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Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell not standing at General Election
Mr Bell, who has represented Newcastle-under-Lyme since December 2019, said his decision was due to ‘personal and family reasons’.
31 May 2024
Politics
Green Party says it’s ‘on the up’ as it launches General Election campaign
Co-leader Adrian Ramsay said the party is offering ‘real hope and real change’ to voters.
30 May 2024
Politics
Green Party to set out solutions to cost-of-living crisis, housing, and the NHS
Launching its General Election campaign from Bristol later, the party is expected to commit to ‘offering real hope and real change’.
30 May 2024
Politics
Nigel Farage says he is open to a conversation with Conservative Party
Speaking to The Sun’s Never Mind the Ballots, Mr Farage accused the Tories of betraying voters on illegal immigration.
29 May 2024
Politics
Labour to gain Welsh seats in General Election, polling suggests
Polling by More in Common also indicates a third of people agree that First Minister Vaughan Gething should resign over the donations scandal.
29 May 2024
Politics
Motion of no confidence in First Minister Vaughan Gething tabled by Welsh Tories
Concerns have been raised over Mr Gething’s run to be Welsh Labour leader.
29 May 2024
Politics28 May 2024
BBC apology for accusing Farage of using 'inflammatory language'
Geeta Guru-murthy said her comments ‘didn't meet the BBC's editorial standards on impartiality’
Politics
Lib Dems call for experts to sit on water company boards to improve transparency
Under the party’s plans, local environment experts within the community would sit on the water company boards as non-executive directors.
28 May 2024
Tech
AI should be used to develop an app which detects skin cancer, Labour MP says
Sir Chris Bryant has previously said a mole on the back of his head turned out to be melanoma and he was given a 40% chance of living a year.
23 May 2024
Politics
Labour minister channels RuPaul and urges Government to ‘sashay away’
Shadow culture minister Sir Chris Bryant criticised the Government for failing to support creative industries.
23 May 2024
Politics
Minister: ‘No arrest delays’ after police told to pause non-priority cases
Chris Philp the National Police Chiefs Council’s criminal justice lead confirmed to him that the contingencies were not required.
22 May 2024
Politics
Tory MP claims it is ‘extremely unlikely’ Ukraine will win against Russia
During a debate on Ukraine, Sir Edward Leigh argued that ‘America could’ve won this war by now’ if it had armed Ukraine sufficiently.
20 May 2024
Politics20 May 2024
Two people taken to hospital following parasite outbreak, Commons told
There are currently 46 confirmed cases of cryptosporidium, a waterborne disease which can cause unpleasant symptoms such as diarrhoea and vomiting.
Politics
Measures aimed at preventing children from missing school clear the Commons
The School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill will require councils in England to promote regular attendance.
17 May 2024
Politics
MPs support proposals to make it easier for pubs to open for major occasions
Labour’s Emma Lewell-Buck’s Licensing Hours Extensions Bill aims to simplify the ‘costly, time consuming and restrictive’ process.
17 May 2024
Politics
Ministers told to urgently provide compensation to Waspi women
Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford pressed for remedies to be put in place before the Commons rises for the summer recess on July 23.
16 May 2024
Politics
SNP in its ‘final death throes’, says Mordaunt
The Commons Leader urged the party to prepare for a unionist government in Scotland.
16 May 2024
Politics
Review of one-punch attacks expected after campaign by bereaved MP
Dehenna Davison has called for tougher sentencing for one-punch homicide perpetrators after her father was killed by a single blow when she was 13.
15 May 2024
Money
Government ‘dragging its feet’ in response to report on women’s state pension
In March, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report ruled that some women born in the 1950s were not adequately informed of changes.
14 May 2024
Politics
Labour MP emotional in Commons as she recalls Aberfan disaster
Dame Nia Griffiths urged the UK Government to ensure all Welsh coal tips are safe.
9 May 2024
Politics
Other SNP leaders make Yousaf’s record look ‘stellar’, says Mordaunt
The Commons Leader aimed jibes at the Scottish Government during business questions in the Commons.
9 May 2024