Conservative MPs fear the mortgage rate time bomb will cost them the next election because their government is blind to the impact of the “interest rate catastrophe”. The cost of mortgages have surged following successive interest rate rises and the Bank of England is predicted to hike them even higher this week – from 4.5% […]
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Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi must be sacked from the cabinet say Labour after further revelations about his tax affairs. Conservative MPs have joined calls for Zahawi to step down after it was revealed he paid a £1 million-plus penalty to settle an investigation by HMRC over non-payment of tax due. Senior Tories have called his […]
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Capping off an historic year of crises, sleaze and scandal is news that Downing Street is very “concerned” about MPs on APPGs trips abroad engaging in sex with prostitutes and heavy drinking. One minister reportedly asked to extend a trip to Asia in order “to explore” his “interest in local women”. Another MP enquired on […]
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Commons speaker Sir Lyndsay Hoyle has called for “radical” reform of parliament’s working practices following a series of scandals capped by the resignation of porn-watching Conservative MP Neil Parish. The speaker’s comments – in an article for today’s (May 1) Observer – come after a wave of sleaze, bullying and sex-scandals at Westminster that culminated […]
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