Tag: House of Commons

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Ex cabinet minister proposes Gibraltar and Falklands should have elected MPs to Parliament after Brexit

  

  A former Cabinet Office minister said British overseas territories such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands should be able to elect MPs to Parliament after Brexit. John Penrose wants the 14 overseas territories, which include the renowned tax-havens the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, to be able to negotiate devolution arrangements similar to that enjoyed by all four countries within the UK, and also elect MPs to Westminster.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:45 UTC

  Brexit-era paralysis: Moody's downgrades UK's debt to negative

  

  Moody's on Friday downgraded the outlook for Britain's debt, citing mounting policy challenges amid the Brexit debate. The agency cut the outlook to negative from stable but kept the debt at the investment-grade Aa2.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Commons has a new Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, who promised “the House will change for better”

  

  Long-serving Labour Party lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle was elected speaker of Britain’s House of Commons on Monday, taking up the job with a clear message: I’m not John Bercow.

• Monday, November 4th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Eight hopefuls for Speaker of Commons Bercow chair

  

  British MPs will this Monday select the new speaker of the House of Commons, once an unremarkable event but one now charged with significance following the previous occupant's role in Brexit.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  House of Commons “order order” Speaker heading for the Lords: successor will be elected Monday

  

  Speaker John Bercow is set to shout “order order” for the last time in the House of Commons as his 10-year reign as Speaker comes to an end. He will preside over the business in the chamber one final time.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Another Brexit vote this Tuesday; Speaker Bercow shot down Johnson's Monday attempt

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed aside yet another Brexit setback on Monday and sought again to ram through his EU divorce deal in time for next week's deadline. House of Commons speaker John Bercow shot down Johnson's second attempt on Monday to get MPs to sign off on his revised EU withdrawal terms.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 23:41 UTC

  Parliament conditions PM Johnson's Brexit deal forcing another vote on Monday

  

  Parliament has been sitting on a Saturday for the first time in 37 years to debate and vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal. MPs have supported a motion tabled by Independent MP Sir Oliver Letwin that “withholds approval” for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal until legislation implementing it has been passed.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Johnson strikes a deal with EU, but he still has to convince a reluctant Parliament

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this Friday seek to sell his Brexit deal to skeptical MPs, as he returns home fresh from an EU victory but risking defeat in parliament. Johnson pulled off a major coup in agreeing a new divorce deal with the European Union leader, paving the way for him to deliver his promise to leave the bloc on Oct 31.

• Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:13 UTC

  PM Johnson defies the opposition to call a confidence vote on Thursday, and a “snap election”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government, in a defiant response to the Supreme Court decision to strike down his suspension of parliament.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  PM Johnson insists he will not request an extension to Brexit, despite parliament, which is suspended until 14 October

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal.