the UK On making her West End debut, Sarah Jessica Parker found time to praise London’s “exquisite” transport system. She had clearly arrived at that conclusion before attempting to board a train this morning. Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday briefing: The late night vote to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland In today’s newsletter: how the DUP finally brought two-year boycott of Stormont assembly to an end The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024
Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024
Kemi Badenoch is member of ‘Evil Plotters’ Tory WhatsApp group Exclusive: Business secretary who has told party rebels to stop ‘stirring’ and back PM is in group along with Michael Gove The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024 Households in England face above-inflation £2bn council tax raid Exclusive: Maximum possible 4.99% rises expected in April while PM plans pre-election cuts to income tax
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024 Welsh semiconductor factory ‘left in limbo’ as Westminster fails to approve US takeover Labour criticises government ‘dithering’, after Vishay deal last autumn to buy chip maker Newport Wafer Fab stalls, putting jobs at risk
Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024 An LSE 'in cahoots' with Westminster needs a shake-up City Comment: Why the London Stock Exchange needs to change
Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024 OPINION - Conscription is what nobody wants, but Britain is at war in all but name so it’s time for national service Across the Whitehall and Westminster villages there is no more toxic subject than national service and conscription for the military, and other services. Any revival of national service, which ended in 1959, would be costly and wouldn’t win votes.
Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024 London council pleads: 'Give us powers to crack down on abandoned e-bikes' Westminster council says new legislation is 'missing link' in enabling boroughs to tackle lazily-parked hire bikes
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 Families of Grenfell fire victims want tower to be permanent 'horrifying' memorial to lost relatives The families were speaking at Grenfell Testimony Week in Westminster
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2024 ‘Not bothered about us’: voters in Lee Anderson’s seat reject all parties Labour wants the controversial Tory’s Nottinghamshire seat back but the biggest hurdle could be an anti-Westminster mood
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024 The five stages of grief of the British train commuter Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article on his recent nightmare journey on the UK’s privatised rail network
The National (Scotland) · Jan 15, 2024 See every Scottish Westminster seat result at General Election predicted by new poll A NEW poll has predicted the outcome of each of Scotland's 57 Westminster seats up for grabs at the next General Election.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 15, 2024 Fighting Westminster cuts will be at heart of our election campaign, say SNP THE SNP have pledged to put “the fight against Westminster cuts” at the heart of their General Election campaign.
The National (Scotland) · Jan 14, 2024 How the Treaty of Union of 1707 has been breached in the past 317 years AS promised last week, today I will show how the terms of the Treaty of Union of 1707 have been breached many times in the past 317 years, but first