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Extremism is the focus of many of Sunday’s front pages. Tory MP Lee Anderson has been suspended by his party following his comments about Mayor of London Sadiq Khan which have been labelled as “Islamophobic, anti-Muslim and racist”, whilst some of the papers lead on private security being used by some MPs due to rising tensions.

Friday’s News Briefing – Chaos in Westminster – More dead in Gaza and the weekend preview with FA cup final

The Premier League returns this weekend with seven fixtures taking place. A Manchester City win will take them within a point of league leaders Liverpool, and a win for Arsenal will keep them within two points of the top – keeping the title race tight. 

Shamima Begum loses court fight to have her British citizenship back A court has thrown out Shamima Begum’s bid to…

The Metro counts the cost of Russia’s war on Ukraine as the second anniversary of the conflict approaches, describing it as “two years of lunacy”. The paper refers to “tyrant” Vladimir Putin’s campaign in Ukraine, which the paper says has killed at least 10,000 Ukrainians.

No one single story dominates Friday’s front pages, instead, a mix of domestic and international topics find space on the front splashes. However, most papers continue their coverage of Wednesday’s Commons chaos, as it emerged the Speaker of the House bent the rules due in part to fears over the safely of MPs. 

The bank said that approach was in line with guidance from the Royal Household and aimed at minimising the environmental and financial impact of the change.

He is in the Speaker’s Chair, as usual, today and it is understood he is not planning to resign despite some 58 MPs signing a motion of no confidence in him.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has apologised to the SNP after the House of Commons descended into chaos, as 59 MPs signed a motion of no confidence in the speaker.

The Guardian – Fury in Commons forces speaker to apologise over Gaza vote chaos’ 1 Min Read Summary of The Independent…