Tory MPs who failed to back the Government in a crunch vote on fracking last night will be punished, Downing Street has said. Tory whips had told Conservative MPs that the vote was being treated as a motion of confidence in the Government and instructed them to vote against Labour’s proposal to ban fracking. “However, Conservative MPs were fully aware …
Britain’s ruling Conservative party on Friday suspended one of its MPs pending an investigation into claims he watched pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber. “Having spoken to the Chief Whip this afternoon, Neil Parish MP is reporting himself to the Standards Committee of the House of Commons,” said a spokeswoman for Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris, …
Highlights British lawmaker of Pak origin alleges she was sacked in February 2020 because of her 'Muslimness' Nusrat Ghani, 49, was appointed junior ministerial post at the UK’s Department for Transport in 2018 My ‘Muslim woman minister’ status was making colleagues uncomfortable, she alleged A British lawmaker of Pakistani origin on Sunday alleged that she was sacked from a ministerial …
