Senior MPs reject call to close Westminster's pubs to clean up Parliament
SENIOR MPs have rejected calls for Parliament’s bars to be closed in the wake of misconduct scandals.
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Senior MPs reject call to close Westminster's pubs to clean up Parliament
Scotland facing debt crisis as household incomes plummet
SCOTLAND is facing a debt crisis as cash-strapped households suffer a steep decline in real-terms incomes, analysis warns.
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Boris Johnson 'unaware' of groping claim before appointing MP as chief whip
BORIS Johnson is under increasing pressure to explain his leniency towards a former Tory minister after fresh groping allegations were made against him.
Watchdog considers review into Boris Johnson’s 40 ‘new hospitals’ vow
ONE of Boris Johnson’s key election promises is coming under the microscope of the Government’s official spending watchdog.
Police appeal to identify man after body was discovered in Glencoe
POLICE are seeking information to help identify a man whose body was discovered in the Highlands.
Nadine Dorries in jaw-dropping blunder at rugby league event
NADINE Dorries has made an embarrassing blunder at a press conference for the of the Rugby League World Cup – after mixing up the sport with rugby union.
Call for answers over Queen's political lobbying in Scotland
THE Scottish Parliament cannot compel the Government to release details about how laws were allegedly changed to secure the Queen’s approval, the Presiding Officer has suggested.
Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry jailed for two years for embezzlement
FORMER SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been jailed for two years for embezzling almost £25,000 from two pro-independence groups.
Royal family cost taxpayers more than £100m last year, figures show
THE royal family splashed out with more than £100 million in taxpayers' funds in the last financial year, figures reveal.
Partygate probe into Boris Johnson is not 'kangaroo court', Liz Truss says
LIZ Truss has rejected suggestions from Boris Johnson’s allies that an inquiry into whether he lied to Parliament over partygate risks becoming a “kangaroo court”.
