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Did Rishi Sunak stand by Modi in BBC documentary row?

Amid a controversy in India over the BBC documentary on Narendra Modi, a story that gained wide traction was that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had supported his Indian counterpart and dismissed the criticism of him implied in the series. But it really depended on who you read.

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Less than 3% of NHS England trusts hit key cancer waiting-time target

‘Shocking’ analysis reveals only three trusts managed to treat 85% of patients within two months of urgent referral

The Guardian - UK

New Partygate WhatsApp messages show No10 aides feared 'p**s up' stories getting out

An unrepentant Boris Johnson insisted there was 'no evidence' to show he knew rules were being broken with lockdown bashes - despite the Commons Privileges Committee saying it should have been 'obvious' to him

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Covid rule breaches would have been 'obvious' to Boris Johnson, MPs say

The cross-party Privileges Committee said evidence suggest the House of Commons was misled by the former Prime Minister

Manchester Evening News

Neil Coyle suspended from Commons for five days after ‘drunken abuse’

MP apologises after breaching harassment policy with ‘racist comments’

The Guardian - UK

MP Neil Coyle: Complaints about my drunk behaviour possibly saved my life

The independent MP is facing a five-day suspension from the House of Commons after two drunken confrontations in a Commons bar.

The Independent UK

North East MPs grill health minister and call for non-dom status to be scrapped to fund new doctors and nurses

Chi Onwurah and Grahame Morris were among those to criticise the Government's stewardship of the NHS in a House of Commons debate this week.

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Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Theresa May (and soon Nicola Sturgeon): the strange backbench lives of former national leaders

Former prime ministers are currently making a habit of intervening in government policy. Boris Johnson deployed sources to urge current prime minister Rishi Sunak not to abandon his Brexit policies and to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Liz Truss also used her first speech on the backbenches since leaving Downing…

The Conversation

Betty Boothroyd: First female Commons Speaker who enhanced the parliament over which she presided

Daughter of Dewsbury textile workers became a megastar over her five decades in parliament – despite multiple failed attempts to win her seat

The Independent UK

‘More to do to heal Hillsborough wounds’ says Raab as he unveils advocate plan

The Justice Secretary said preparatory work to establish the independent public advocate is ‘well under way’.

The Independent UK

Dad's plea to ensure 'fine young lad', 15, did not die in vain

MP fought back tears as she proposed Gabe's Law to the House of Commons in memory of teenager Gabriel Santer

Liverpool Echo

'72 people died in Grenfell but so little changed... it took another tragedy in Awaab for action to finally happen'

The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill - including the amendment Awaab's Law - will finally be debated in the House of Commons

Manchester Evening News

Betty Boothroyd was the first woman speaker – and the first to become a 'cult figure' via televised debates

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, who has died at the age of 93, was, in no uncertain terms, a parliamentary giant. With a career in Westminster spanning almost 50 years, she was best known for becoming the first (and so far only) female speaker of the House of Commons – a post…

The Conversation

Explained: What is the Stormont brake?

EU and UK hail ‘new chapter’ in relations as new Brexit deal reached to fix protocol

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The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What we know about the NI protocol deal – and what we don’t

In today’s newsletter: the key takeaways from Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement of the Windsor agreement

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer hits out at Boris Johnson's 'nonsense' - and Rishi Sunak appears to agree

Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that Labour will "put country before party" and support the so-called Windsor Framework, which undoes many of Mr Johnson's catastrophic failures

Tribune News Service

UK, EU seal new post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland trade

LONDON — The United Kingdom and the European Union reached a new deal on Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements aimed at ending years of often acrimonious wrangling and paving the way for warmer relations more than half a decade after Britons voted for Brexit.

Evening Standard

Who was Betty Boothroyd? First woman to become Commons Speaker dies aged 93

Politicians paid tribute to the ‘one of a kind’ politician, describing her as kind, witty, and having natural authority.

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Betty Boothroyd, first female UK Commons speaker, dies at 93

The first female speaker of Britain’s House of Commons has died at age 93

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Betty Boothroyd, UK’s first woman Commons speaker, dies at 93

Tributes pour in from across the political spectrum for the UK’s Boothroyd, who served as speaker from 1992-2000.

The Independent UK

Betty Boothroyd: Affable former dancer who became first female Commons speaker

She could defuse a dangerous or tense situation in the Chamber, and transform the snarls of MPs into gusts of laughter.

Manchester Evening News

First female speaker of House of Commons Baroness Betty Boothroyd has died

The first-ever woman to be elected speaker has passed away at the age of 93 with tributes flooding in from Britain's political space

The National (Scotland)

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker, dies aged 93

Baroness Betty Boothroyd was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 1992, becoming the first woman to hold the role

Liverpool Echo

Tributes as first woman Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd dies at 93

Baroness Boothroyd served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992 to 2000

Evening Standard

Baroness Betty Boothroyd dies age 93: Tributes paid to first woman Speaker of the House of Commons

The current Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle paid tribute to Lady Boothroyd as ‘one of a kind’

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