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Conservatives in crisis: where whipping stops and blackmail begins

Whips are key players in Westminster. They act as a two-way channel of communication between the party leadership and backbench MPs, feeding information from the leadership to MPs and vice versa. If the leadership wants MPs to vote a certain way, it’s the job of the whips to make sure…

The Conversation

Take immediate action to ban conversion therapy in Scotland, say MSPs

Holyrood’s Equalities Committee said there was no need to wait to see what legislation that Westminster brings in to tackle the issue.

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham recalls 'dark mutterings' during his time in Westminster but brands Radcliffe school threat 'almost beyond belief'

“The idea that the education of young people in Radcliffe is a bargaining chip in Westminster power battles basically stinks."

Manchester Evening News

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Scottish independence referendum will take place before end of next year, Nicola Sturgeon insists

The First Minister used an interview today to claim Scots faced a choice between independence or the "chaotic instability" of Westminster.

Daily Record

Humber Zero heads to Westminster as part of industrial cluster clean-up plans

Immingham-focused project joins Equinor and SSE projects in government competition

Birmingham Post

No 10 resists investigation into ‘blackmailing’ of Tory MPs critical of Johnson until ‘evidence’ found – as it happened

No 10 says investigation will only be launched ‘if there was any evidence’ to support the claims, despite calls from Labour and Tory MPs

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on dual mandates: double trouble in Northern Ireland

Editorial: Brandon Lewis’s piecemeal approach is all too typical of this government’s preference for political manipulation

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Christian Wakeford: Who is the former Tory MP who defected to Labour?

Former Conservative MP Christian Wakeford defected to Labour on Wednesday as the “Partygate” scandal embroiled Westminster.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: A perilous moment for Ukraine, Europe and the global rules-based order

While Westminster is infatuated with political defections, inquiries and who did what in the Number 10 garden, the world is growing ever-more focused on what is taking place in Europe’s backyard.

Evening Standard

Tory MP claims No 10 ‘blackmailing’ rebels as Wakeford says funding was threatened before he defected – as it happened

Latest updates: Christian Wakeford says he was threatened with funding loss; William Wragg urges alleged victims to speak to police

The Guardian - UK

Londoner’s Diary: Westminster drinking culture like freshers’ week, says ex-MP

PARLIAMENT had a drinking culture “like freshers’ week,” a former MP has claimed. Heidi Allen said that there was “massively” a problem with the drinking culture when she was an MP between 2015 and 2019, partly because people were “away from home”.“You would literally see MPs wineglass-hopping from room to…

Evening Standard

Christian Wakeford: Tory MP defects to Labour over Partygate scandal

A Conservative “Red Wall” MP has defected to Labour as the “Partygate” storm rocked Westminster.

Evening Standard

UK Covid: end to England’s plan B measures next week ‘a milestone, not a finish line’, says Sajid Javid – as it happened

Health secretary confirms face mask mandate and working from home guidance will end in England

The Guardian - UK

Westminster mood increasingly toxic as Tories mull next steps

Analysis: Gossip increasingly focusing not on whether vote of no confidence in PM will happen but whether he will survive it

The Guardian - UK

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Fair Game launches new index that aims to reward best-run clubs

Sustainability Index plan unveiled alongside MPs at Westminster

The Guardian - UK

‘Not a colony’: Welsh council defies London to declare St David’s Day holiday

Gwynedd gives workers paid time off despite Westminster's refusal to back plans

The Independent UK

Welsh council seeks bank holiday for St David’s Day despite Westminster veto

Gwynedd Council asked the UK Government to recognise March 1 as a bank holiday but the idea was rejected.

Evening Standard

Elderly woman in critical condition after being struck by van in Westminster

An elderly woman is in critical condition after being struck by a van in Westminster.

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Daily Record

Boris Johnson must go as Ayrshire MPs and MSPs deliver thumping 15-0 verdict amid parties fiasco

The region's elected members to Westminster and Holyrood demand the Prime Minister resign following Downing Street gatherings.

The Guardian - UK

Labour condemns plan to allow ‘double-jobbing’ in Northern Ireland politics

Party vows to vote against proposal, which would allow DUP leader to work at Westminster and Stormont

Birmingham Post

Duke of Westminster: All you need to know about the baby-faced billionaire

Most of the Grosvenor family's wealth comes from 300 acres of land and property

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