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DUP MP calls for investigation into Sinn Fein MP’s social media post

A DUP MP has called on the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner at Westminster to investigate a social media post by a Sinn Fein MP. Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has written to the commissioner regarding a post on Francie Molloy’s social media page ...

12 Aug 2022 at 15:43

Northern Ireland

DUP MP calls for investigation into Sinn Fein MP’s social media post

12 Aug 2022 at 21:33

Scotland

Douglas Ross avoids punishment over undeclared earnings

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has avoided sanctions after failing to declare earnings while serving as an MP. Mr Ross referred himself to the Standards Commissioner in November for not recording his full MSP salary and earnings as ...

25 Feb 2022 at 21:55

Lady Mone faces Lords standards inquiry over award of PPE contracts

Tory peer Baroness Mone is facing investigation by the Lords standards watchdog over the awarding of Government contracts worth more than £200 million to a PPE supplier. The Lords Standards Commissioners said they are investigating potential ...

18 Jan 2022 at 12:58

Independents now outnumber Lib Dems after Andrew Bridgen loses Tory whip

The decision to suspend the Conservative whip from Andrew Bridgen means there are now 15 independent MPs in the Commons, one more than the number of Liberal Democrats. Seven of those MPs were formerly Labour members, while six used to be ...

11 Jan 2023 at 14:09

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Johnson spared parliamentary ‘sleaze’ probe over Downing Street flat

Boris Johnson will not face an investigation by Parliament’s “sleaze” watchdog into the £112,000 refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, No 10 has confirmed. Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone had faced calls to ...

10 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Parliament standards tsar asked to probe ‘cosy texts’ between PM and Tory donor

Labour has called for a probe into “whether rich people can pay to get access to Government ministers” following the release of “cosy text messages” between Boris Johnson and a Tory donor. WhatsApp messages released on Thursday ...

07 Jan 2022 at 11:25

Health committee chair Steve Brine under investigation over lobbying claims

A senior Tory MP is being investigated by Parliament’s Standards Commissioner over paid advocacy and declaration of an interest. Steve Brine, the current chairman of the Commons Health Committee, is under investigation by ...

17 Mar 2023 at 13:42

Sunak inadvertently breached MPs’ code of conduct, standards commissioner finds

Rishi Sunak broke the MPs’ Code of Conduct by failing to correctly declare his wife’s financial interest in a childminding company which was set to benefit from Government policy, the Commons’ Standards Commissioner has ...

24 Aug 2023 at 10:40

Gove placed under investigation by Commons standards watchdog

Cabinet minister Michael Gove has been placed under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog. The probe, opened on Wednesday, relates to the Housing Secretary’s register of financial interests, according to the ...

29 Feb 2024 at 11:42

Deputy Speaker and Tory MP face Commons watchdog probe

The Deputy Speaker and a Tory MP are under investigation by the Commons standards watchdog. Commons’ Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg is looking into allegations that Dame Eleanor Laing and Virginia Crosbie, MP ...

16 Nov 2023 at 16:05

Tory MP Miriam Cates placed under investigation by Commons standards watchdog

Conservative MP Miriam Cates has been placed under investigation by Parliament’s standards watchdog. The backbench MP is facing claims that she has caused “significant damage to the reputation of the House as a whole,...

18 Dec 2023 at 13:45

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