Jon Snow
Parliament is falling down: what goes on inside needs repair too
The flummery, obscurity, ya-booing, and the rest, for all its theatrical entertainment, suggest a state living in the Dark Ages.
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Will immigration determine the election and Sunak’s future?
In the Political Fourcast, Lord Jo Johnson and MP Margaret Hodge join Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Gary Gibbon to discuss planes and plots as Rishi Sunak tries to get asylum-seeker flights in the air.
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Debbie Abrahams: ‘Catastrophes’ in universal credit roll-out
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Debbie Abrahams discusses the Commons vote on universal credit.
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MPs debate universal credit
MPs have been debating the pros and cons of universal credit all afternoon.
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Government defeated over NHS pay
The government suffered a defeat on NHS pay in the House of Commons this afternoon, a defeat that seems to have significantly changed Parliamentary convention. It came amid a row over claims that the Prime Minister made about police pay during Prime Minister’s Questions.
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Brexit talks delayed a week
The next round of Brexit negotiations in Brussels has been pushed back by a week “to allow more time for consultation”. The talks now won’t start until the last week of September, after a major speech on Brexit that Theresa May is expected to make next week.
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Injured taken to hospital
Some of the injured were taken to St Thomas’ Hospital and our correspondent Tom Clarke is there now.
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Speaker opposes Trump address
The Commons Speaker, John Bercow, has joined the chorus of criticism of Donald Trump over his migrants’ travel ban. He told MPs that he opposed any Presidential address to parliament during his planned state visit later this year.
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Autumn Statement: in a jam?
So, jam tomorrow – or even today? That was the question Westminster wanted answered by Chancellor Philip Hammond as he delivered his Autumn Statement in the wake of the Prime Minister’s pledge to help families who were “just about managing”.
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Jon Snow
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Cathy Newman
Sexism and the sisterhood in the corridors of power
Female journalists at Westminster should speak out about the sexism they encounter – I wish I had.
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Jon Snow
Does Corbyn's run indicate that alienation rules?
There is a genuine sense that some of those supporting Jeremy Corbyn are invigorated by the sense of a genuine alternative to the broad consensus among the major parties.
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Siobhan Kennedy
HSBC bosses face tough questions at Westminster
HSBC’s two bosses, Stuart Gulliver and Douglas Flint, are about to be appear in front of the Treasury select committee. But what of former chairman Lord Stephen Green?
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Jon Snow
No Chilcot report on Iraq: absolutely no surprise
No one knows how to delay an urgent inquiry into serious misjudgments, mistakes, and misdoings, than the British ‘system’.
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Jon Snow
As parliament dies, a chance for the ordinary citizen
The fixed-term parliament means there is suddenly time in the Commons for the interests of the citizen to take centre stage. Can this parliament respond? Don’t hold your breath.
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Cathy Newman
How can MPs win the trust of mums?
What do mums think about politicians? Not much, Cathy Newman finds, and with 75 per cent of the House of Commons male – that doesn’t look likely to change soon.