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PM dodges sleaze debate and refuses to apologise over Paterson row

Prime minister Boris Johnson will not attend today’s emergency debate, and has defended the “original intention” of last week’s attempt to quash Conservative MP Owen Paterson’s recommended 30-day suspension in an interview with Sky News earlier today. Mr Johnson is visiting a hospital in Northumberland ahead of today’s debate. However when asked by Sky News… Read more »

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Hoyle could intervene in emergency sleaze debate
Hoyle could intervene in emergency sleaze debate

This afternoon MPs will hold an emergency debate on MPs standards in the wake of the Government’s controversial quashing of Owen Paterson’s recommended 30-day suspension last Wednesday, followed by a U-turn the subsequent day. Yesterday the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday, both reported that Speaker Lindsay Hoyle could personally intervene in the debate, while… Read more »