Richard Wheeler
Politics
MPs support moves for tougher fines for livestock-worrying offenders
The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill cleared the House of Commons on Friday.
17 May 2024
Politics
Speaker condemns threats to MPs in wake of vote on risk-based exclusion policy
MPs this week voted 170 to 169 in favour of reverting to the threshold being an arrest.
16 May 2024
Politics
Rail passenger services going from bad to worse, claims Labour
Opposition analysis of the latest quarterly figures available from the Office of Rail and Road was raised in the House of Commons.
16 May 2024
Politics
Mordaunt takes inspiration from The Beatles to criticise ‘nowhere man’ Starmer
Ms Mordaunt said voters would ‘not fall for today’s pledge card’.
16 May 2024
Politics
Starmer accuses PM of wanting to issue ‘get out of free jail cards’ to criminals
Rishi Sunak said no-one should be put on the early release scheme if they are a threat to the public.
15 May 2024
Politics
MP calls for Government to take over running of Parc Prison following deaths
Nine adults have died at HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales, since the end of February, with four deaths so far linked to substance misuse.
14 May 2024
Politics
Tory MPs press for emergency immigration legislation after NI court ruling
Former home secretary Suella Braverman claimed the judgment meant Northern Ireland was ‘effectively to be treated as part of the European Union’.
14 May 2024
Politics13 May 2024
MPs arrested for sex offences face being excluded from Parliament
MPs face being barred from attending Parliament if they are arrested for serious sexual or violent offences
Politics
Ban cat flaps to protect Britain’s garden birds, urges former minister
Lord Blencathra also backed calls for outdoor cats to be required to wear collars and bells, as peers debated the Pet Abduction Bill.
10 May 2024
Celebrity News
MPs raise questions over future of BBC licence fee in Commons debate
BBC director-general Tim Davie has previously said he is open to a ‘more progressive’ licence fee.
9 May 2024
Politics9 May 2024
I’m too left wing for Starmer’s Labour, jokes top Tory Penny Mordaunt
The Commons Leader also compared Sir Keir to a crab that selects ‘sedentary creatures and seaweed’ to help ‘disguise its true form’.
Politics
Mordaunt: Tory odds of retaining Dover have improved since Elphicke defection
The Commons Leader also compared Sir Keir Starmer to a crab that selects ‘sedentary creatures and seaweed’ to help ‘disguise its true form’.
9 May 2024
Politics
Conservative MP instructs staff not to deal with asylum cases
Marco Longhi faced shouts of ‘resign’ and ‘shameful’ as he raised the matter in the House of Commons at business questions.
9 May 2024
Business News
Doubts raised over demand for pints of wine ahead of September launch
The SNP’s Patrick Grady said the Government should admit there is ‘little to no demand or interest for this supposedly glorious Brexit benefit’.
2 May 2024
Politics
Mordaunt: Strict response needed if UK campus Gaza protests replicate US
The Commons Leader made the remarks in response to a request for a debate on ‘antisemitism at UK universities’.
2 May 2024
Politics
Automated Vehicles Bill clears Commons hurdle
The legislation is now on the verge of becoming law.
1 May 2024
Politics
Rishi Sunak insists no cuts to state pension to fund national insurance ambition
Labour argues the pledge to abolish national insurance contributions would amount to £46 billion and ‘puts people’s retirement at risk’.
1 May 2024
Politics
Rafah incursion would struggle to comply with international law, says Mitchell
Negotiations between Israel and Hamas over a ceasefire agreement have been taking place.
30 Apr 2024
Tech
Ministers examining calls to stop foreign state involvement in UK online media
Conservative former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith warned the Government is dealing with a ‘digital world with analogue tools’.
30 Apr 2024
Politics
MPs reject bid to include Scotland in Bill to exonerate Horizon scandal victims
SNP MP Marion Fellows argued it was a ‘Westminster problem’ which must be sorted out in the UK Parliament.
29 Apr 2024