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Furious Tory MPs claim plot to stitch up leadership contest after 1922 vote controversy

Election of Bob Blackman ignites Tory civil war over fears race to replace Rishi Sunak is being manipulated

The Independent UK

London MP Bob Blackman elected powerful chairman of 1922 Committee of Backbench Tory MPs

The election was marred by controversy after some MPs arrived too late to take part due to confusion over timings

Evening Standard

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Harrow East?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Evening Standard

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Labour expected to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as 550 parliamentarians demand action

Ahead of the dissolution of Parliament 550 MPs and peers from across parties have demanded a dramatic change in foreign policy with Iran

The Independent UK

Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism

Proposal, condemned by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPs

The Guardian - UK

Tory rebels plan to decriminalise rough sleeping by repealing 200-year-old law

Group working with Labour and Lib Dem MPs oppose government’s move to introduce harsher measures

The Guardian - UK

Almost a third of Tory MPs trying to weaken tenant protection bill are landlords

Analysis shows 14 landlord MPs are among the 47 backbenchers who have signed amendments to bill

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‘Caused great disharmony’: UK conservative MP slams BBC’s ‘biased’ coverage of Ram Mandir

UK conservative MP Bob Blackman has raised concerns over alleged “biased reporting” on the Ram temple by state broadcaster BBC.

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All the MPs rebelling over Sunak's Rwanda bill as two senior Tories quit

Here are all the MPs that backed amendments to Sunak's Rwanda Bill

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan slams Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement as ‘deeply anti-London’

Minister for London Greg Hands MP argued there was 'help for the least well off right the way across this Autumn Statement'

Evening Standard

Fury as Braverman depicts homelessness as a ‘lifestyle choice’

Senior Conservative says home secretary should not discuss complex issue in such terms and advised her to use ‘wiser’ language

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP opposes plan to build 4,000 homes on site of Edgware car park

Bob Blackman has launched a petition and called the plans, which are not in his constituency, an ‘utter disgrace’

Evening Standard

Empty council offices could provide 20,000 new homes, say MPs

MPs called for the Government to adopt new standards to ensure homes were fit to live in.

The Independent UK

The Ashes: Rishi Sunak backs Ben Stokes in full-blown bust-up with Aussies over Bairstow dismissal

‘The PM agrees with Ben Stokes when he said he simply wouldn’t want to win a game in the manner Australia did,’ says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman

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Sitting Labour and Tory MPs recognised with awards in King’s Birthday Honours

Sir Ben Bradshaw becomes a knight while Tory MPs receive other awards on the King’s Birthday Honours list.

The National (Scotland)

Tory and Labour MPs given knighthoods in King's birthday list

Labour and Conservative former ministers along with two prominent Tory backbenchers are among the politicians recognised in the King’s…

The Independent UK

UK-India trade agreement is ‘about the deal and not the dates’, minister says

Trade minister Nigel Huddleston told the Commons ‘we will not tie our hands in terms of setting an arbitrary deadline’.

Evening Standard

Politicians take aim at ‘rogue landlords’ in London ‘wild west’ of supported housing

One shocking case saw two homicides take place in an “inapproporiately mixed accommodation unit”

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Ukrainians returning to war-torn country due to unaffordable UK homes, MPs told

Conservative MP Bob Blackman raised concerns on behalf of refugees who fled to the UK.

Evening Standard

London Zoo ‘financially impossible to sustain’ without lease extension, MPs warn

London Zoo would become “financially impossible to sustain” without an urgent extension to its lease, MPs warned on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Tory MP ‘not confident’ Government on track to end rough sleeping by 2024

Bob Blackman said recent figures suggesting an increase in rough sleeping are ‘a wake-up call’.

The Independent UK

Ministers to set out plans to make England smoke-free by 2030 in ‘coming weeks’

Health minister Neil O’Brien said the Government would soon bring forward its plans for practically eliminating smoking by the end of the decade.

The Guardian - UK

Rogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millions

Gangs among those buying up cheap houses and claiming housing benefit for vulnerable people who do not live there, police say

The Independent UK

Action needed now on surge in Ukrainians becoming homeless, MPs warn

More than 70 MPs and peers including Priti Patel have signed an open letter to government

The Independent UK

Concern over rising number of Ukrainian refugees in UK facing homelessness

More than 4,000 Ukrainian households have required assistance from local authorities in the face of the risk of homelessness.

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