Home Office says 11 people left without warm clothing after transport from Manston told staff they had somewhere to stay
Full report: Home Office leaves asylum seekers stranded in central London
The government has conceded that the asylum processing centre at Manston in Kent is not operating legally, my colleague Peter Walker reports. His full story is here.
The Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen faces being suspended from the Commons for five days after a report found he broke the rules on lobbying.
Mr Bridgen has demonstrated a very cavalier attitude to the House’s rules on registration and declaration of interests, including repeatedly saying that he did not check his own entry in the register.
I was distressed to hear on a number of occasions an unsubstantiated rumour that your contract as Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is due to end in the coming months and that there are advanced plans to offer you a peerage, potentially as soon as the Prime Minister’s resignation honours list. There is also some suggestion amongst colleagues that those plans are dependent upon arriving at the ‘right’ outcomes when conducting parliamentary standards investigation […] I do apologise if you find the contents of this letter offensive, it is certainly not my intention, but I would be grateful if you would provide me reassurance that you are not about to be offered an honour or peerage and that the rumours are indeed malicious and baseless.
Home Office says 11 people left without warm clothing after transport from Manston told staff they had somewhere to stayFull report: Home Office leaves asylum seekers stranded in central LondonThe government has conceded that the asylum processing centre at Manston in Kent is not operating legally, my colleague Peter Walker reports. His full story is here.The Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen faces being suspended from the Commons for five days after a report found he broke the rules on lobbying.Mr Bridgen has demonstrated a very cavalier attitude to the House’s rules on registration and declaration of interests, including repeatedly saying that he did not check his own entry in the register.I was distressed to hear on a number of occasions an unsubstantiated rumour that your contract as Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is due to end in the coming months and that there are advanced plans to offer you a peerage, potentially as soon as the Prime Minister’s resignation honours list. There is also some suggestion amongst colleagues that those plans are dependent upon arriving at the ‘right’ outcomes when conducting parliamentary standards investigation I do apologise if you find the contents of this letter offensive, it is certainly not my intention, but I would be grateful if you would provide me reassurance that you are not about to be offered an honour or peerage and that the rumours are indeed malicious and baseless. Continue reading…
