Browsing: UK politics

Scott Benton, the MP for Blackpool South, formerly a Conservative, had asked for a reconsideration of the standards committee verdict that he had committed an “extremely serious breach of the rules”.

The mysterious death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent Kremlin critic, continues to dominate Sunday’s headlines. 

Prince Harry and speculation of a May general election make the front pages today.

Labour has secured victories in two by-elections against the Conservatives, flipping significant majorities to claim Wellingborough and Kingswood.

The London business paper CITY AM says the UK slipped into a recession at the end of last year after a poor performance from the dominant service sector pushed the economy into contraction, new figures show.

Several of Thursday’s front pages report on the findings of an annual report on antisemitism in the UK, amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. 

Elsewhere, the UK economy and other domestic stories make the front page.

Tory MP failed to declare wife’s BP shares during oil and gas debates, standards commissioner finds The Conservative MP David…

This month will see three by-elections take place, in what will likely be another serious test for Rishi Sunak and his government.

Explainer: All you need to know about the upcoming by-elections Three by-elections are taking place this month and the results…

The Labour candidate for the 29 February Rochdale byelection, Azhar Ali, has “apologised unreservedly to the Jewish community” for comments which he described as “deeply offensive, ignorant and false.”

Monday’s front pages cover several different topics, with many domestic stories taking centre stage.

Comments from Defence Secretary Grant Shapps make several of the papers’ after Shapps attempted to stoke the culture wars again, with comments that the Army has gone ‘woke.’