All news on the topic: Westminster

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Senior CPS prosecutor appears in court accused of sexually assaulting woman
A senior prosecutor for the CPS has appeared in court regarding an allegation that she sexually assaulted another woman.
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Reality star and royal insider Ben Duncan plunges 100ft to death from £1,000-a-night hotel
Big Brother star and reported friend of Prince William, Ben Duncan, has died aged 45.
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Westminster officers raid offices over snail farm tax avoidance
A London council has discovered offices filled with boxes of snails as it vows to crack down on a "bizarre" attempt to avoid business rates.
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UK drops China spying case against ex-parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash
For Christopher Cash, it was a job he loved. The young parliamentary researcher, then in his late twenties, was a China specialist who worked in turn for two influential backbenchers, Tom Tugendhat and Alicia Kearns.
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Ex-Reform MP under investigation for allegedly using social media to ’promote racism’
A former Reform UK MP is being investigated over claims that he used social media to “facilitate racial abuse”.
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Graham Linehan to stand trial over online attacks on transgender woman
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan is set to face trial, accused of harassing a transgender woman, days after his arrest over social media posts.
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UK pauses family migration for refugees ahead of asylum overhaul
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced she is temporarily suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system until new, tighter rules are introduced.
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Reform UK council leader bans councillors from speaking to local newspaper
A Reform UK council leader has prohibited his councillors from speaking to a local newspaper.
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Inside Anduril’s PR blitz: how a US weapons firm won influence and contracts in Westminster
“We find ourselves locked in a critical race – a race for upholding democratic values,” urged Paul Hollingshead, then a senior figure at the weapons tech company Anduril.
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‘Nothing to hide’: Rayner defends £700k Brighton pad
Angela Rayner has admitted to a council tax controversy involving her three homes. The Deputy Prime Minister has recently purchased a seaside apartment near Brighton for over £700,000.
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Angela Rayner buys £700k Brighton flat as third home amid housing row
Deputy PM Angela Rayner has spent more than £700,000 on a luxury seaside apartment — her third home.
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Russian spies in UK Parliament: agents exposed at Brexit-related event
A BBC News investigation has discovered that three Bulgarians, who were convicted of espionage for Russia, had previously attended an event at the Palace of Westminster.
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The chief whip’s diaries disclose the rescue of a Tory MP from a KGB agent in a London brothel
From MPs’ requests for peerages to Rishi Sunak labeling a minister as ‘fucking useless’, tales from former chief whip Simon Hart’s diaries have garnered attention.
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Met Police refers itself to information watchdog after Westminster honeytrap victims’ identities were disclosed to each other
The email was sent by an officer with all recipients’ email addresses mistakenly visible to each other. The scandal involved various figures in Westminster being targeted with flirtatious messages.
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London council boss charged with drink driving and possession of class A drugs
The leader of a London council has been charged with drug and driving offences after allegedly failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
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Man arrested in connection with Westminster honeytrap case
A man has been arrested in connection with the Westminster "honeytrap" scandal.
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Corruption is on the rise in Britain. Will ousting the Tories make a difference?
Labour is talking a good game on cleaning up Westminster as an election looms — but the U.K. has a long history of opposition parties promising the earth.
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Three police hurt and 40 arrests at pro-Palestinian march in London
Three police officers were injured and 40 people have been arrested during a demonstration in Westminster.
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Three men accused of aiding Hong Kong intelligence service appear in London court
Three men have been charged under the National Security Act with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference.
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Rishi Sunak mocks Liz Truss’s claims she was ousted as PM by the ‘Deep State’
Ms Truss made the claims to a US audience when she attended the big conservative conference CPAC
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China targets group of senior UK politicians with string of cyberattacks as urgent meeting called at Westminster
It’s not the first time serious warnings have been made in government about the China threat
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'Abbott comments not ‘racism row’ or ‘Tory chaos' - this is stone cold racism'
The arrogance of the government spokesman trying to claim the remarks were not gender or race-based would be laughable if this wasn’t so serious, writes Darren Lewis
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Brianna Ghey's mum tears up as she discusses meeting family of daughter's killer
Brianna Ghey's mum Esther met with the mum and uncle of her 16-year-old daughter's killer Scarlett Jenkinson for a heartbreaking chat in their hometown of Warrington, Cheshire
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MPs to get taxpayer-funded bodyguards as they face threat of extremist attacks
Home Secretary James Cleverly said no MP should have to accept threats or harrassment as 'part of the job' as he announces the multi-billion pound fund to bolster security
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Labour calls for 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza ahead of key vote
Over 28,000 Palestianians have so far been killed in the conflict and dozens of aid charities have called on all MPs to vote for an immediate ceasefire this week