A Cabinet minister is currently in self-isolation and awaiting the results of a coronavirus test as five other MPs quarantined themselves following Nadine Dorries’ startling diagnosis. According to The Daily Telegraph, The minister withdrew from their regular duties after coming into contact with 62-year-old Ms Dorries. The newspaper agreed not to name the Cabinet member. The … Read more
Boris Johnson is not being tested for coronavirus despite being at a reception with infected health minister Nadine Dorries, it emerged today. Downing Street said the PM did not need to be checked as he was showing ‘no symptoms’ and had not been within two metres of the quarantined MP. Despite MPs saying he should … Read more
MPs call on lenders to halt all repossessions against mortgage prisoners until help arrives By Will Kirkman For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 18:26 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 18:26 GMT, 9 March 2020 MPs have called on firms to cease all repossession proceedings against mortgage prisoners until a working group is established to help them. Members … Read more
MPs will hold emergency debate over ‘jihadi textbooks’ handed out at schools in Palestine and paid for by £120m of UK taxpayers’ cash Reading exercises for six-year-olds funded by UK aid includes the word ‘martyr’ Nine-year-olds study maths by adding the martyrs in Palestinian uprisings About £120 million of UK funding has gone where the … Read more
Royals ‘cashing in on titles and blowing our money on their home’? How MPs feared the monarchy was being ‘tarnished’ by Princess Margaret and husband Lord Snowdon in the 1960s Senior politicians feared the reputation of the royals was being tarnished Tory MP Sir Martin Lindsay compiled a critical report of the couple in January … Read more
MPs raise ‘serious concerns’ over next Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey’s record as FCA boss By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 5 March 2020 Andrew Bailey has come under fire over his leadership of the City watchdog just days before taking over at … Read more
Post Office bosses are to face MPs as part of official inquiry into scandal of staff who were wrongly accused of theft The Post Office accused its staff for years of stealing from its branches Many former postmasters were convicted and fined, and in some cases jailed But it later emerged that its IT system … Read more
British MPs are three times more likely to ‘drink riskily’ and down an entire bottle of wine on a standard day than members of the public, a study suggests. Those parliamentarians who carry out extra work outside the Commons are more likely to be the worst culprits and end up among the country’s heaviest boozers. … Read more
Boris Johnson’s political rivals have lined up to brand his engagement announcement to pregnant partner Carrie Symonds a distraction ploy. Labour MPs poured cynicism on tonight’s news and suggested the timing was deliberately choreographed to eclipse the damaging Home Office row engulfing the government and Priti Patel. Mr Johnson is also under the spotlight for … Read more
Furious MPs today demand new chancellor Rishi Sunak axe an EU-imposed tax that has added almost £2,000 to the cost of a new motorhome and hand a post-Brexit boost to British businesses. Under a green Brussels regulation change last September the vehicle excise duty for new campervans rocked from £265 in the first year to £2,135, … Read more