Tom Beal, Chris Bell and Daniel De Simone BBC News Investigations Metropolitan Police Three Bulgarians convicted in March of spying for Russia previously attended an event in the Palace of Westminster, a BBC News investigation has found. Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova were present at an event to debate Brexit in a committee...
More details on the judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks – which saw three people stabbed to death – have been announced in Parliament. Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocane in the city on 13 June 2023. The deaths have prompted widespread criticism from the victims’ families over...
Hungary’s parliament has backed a range of constitutional amendments which will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and dual nationals. The amendments, which the government says are aimed at protecting children’s physical and moral development, will enable it to ban public LGBTQ+ gatherings. Hundreds gathered outside parliament to protest against the move, which rights campaigners...
“Parliament recalled in bid to save British Steel” reads the headline across the Guardian, ahead of a rare Saturday sitting in Westminster. The front page gives a flavour of some of the main stories dominating Saturday’s papers, from “economic turbulence” as Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to spark reaction, to the news that cricketer Jimmy Anderson...
BBC Parliament will be recalled on Saturday for an emergency debate on the future of British Steel’s plant in Scunthorpe. A government source says it is looking “to take control”‘ of the business. Politicians left Westminster for their Easter break on Tuesday, and were not due to return until 22 April. This breaking news story...
A court has rejected businessman Sir Philip Green’s complaint about being named in Parliament in relation to misconduct allegations reported by a newspaper. The former Topshop boss launched the case after a Labour peer said in the House of Lords that the tycoon had used a court order to stop the Telegraph publishing a story...