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Rosie Duffield leaves Labour Posted October 1, 2024 Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield has announced that she is leaving the Labour Party in protest over Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's management (or mismanagement, for that matter) of his administration and allegations of undeclared donations that have emerged in the weeks following the July general ele...
Book Your Holiday... After the Election Posted May 22, 2024 For months now, members of the government have insisted that the specter of a general election loomed only in the distant future. Rumors circulated, and it seemed widely accepted that, the election would not be held until Octo...
Precedents Posted February 21, 2024 A parliamentary kerfuffle occurred today when Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle selected a Labour amendment to an SNP opposition day motion. Given the selection, normal procedure would entail a vote on the amendment before the vote on the motion as it was tabled which, in effect, would mean that if the amen...

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June 18, 2019 | Seema Kennedy | Desmond Swayne Sir Desmond Swayne asks health minister Seema Kennedy if she shares his low opinion of the NHS prescription penalty charge system.