UK Parliament
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There was a 286% rise in the number of parliamentary staff who lost their job after July’s general election compared with 2019, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has revealed. IPSA, which regulates and administers MPs’ business costs and staffing, said it has processed redundancy payments for 2,023 people who worked for MPs. That is…
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HM Revenue and Customs has been accused of “degrading its own services” and damaging trust in the tax system by parliament’s spending watchdog. A report from the Public Accounts Committee raised concerns about the tax agency, claiming it had worsened its telephone service “as a matter of policy” to drive users to digital channels. HMRC…
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Rachel Reeves risks entering an economic “doom loop” if she continues to cut spending, a former Bank of England chief economist has warned. Andy Haldane, who was with the Bank for 32 years until 2021, said the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) forecast in March could lead to less investment and spending. He told Sky…
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After successfully fighting to get it unamended through the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill is returning to parliament today and will be debated in the House of Lords. The bill, designed to rescue the embattled deportation scheme, declares Rwanda a safe country and severely limits the human rights laws applicable to deportations in…
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Britain’s Labour Party has decisively won by-elections, snatching seats in Parliament that were long rock-solid bastions of the Conservatives. The governing party, which has been in power since 2010, has seen an increasing loss of support since a 2019 election won in a landslide by then-leader Boris Johnson. Results came in the early hours of…
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The prime minister will make a powerful speech on Monday – in the heart of Brexit UK, Stoke-on-Trent – that MPs “all have a duty to implement the result of the referendum”, because failure to do so would wreak “catastrophic harm” on “people’s faith in the democratic process and their politicians”. Coming as it…
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The UK Prime Minister Theresa May is experiencing one hell of a time, having lost two cabinet members in a period of seven days amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Image: Priti Sushil Patel Although there are wide speculations that more members of the parliament may quit their jobs sooner that later, the minister appears distraught…
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Michael Fallon (Image source: iNews) Michael Fallon resigned as Britain’s Defense Minister on Wednesday following allegations on inappropriate sexual behavior. His resignation comes in the aftermath of a widespread scandal over sexual abuse and harassment around the corridors of power. Mr. Fallon, who has held the position of UK’s Secretary of State for Defence since…
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