Dorries and Rees-Mogg ‘waged campaign to undermine’ privileges committee probe into Johnson June 29, 2023 Boris Johnson allies Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg were among MPs who attempted to undermine the privileges committee’s investigation into the ex-prime minister. Eight current and former MPs – Dorries, Rees-Mogg, Lord Zac Goldsmith, Mark Jenkinson, Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith, Andrea Jenkyns, and Priti Patel – were involved in a “campaign waged outside Parliament… to [...]
Sadiq Khan says Shaun Bailey should lose peerage over ‘Jingle & Mingle’ video June 22, 2023 Sadiq Khan has said his former mayoral rival Shaun Bailey should not receive his peerage after a video of staff dancing and drinking at a Christmas party during Covid-19 emerged. The mayor of London described the footage of staff, who joked about bending the rules in the video filmed at CCHQ on 14 December 2020 [...]
Police get powers to end Just Stop Oil slow marching: ‘The public are sick of disruption’ June 14, 2023 Police are set to get controversial new powers to stop groups like Just Stop Oil holding ‘slow walking’ protests. Government measures to make it easier to tackle disruptive protests have been approved, after a bid by Greens in the House of Lords to kill off the law was defeated by 154 to 68. Cops will [...]
Parliament bans TikTok as its CEO is grilled by US Congress over China data security concerns March 23, 2023 TikTok is to be blocked from all parliamentary devices amid rising concerns over data security and links to the Chinese government. The social media video sharing app will be blocked from use on all phones issued by the House of Commons and the House of Lords – just weeks after the government took a similar [...]
Fortnite fined over £420m as video game makers face regulation December 20, 2022 Makers of videogame Fortnite have been fined a record $520m (£428m) by the US’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The fine is a two part penalty for Epic Games, the video game company behind Fortnite. The company was fined for tricking players into making in-game purchases and for storing children’s data without parental consent. The penalty [...]
Humiliating defeat for govt as peers order new post-Brexit UK Infrastructure Bank to pay for eco-schemes July 5, 2022 The Government faced a humiliating defeat last night as peers voted to support a move the UK Infrastructure Bank supports eco-friendly schemes. The House of Lords voted by 182 to 153, majority 29, for a legislative change to specifically include the circular economy and nature-based solutions in projects financed by the institution. The UK Infrastructure [...]
MoneySavingExpert guru Martin Lewis turned down ‘again’ by House of Lords June 23, 2022 MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis revealed he was turned down from getting a peerage multiple times. The journalist said he had been rejected by the House of Lords appointment commission “again”, because he’d been “honest” about how often he could attend. Speaking to the BBC’s Nick Robinson, Lewis said he had always had political ambitions and [...]
MPs and peers face 20 years away from Palace of Westminster in eye-watering £14bn renovation plans December 26, 2021 MPs and peers could face two decades away from the Palace of Westminster, as costs to restore the site double to £14bn.
Lord Bethell probed over Westminster pass for Matt Hancock’s aide Gina Coladangelo July 6, 2021 Tory peer under investigation over pass for aide Matt Hancock was caught kissing
Peers brand decision to lift cap on number of nuclear warheads ‘thin and unconvincing’ April 22, 2021 Members of the House of Lords have criticised the government’s decision to lift the cap on the number of nuclear warheads held by the UK. Peers argued the decision was disproportionate, expensive, unfounded, unconvincing and at odds with the United States, which has just pledged to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in foreign policy. [...]