The former prime minister David Cameron is no longer able to access parliament after not renewing his pass, it has been reported.
Cameron was among more than 400 former politicians with a security pass for the parliamentary estate, allowing him to use the subsidised facilities, including part-funded food and drink in the exclusive Strangers bar.
But Cameron has fallen off the list after not renewing his pass. House of Commons officials confirmed he was no longer a passholder, while other former MPs, such as his close ally George Osborne, still were.
They said the last list was published in October 2018 and his name did not appear. In the latest version, which is due to be published this month, his name is also not there, although he could still apply for it to be added.
The Daily Mail, which reported the story, said Cameron’s team expected parliamentary officials to contact them when the pass needed renewing.
In November, it was rumoured that Cameron planned a return to frontline politics, a move that Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, called “bizarre”.
Rayner, the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, was among a series of Labour MPs who reacted to reports of the former prime minister being interested in the job of foreign secretary.
Rayner tweeted: “Just when you thought politics couldn’t get anymore bizarre. No David, please stay in retirement, you caused enough damage last time.”
Yvette Cooper tweeted: “What, because it worked out so well last time? Man, you ripped up our closest international partnership. By accident. That makes you even worse than Boris Johnson.”
Andrew Gwynne, the shadow communities and local government secretary, wrote: “God. No. Didn’t he do enough damage first time round?? Please spare us all.”
Anna Turley, the Redcar MP, said: “The sense of entitlement is unreal. Please go away and think about what you’ve done.”
