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The strangest rules MPs have to follow
feature One of the oldest assemblies in the world, parliament has many bizarre regulations and conventions
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PM launches ten-year drugs plan amid claims of cocaine taking in Commons
Why Everyone’s Talking About Government to target ‘casual’ middle-class users along with addicts and dealers
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Geoffrey Cox and the British Virgin Islands: the backstory
Why Everyone’s Talking About Tory MP accused of ‘brazen breach of the rules’ after new video footage emerges
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A timeline of the Tory sleaze allegations
Why Everyone’s Talking About Boris Johnson has been reprimanded by standards committee for ‘over-casual attitude’ to parliamentary rules
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Should MPs have second jobs?
Pros and Cons Owen Paterson case shines light on financial activities outside Westminster
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‘Resign!’: what are the rules on leaking government budgets?
Today's Big Question Deputy speaker suggests Rishi Sunak has breached ministerial code
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Will MPs’ pay rise outstrip public sector workers’?
Today's Big Question Parliamentary pay watchdog requests power to ‘vary the award below or above’ public sector pay
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Should Scottish MPs be given the power to vote down English laws?
Today's Big Question Major constitutional reform planned in bid to ‘save the union’
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Parliament U-turns on plan for MPs’ bars to be exempt from nationwide 10pm curfew
Speed Read Watering holes on the parliamentary estate will be forced to shut after MPs blast ‘tone deaf’ decision
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Conservative MPs to ‘refuse’ unconscious bias training
Speed Read Dozens of Tories to shun course designed to tackle racism as Commons authorities accused of ‘pandering to the woke agenda’
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Boris Johnson’s to-do list: what is waiting for the PM on his return to work?
In Depth Packed agenda includes tackling fallout from Covid, Brexit and reopening of schools
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Tory MP accused of rape to stay away when Parliament returns in September
Speed Read Conservative Party says the unnamed politician has agreed to steer clear of Commons when summer recess ends
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Instant Opinion: MPs ‘only just saved’ from reputational disaster
In Depth Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 24 June
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Jacob Rees-Mogg loses vote on debating Westminster bullying claims
Speed Read Critics said proposal would undermine new independent panel and ‘re-victimise’ victims
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