Prime Minister Liz Truss appeared to rule out cuts in public spending, as doubts about the fiscal soundness of the government’s program continued to roil the markets.
Tag: House of Commons (Great Britain)
Former British Lawmaker Sentenced to 18 Months for Sexual Assault
A 15-year-old boy had reported the assault in 2008 but decided not to pursue the case until he saw that Imran Ahmad Khan had been elected to Parliament in 2019, prosecutors said.
Britain’s Parliament Is Rocked by Sexist Episodes. Again.
Encouraging more women to run for office, critics say, is just one way to counter pervasive misogyny and sexual harassment in Parliament.
U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move
Citing an unnamed Conservative lawmaker, the paper claimed that Angela Rayner, a Labour leader, tried to distract Boris Johnson with her body. Fury has ensued.
U.K. Tabloid Accuses Lawmaker of ‘Basic Instinct’ Move
Citing an unnamed Conservative lawmaker, the paper claimed that Angela Rayner, a Labour leader, tried to distract Boris Johnson with her body. Fury has ensued.
Johnson Is All Apologies Before Parliament After ‘Partygate’ Fine
Though opposition politicians called him out, only one member of his own Conservative party called on him to resign.
Johnson’s Cabinet Backs Him After ‘Partygate’ Fine
The support from the British prime minister’s party means he can likely ride out the immediate storm, but his troubles are not over, experts say.
Zelensky Vows No Surrender in Video to Britain’s Parliament
In a dramatic video address to Britain’s House of Commons, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he would never capitulate to the invading Russians.
U.K. Moves to Tighten Laws on Oligarchs. Critics Say It’s Too Late.
With most of the Western world uniting against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Britain is trying to plug loopholes for wealthy Russians to which it has long turned a blind eye.
U.K. Moves to Tighten Laws on Oligarchs. Critics Say It’s Too Late.
With most of the Western world uniting against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Britain is trying to plug loopholes for wealthy Russians to which it has long turned a blind eye.