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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
Politics
Welsh Secretary accuses Labour of being ‘silent’ on Vaughan Gething donation
In the Commons on Wednesday, David TC Davies said questions should be answered by the Labour frontbench.
8 May 2024
Politics
Sunak handing migrants a ‘Tory amnesty’ says Starmer as MP defects to Labour
Dover MP Natalie Elphicke joined Labour just ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions, where Sir Keir Starmer pressed Rishi Sunak on migration.
8 May 2024
Politics
Jeremy Hunt accuses Labour of frightening pensioners with fake news stories
Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the Government is ‘planning to pick pensioners pockets’.
7 May 2024
Politics
Former UN commander: UK troops should go to Bosnia amid destabilisation risks
Independent MP Bob Stewart, a former UN commander in Bosnia, told the Commons a British battalion would be the ‘best’ to send for peacemaking.
2 May 2024
Business News
Royal Mail’s six-day delivery service must continue, says business minister
In the Commons on Thursday, Kevin Hollinrake urged Royal Mail to abandon its plans to reduce the service.
2 May 2024
Politics
Scottish Secretary tells SNP MPs to ‘polish up’ CVs in Commons row
During a back and forth in the Commons, an SNP MP accused the Conservative Government of ‘gaslighting’ Scottish voters.
1 May 2024
Politics
Government’s lack of action on ticket touting branded ‘pathetic’ by Labour
Labour’s shadow culture minister Sir Chris Bryant criticised the Government for failing to do the bare minimum on ‘despicable’ resellers.
30 Apr 2024
Politics
Subpostmasters step closer to ‘hard-won exoneration’ after MPs back law change
The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill received an unopposed third reading on Monday.
29 Apr 2024
Politics
Gov refuses to say which conditions no longer qualify for benefits under reforms
In a statement to the Commons, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride set out plans to overhaul the way disability benefits work.
29 Apr 2024
Politics
Equalities minister confirms Government is committed to conversion therapy ban
Stuart Andrew said the ban is a ‘very challenging issue to get right’ but added the Government is clear that the practice is abhorrent.
25 Apr 2024
Politics
Penny Mordaunt accuses Labour of sneering at St George’s Cross flag
The Commons Leader branded members of the opposition party ‘plastic patriots’ during a heated business questions session on Thursday.
25 Apr 2024
Politics
Lack of NHS dentist appointments not good enough, Tory former minister says
Dame Andrea Jenkyns said her constituents are ‘desperately’ pleading for appointments, with one suffering from crumbling teeth during pregnancy.
23 Apr 2024
Politics
Tougher sentences for pet abduction move closer to becoming law
The Pet Abduction Bill received an unopposed third reading.
19 Apr 2024