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House of Commons

  • 30 Aug 2013
    Gary Gibbon

    After last night’s Syria vote, has Britain become the new Sweden?

    After Thursday’s vote against military involvement in Syria, Britain will have to re-think its role in the world. But many of those involved failed to anticipate a defeat for the coalition government.

  • 16 May 2013
    Siobhan Kennedy

    Google in the hot seat – but HMRC feeling the heat

    Matt Brittin, Google’s boss in northern Europe, will be showing a humble face in front of MPs this morning. But it is the taxman who should face the toughest questions.

  • 4 Apr 2013

    FactCheck: are we right to pull up Pakistan over taxes?

    By Patrick Worrall

    MPs have warned that Pakistan gets a lot of British cash, but doesn’t collect enough from its own citizens. Are they right?

  • 3 Sep 2012
    Gary Gibbon

    ‘Nothing will change my mind’. Really, Mr Clegg?

    With a cabinet reshuffle on the cards and calls from within the party to quit, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg faces tough decisions. Gary Gibbon reports on how he fared in front of colleagues

  • 14 Aug 2012
    Victoria Macdonald

    Disability campaigner Lord Morris dies aged 84

    Victoria Macdonald blogs on the death of Lord Morris and his impact on disability legislation in the UK.

  • 13 Aug 2012
    Jon Snow

    Is any of us fit to pick up the Olympic baton?

    In the aftermath of the Olympics, the discernable spirit in the country is one of pulling together rather than finding grounds upon which to disagree.

  • 3 Aug 2012
    Michael Crick

    Death of Lords Reform: defeat or ‘breach of contract’?

    Relations within the coalition grew significantly worse today, with Conservative sources in Whitehall admitting defeat on the coalition’s plans for Lords reform.

  • 9 Jul 2012
    Jon Snow

    Libor rate-fixing: a scandal growing by the day

    MPs on the Treasury Select Committee have a chance this afternoon to do a little to remedy their own disparate efforts to question Barclays’ Bob Diamond. Diamond walked all over them.

  • 26 Jun 2012
    Gary Gibbon

    Full steam for Lords reform

    Gary Gibbon blogs on the rising political tension within the three main political parties ahead of the vote on Lords reform.

  • 5 Sep 2011
    Gary Gibbon

    Tory MP: ‘We need blue nose-pegs’

    As Parliament returns after the recess, one 2010 intake Tory MP tells Gary Gibbon he is thinking of getting a bulk order of blue nose-pegs to wear as he voted for measures he loathed but which Lib Dem coalition partners had secured in negotiations.

  • 23 Jun 2011
    Gary Gibbon

    Monkey business in the Commons over circus animal ban

    The claws were out in the House of Commons over David Cameron’s crackdown on an MP’s attempt to ban the use of live circus animals, as Gary Gibbon writes.

  • 5 Apr 2011
    Gary Gibbon

    Bloodsport in the Commons as Clegg makes NHS concession

    Nick Clegg gives an indication that the Government’s timetable on NHS reform may slip.

  • 15 Nov 2010
    Jon Snow

    Does size matter in British politics?

    It’s been a hot news period. Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest and the freedom of Paul and Rachel Chandler from their kidnap ordeal in Somalia. So spare a thought for the future governance of the United Kingdom…or not.

  • 17 Mar 2010
    Gary Gibbon

    “Hurt” MPs prepare to say farewell to the Commons

    Gary Gibbon blogs on how MPs are expressing regrets, but few apologies as they prepare to retire from the Commons in the wake of the expenses scandal.

  • 8 Feb 2010
    Jon Snow

    Tough times at the trough

    Jon Snow blogs on the aftermath of the expense scandal and the call for real reform in the Houses of power.

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