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Jail and a $10,000 fine: former political staffer shares fear over MP complaint system

An Australian parliamentary workplace watchdog was created to clean up bad behaviour in the seat of government – but some are questioning its efficacy

The Guardian - AU

Farage reported to parliament’s standards watchdog over undeclared £5m donation – as it happened

Farage was given £5m by the Thai-based billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 general election

The Guardian - UK

PMQs latest: Starmer refuses to say if Rachel Reeves will keep job as chancellor in rumoured reshuffle

Sir Keir Starmer took questions from MPs the day after avoiding an inquiry into claims he misled Parliament over the Peter Mandelson vetting saga.

The Independent UK

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Starmer knew risks of ‘toxic, hot potato’ Epstein to Mandelson, says ex-mandarin

Sir Philip Barton said there was no substance to allegations the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney had sworn at him.

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar challenged to order MPs to back inquiry into PM

MPs will vote on whether the Privileges Committee should carry out an inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer.

Evening Standard

Lights. Camera. Lindsay! Speaker’s show lands Starmer with yet another headache

It seemed like a fait accompli that Hoyle would deny the application for a Commons vote – but he had other ideas

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urges Labour MPs to vote against parliamentary probe into Mandelson row

The Commons will vote on Tuesday on whether the Privileges Committee should consider if the Prime Minister misled the House.

Evening Standard

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Labour MPs face a ‘lose-lose’ vote on Starmer sleaze inquiry

NEWS ANALYSIS: As Starmer faces a crunch vote in parliament, political editor David Maddox talks to Labour MPs and those involved with the Boris Johnson Privileges Committee inquiry to find out what could happen next

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer faces toughest week as Prime Minister yet as MPs to hold sleaze vote

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has granted a debate on whether Sir Keir should be referred to the Privileges Committee

Evening Standard

Opposition parties ‘playing silly political games’ calling for PM to face probe

Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure over revelations about Lord Peter Mandelson’s vetting process.

Evening Standard

Starmer facing another bruising week over Mandelson vetting scandal

The Prime Minister will seek to shift focus from the fallout over the vetting for Lord Peter Mandelson.

Evening Standard

‘No case to answer’ on Mandelson, says minister amid call for PM to face probe

Darren Jones also accused the Conservatives of ‘using tactics’ ahead of local elections.

Evening Standard

Starmer says opponents making ‘any allegation they can’ over Mandelson vetting

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is reportedly pressing for Sir Keir Starmer’s referral to the Privileges Committee claiming he misled MPs.

Evening Standard

Starmer-Mandelson latest: Dismissal of Robbins over vetting scandal ‘wholly unacceptable’, says ex-Labour minister

Denis MacShane said he had never seen such a ‘fallout’ between No 10 and the civil service

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The Guardian - AU

Ralph Babet refuses to accept sanction over ‘offensive’ and ‘disrespectful’ comments on social media

United Australia party senator says commission findings are ‘dumb’ and he will not undergo ‘ridiculous’ sensitivity training after posting slurs online

The Guardian - AU

‘Mark Latham is a pig’: NSW MP criticised for allegedly taking covert photos of female colleagues in parliament

Premier Chris Minns says former One Nation MP’s alleged remarks about female MPs in messages to his then partner ‘troubling’

Newsroom.co.nz

A haka, a political standoff, and tikanga in Parliament

Today from The Detail: The Treaty Principles Bill is all but dead, but the fallout from a protest haka in Parliament has Te Pāti Māori MPs at odds with the Privileges Committee .

Evening Standard

Ungovernable by Simon Hart review: A tale of brothels, backbiting, and Conservative politics

The revelations are out from Simon Hart’s book: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip. There’s the one about being woken at 4am by an MP who was being held in a Bayswater brothel by blackmailers, not to be confused with another MP, Mark Menzies, who found it difficult to…

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Legal threat against Labor MP by business associate of Stuart Robert to be assessed for potential contempt of parliament

Powerful privileges committee will review complaint from Labor’s Julian Hill about defamation concerns notice from lawyers for John Margerison

The Hindu

Proceedings initiated against BJP MLAs for creating ruckus in Himachal Assembly: Speaker

BJP MLAs face proceedings for ruckus in Himachal Pradesh Assembly, referred to Privileges Committee by Speaker.

The Hindu

SC stays LS privileges panel proceedings summoning West Bengal Chief Secretary, others for ‘injuring’ BJP MP

Supreme Court stays Lok Sabha Privileges Committee proceedings against West Bengal Chief Secretary on BJP MP's complaint.

The Hindu

Lok Sabha privileges panel recommends that Speaker revoke suspension of three Congress MPs after they express ‘regret’

Congress MPs Vijaykumar Vasanth, Abdul Khaleque, and J. Jayakumar have expressed regret for their alleged disrespect to the Chair during the Winter Session of Parliament.

The Hindu

BRS MLCs lodge complaint over CM’s remarks on council, its members

Three BRS members of the Legislative Council — S. Vani Devi, M.S. Prabhakar Rao and Deshapathi Srinivas — submitted separate representations to Chairman of the Upper House Gutha Sukender Reddy on January 9 to refer the matter of “objectionable remarks” made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy against the council…

The Hindu

Privileges panel to seek responses from 11 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs

The Privileges Committee of the Rajya Sabha, in a meeting held in New Delhi decided to seek responses from 11 members suspended on charges of breach of privilege during the recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament. Their suspension is pending till the report of the panel, headed by Deputy Chairman…

Dynamite News

LS and RS Privileges Committees to meet next week to hear suspended MPs

The Privileges Committees of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are scheduled to meet next week, where 14 opposition MPs will put across their views over their suspension. Read further on Dynamite News:

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