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Cleverly insists government actions on NI protocol are ‘lawful’

Following an urgent question on whether the government have taken the appropriate steps to ensure their position on the Northern Ireland protocol, foreign minister James Cleverly insisted that government “actions are lawful”. This follows media reports that a government advisor was told “not to give an opinion on whether the plan would breach international law”. […]

Standards in public life: Where did it all go wrong?

Chris Lomas explores why standards in public life have slipped in the UK, and whether reforming the code of conduct for MPs will solve the problem.

Hislop condemns ‘depressing’ conduct of MPs in spiky committee session

Hislop decried: “Why isn’t that blatantly obvious?”

It’s official: No-one knows who is in charge of the NHS

NHS accountability remains unclear, over two years after the establishment of NHS England

Relations with the Department of Health and NHS England, a report out today states, are “extremely complicated and still evolving”. This is another way of saying ‘we have no idea who is actually in charge’.

Eurosceptic Tories raise stakes with EU veto demand

Tories want parliament to assert its rights over Europe

Over 100 Conservative MPs have called on David Cameron to effectively declare war on EU diplomats – by backing a new law which would give Britain a veto over all new EU legislation.

PM’s plebgate handling mauled

CCTV footage shows Andrew Mitchell leaving Downing Street with his bicycle by the side gate

David Cameron was wrong to ask the Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to investigate the Andrew Mitchell ‘plebgate’ scandal, the public administration select committee of MPs has said.

No 10 feared ‘gigantic’ plebgate conspiracy

Downing Street officials suspected Andrew Mitchell’s plebgate downfall could have been the result of a “gigantic conspiracy”, Jeremy Heywood has said.