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In the UK, misleading parliament is a serious offence. The clearest rules around making inaccurate statements to parliament come from outside of the institution itself. They come from the ministerial code (which applies to ministers) and the Seven Principles of Public Life (which applies to all those in public office).

The Leeds Rhinos legend was in London on Monday to be honoured.

The cross-party Privileges Committee said the Commons may have been misled at least four times

The former prime minister has been re-selected to defend her South West Norfolk seat

The saga is not over, with a Commons committee investigating whether the former PM lied to MPs with his partygate denials.

The former prime minister and his allies used the partygate investigator’s Labour appointment to discredit the probe into whether he lied to MPs.

Matt Hancock's leaked WhatsApp messages reportedly reveal that plans were being drawn up for tougher lockdowns that would ruin Christmas for many, on the same night as a Downing Street party

The Northern Irish question has caused endless headaches in Belfast, London and Brussels throughout the Brexit saga. Now analysts say the deal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck with the EU Commission this week offers genuine resolution of the problem. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)’s backing will be needed to…

Former prime ministers are currently making a habit of intervening in government policy. Boris Johnson deployed sources to urge current prime minister Rishi Sunak not to abandon his Brexit policies and to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Liz Truss also used her first speech on the backbenches since leaving Downing…