Author: UK News

Tory MP failed to declare wife’s BP shares during oil and gas debates, standards commissioner finds The Conservative MP David Duguid failed to declare his wife’s £50,000 shareholding in BP while speaking in debates about windfall taxes on the oil and gas industry, the parliamentary commissioner has found. The parliamentary commissioner for standards carried out an investigation into the MP for Banff and Buchan and former Scotland Office minister after the Guardian revealed Duguid’s wife’s shareholdings. Parliamentary rules require MPs to declare while speaking in debates the financial interests of a spouse or other family member, where there could be…

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Transgender girl stabbed 14 times in violent birthday party attack A transgender girl was brutally stabbed 14 times in a violent attack while attending a birthday party, a court has heard. The teenager was rushed to hospital following the incident in the London borough of Harrow on Saturday evening. Another teenager has now appeared in court charged with attempted murder. Summer Betts-Ramsey, 19, appeared at Willesden Magistrates Court where she also faced a charge of possession of an offensive weapon in public. The court heard that the victim was attacked by a group after being subjected to transphobic slurs at…

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Explainer: All you need to know about the upcoming by-elections Three by-elections are taking place this month and the results will offer up key insights into the public and their concerns ahead of a general election, tipped for October.  The elections are set to test Rishi Sunak’s leadership as the Tories are tipped to lose both their seats to Labour. The real interest for the Conservative Party will be in seeing how many of their traditional voters switch to Reform UK. If it’s a significant amount, the party could see itself moving further to the right to bring back supporters…

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Many of Tuesday’s newspaper front pages lead on Labour’s decision to cut ties with its candidate in the Rochdale by-election. Comments made by Azhar Ali during a Labour meeting shortly after the 7 October attacks have forced Labour to “disown” Ali.

Pictures of Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl are also featured on the front pages this morning.

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