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22 mai
19h48
Deadline passes for officials set to be named by Sue Gray
Officials expected to be identified in the report on No parties had until Sunday afternoon to object
00h04
Social media: Did the pandemic poison online politics?
As the UK spent countless hours online during lockdown how much has it changed us
13h25
Crispin Blunt: MP should lose whip for Khan remarks - Labour
Crispin Blunt should lose the whip for defending a fellow MP convicted of sex abuse Labour says
15h07
Rail unions vow to fight government strike threat
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claims a new law would protect shipments from disruption
21 mai
05h16
Parliament could burn down any day, says Andrea Leadsom
Andrea Leadsom says MPs need to get on with the project to renovate the building
22 mai
19h21
NI Protocol: US has ’unwavering’ support of Good Friday Agreement
Democrat Congressman Richard Neal is leading a congressional delegation to the UK and Ireland
21 mai
00h20
Ministers asleep at the wheel over dentist shortages, say Lib Dems
Figures show of dentists doing NHS work are approaching retirement age
09h29
Nicola Sturgeon tests positive for Covid-19
Scotland s first minister says her symptoms are mild and she will work from home for a few days
20 mai
14h59
Conservative MPs to talk tactics in target seat away day
Tory sources say the party is moving on to a pre general election footing writes Ione Wells
17h31
Jamie Oliver stages Eton mess protest outside No 10
Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver has been protesting over delays to the government s obesity strategy
16h44
Stanley Johnson becomes French to keep link with EU
Stanley Johnson an ex European Parliament member says becoming French is precious to him
17h08
Agent’s abused former partner in legal action against MI5
An MI agent used his secret status to terrorise his partner a BBC investigation has found
10h50
Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty make Sunday Times Rich List
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife make the Sunday Times Rich List for first time with m fortune
17h51
Northern Ireland: UK and EU’s row risks Western unity, top US official warns
US state department warns against a big fight between the UK and the EU amid the Ukraine war
14h52
Lack of desk space reignites row over civil servants working from home
Figures show the Department for Education has almost twice as many staff as operational desks
09h59
Hinkley Point C delayed by a year as cost goes up by 3bn
The revised operating date for the Somerset site is June and is expected to cost up to bn
16h07
Irish PM says DUP cannot be allowed to block NI Assembly
Meanwhile US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the UK must not discard the protocol
12h43
Street harassment law being blocked, adviser Nimco Ali says
Nimco Ali says her plans for on the spot fines for wolf whistling and other acts received pushback
11h02
Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee
Locations including Milton Keynes Dunfermline and Wrexham will be made cities in honour of the Queen
19 mai
17h53
Boris Johnson will not face a further Partygate fine, says No 10
Police have now ended their investigation into Covid breaches during lockdown parties in No
16h50
Channel 4 News didn’t do itself any favours, says Nadine Dorries
The culture secretary criticises the channel s news show but says that is not why she wants to sell it off
07h09
Cost of living: Calls to bring benefit and pension rises forward
Big increases are due next April but charities say soaring prices mean people need the money now
17h03
MP Claudia Webbe driven by obsession, appeal hearing told
Claudia Webbe former Labour MP for Leicester East is appealing against her harassment conviction
19h12
Partygate: How did the Metropolitan Police decide who to fine?
A total of people have been fined over events in Westminster but how were the decisions made
18 mai
22h59
Rishi Sunak warns of tough few months as inflation soars
The chancellor says it won t be easy to tackle cost of living crisis as inflation hits year high
19 mai
10h32
Anorexia: Doctors made MS Sarah Murphy feel like a ’freak’
Sarah Murphy says anorexia help was so bad she would not be here without her parents intervention
18 mai
09h55
How Ukraine war influenced the SNP’s Nato position
The Russian invasion exposes tensions between the SNP and the Greens over the military alliance
18h13
Government windfall tax U-turn inevitable, says Keir Starmer
Boris Johnson does not rule out a tax on the energy giants as he is accused of dithering by Labour
16h59
Tory MP will not attend Parliament while police investigate rape allegations, says Speaker
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle also warns MPs against naming the Tory politician who was arrested on Tuesday
19 mai
13h39
Drug-related offences in football could mean five-year bans
Anyone caught in possession of or supplying class A drugs in connection with football faces a five year ban and their passport being taken off them
18 mai
12h44
Tory MP Michael Fabricant condemned over ’grotesque’ tweet
Michael Fabricant s tweet related to the arrest of another MP who is accused of rape and sexual assault
18h08
Alaa Abdel Fattah: UK urged to help jailed British-Egyptian activist
British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah s prison conditions are inhumane the foreign secretary is told
17 mai
22h11
Conservative Party faces questions over donation, says Labour
Labour chair Anneliese Dodds demands answers over donation from ex Tory treasurer Sir Ehud Sheleg
18 mai
14h59
Girls see physics as for white men only, MPs told
If you are black or a woman you don t see yourself fitting in a leading female physicist says
17 mai
16h46
Northern Ireland: Liz Truss sets out new law on post-Brexit trade deal
The foreign secretary says the proposed legislation would make changes to the Protocol to resolve the grave situation
18 mai
11h18
Ban MPs accused of sexual offences from Parliament during police investigations, says union
The Prospect union says members accused of sexual offences should not be allowed on the Parliamentary estate
12h17
Cost of living: Police officers ’struggling’ with low pay
A North Wales Police detective says she has to borrow money from her mother at the end of the month
17 mai
12h05
Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time
The unemployment rate falls to its lowest level for nearly years between January and March
17h40
NI Troubles: Legacy bill published by the UK government
The legislation allows legal immunity for those who work with a new information recovery body
14h45
Volunteer police officers to be armed with Taser stun guns
The Home Office says it will ensure they are not put at a disadvantage to their paid colleagues
13h41
West Yorkshire and Devon by-elections to be held in June
The contests have been triggered following the resignation of two sitting Conservative MPs
04h37
Obesity strategy delay immoral, shallow and weak - ex-Tory leader
Lord Hague says the government is shallow and politically weak for delaying plans to curb obesity
11h51
MP Rachel Maclean cost of living comments prompt death threat
Rachel Maclean s much criticised comments about workers doing more hours were taken out of context
16 mai
18h16
Parliament must not be divided by relocation, peers argue
Peers criticise Michael Gove for proposing the temporary relocation of the Lords outside London
17 mai
09h33
Hemel Hempstead MP Sir Mike Penning to retire at next election
Sir Mike said it was now time for a new candidate to come forward
16 mai
15h45
Help must come, says former PM John Major on cost of living crisis
Sir John Major warns about rising prices as a minister is criticised for advocating people working more hours
12h38
Foreign aid: UK cuts funding to UN in change of strategy
A new strategy cutting funding to the UN is more focused on trade than poverty relief charities say
07h15
Cost of living: Labour to call vote on windfall tax for oil and gas companies
It is shameful not to raise extra money from oil and gas firms amid the rising cost of living Ed Miliband says
09h51
Energy bills shake-up plans to avoid price shocks
Ofgem says a review every three months would allow households to benefit sooner from falling prices
15 mai
12h41
Move out of London during Parliament renovation, Michael Gove tells peers
The levelling up secretary wants peers based outside the south of England while Parliament is renovated