Michael Crick
Crick’s picks: Keith Vaz and the doorstep challenge
The latest from the Labour Party conference – including doorstepping Keith Vaz and hearing from Neil Kinnock how leading the party was “poison”.
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Former MP Keith Vaz subjected aide to ‘sustained and unpleasant bullying’, panel finds
At Westminster, the former Labour Minister Keith Vaz has been found by an independent panel to have subjected a female parliamentary staff member to “sustained and unpleasant bullying”.
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‘This is the end of the line for Keith Vaz’, says Tory MP Andrew Bridgen
Three years ago veteran Labour MP Keith Vaz was caught in a tabloid sting which accused him of paying male prostitutes for sex, and offering to pay for class A drugs.
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Keith Vaz visits Harmondsworth to check on conditions
The home affairs select committee chair visits the immigration removal centre after a Channel 4 News undercover investigation revealed worrying conditions inside.
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Tory MP asks watchdog to investigate Keith Vaz
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen calls for a probe into the source of £500,000 in bank deposits linked to MP Keith Vaz in a letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner obtained by Channel 4 News.
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Vaz: Lady Butler-Sloss is the innocent victim
Keith Vaz MP, of the home affairs select committee, says Lady Butler-Sloss, who has stood down as chair of the inquiry into historical child abuse, is “the innocent victim in all this”.
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Vaz wants ‘full inquiry’ into detention centre death
It is shameful that 84-year-old Alois Dvorzac died in handcuffs at a UK detention centre, and there needs to be a full inquiry, says Keith Vaz MP, chair of the home affairs select committee.
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Dead nurse ‘a loving mother and wife’
Keith Vaz MP calls Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who apparently committed suicide after the royal hoax call, “a loving mother and wife'” after meeting her family at the houses of parliament.
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Parents of murdered Indian student visit parliament
The family of a student who was shot dead in Salford on Boxing Day has been speaking outside Parliament with Keith Vaz MP.
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Almost one in five MPs are landlords
Parliament has published its register of MPs’ financial interests for the first time since the election. An analysis by FactCheck shows that 123 MPs earn extra money by renting out homes and private property. Landlord MPs account for almost a fifth of all MPs. Their properties include houses, flats, farms, holiday cottages and shops. The MPs include chancellor…
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Gary Gibbon
Jeremy Corbyn’s accidental new electoral test
By claiming that he is aiming to gain seats in this Thursday’s local elections, Jeremy Corbyn set himself an electoral test that he will struggle to win. But he did it by accident.
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TalkTalk says most financial details not been compromised
Talktalk, who revealed the personal details of up to four million customers may have been exposed to a cyber attack, now claim that the scale of the hack may not be as bad as first feared.
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Government unveils new counter-extremism strategy
David Cameron says the fight against Islamic extremism is “one of the great struggles of our generation” – but critics say the new strategy will alienate British Muslims.
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Calais migrant crisis: Who’s problem is it anyway?
Thousands of migrants are reportedly trying to enter Britain through the Eurotunnel every single day – but what is true the scale of the problem and who’s responsibility is it to fix it?
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Michael Crick
After the big election, lots of smaller ones at Westminster
The next three weeks will see huge jockeying for chairmanships of the increasingly powerful select committees, all of which are up for grabs. Campaigning is already well underway.
