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How vocal is your MP in the commons, and which haven't spoken at all this year?

MPs are meant to represent their constituents’ interests in the House of Commons, yet many haven’t spoken at all this year

Evening Standard

The Sun’s Hillsborough stories used to teach MPs how to recognise fake news

Exclusive: Russian bot effort to stir up Islamophobia also part of course on misinformation and disinformation

The Guardian - UK

MPs’ staff suffer rising levels of psychological distress, survey finds

Nearly half of workers experienced clinical stress, findings suggest, and many say Israel-Gaza war has added to fears

The Guardian - UK

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Time’s up for inept Lindsay Hoyle

By allowing himself to be swayed by Labour arguments over Gaza, the House of Commons speaker has shown himself unworthy of the position

The Guardian - UK

Commons speaker apologises after Gaza ceasefire debate descends into chaos

Government boycotts precedent-breaking vote that saved Labour mutiny, leaving Tory and SNP MPs to aim fury at Lindsay Hoyle

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak warns of further Yemen airstrikes if Houthi attacks continue

PM rejects calls from MPs for Commons vote over military action as pressure grows to clarify long-term strategy on Red Sea crisis

The Guardian - UK

One in 20 patients in England wait at least four weeks to see GP, figures show

GP leaders say widespread shortage of family doctors is making it impossible to keep up with demand

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak accused of pettiness for denying MPs chance to pay respects to speaker Betty Boothroyd

Exclusive: Government refuses requests to delay parliament’s start time so MPs can attend Baroness Boothroyd’s memorial service

The Independent UK

Watch live: Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey speaks to lawmakers about financial stability

Watch live as the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, and other members of the BoE’s Financial Policy Committee answer questions from the House of Commons’ Treasury Committee on 10 January.

The Independent UK

Falling mortgage rates will not boost Tory election hopes, Rishi Sunak warned

The PM had hoped a better economic outlook and falling rates would provide a boost for autumn election, saying ‘2024 is going to be a better year’

The Independent UK

Two former health secretaries join calls for new law on assisted dying

Senior Conservative and Labour figures said they would back changes to legislation on the issue in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Portcullis House needs overhaul to ‘prevent glass falling on to people’

Report warns of urgent need to address ‘severe structural failings’ in roof of Westminster’s parliamentary office building

The Guardian - UK

Formal apologies from MPs in Commons reaches highest level in four decades

MEMBERS of parliament have made more formal apologies in the Commons during this Westminster term than any other since 1979 ...

The National (Scotland)

'People are struggling': SNP MP calls out 'bizarre' King's Speech traditions

THE House of Commons door should be kept shut on Black Rod during the State Opening of Parliament, an SNP MP has said, as he teared into the…

The National (Scotland)

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The Guardian - UK

Here’s the key question about Britain in 2023: why do we put up with this rubbish?

We tolerate a sclerotic system that allows the rise of people you wouldn’t trust with your wallet, says broadcaster and author Gavin Esler

The Guardian - UK

House of Commons disruption looms as security guards vote to strike

PCS union says more than 250 Palace of Westminster guards took part in ballot in favour of industrial action

The Independent UK

Canada's House of Commons elects first Black speaker

Canada’s House of Commons has elected a Black Canadian as its new speaker, a first

Evening Standard

Canadian speaker resigns after leading celebration of Nazi veteran in parliament

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned on Tuesday after he invited a man who fought for the Nazis during the Second World War to attend a speech by Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The Conversation

Canada's House speaker quits: What the Hunka scandal reveals about Second World War complexities

Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, has resigned from his post after inviting “war hero” Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament to take in the recent appearance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Canadian Speaker Apologizes For Honoring WWII Nazi Unit Member

Anthony Rota expresses regret after receiving backlash for honoring Ukrainian man who fought in Nazi division

The Independent UK

Leader of Canada's House of Commons apologizes for honoring man who fought for Nazis

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy blasts Russian ‘genocide’ before Canadian parliament

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a historic second parliamentary address.

The Independent UK

Tobias Ellwood resigns as defence committee chair after video praising Taliban

Ex-defence minister said in July that Afghanistan had been ‘transformed’ under repressive regime

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals regularly have to shut units due to dilapidation, NHS England says

Julian Kelly discusses structurally unsound hospitals during evidence to Commons public accounts committee

The Guardian - UK

Investigation under way to find out if parliamentary estate has any Raac

Authorities unsure whether the aerated concrete at risk of collapse is present anywhere on the estate

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