Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament that merited a 90-day suspension, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded. In its final report on the Partygate scandal, published on Thursday, the House of Commons Privileges Committee said, “If Mr. Johnson were still a member he should be suspended from the service of…

The government has triggered two by-elections to replace former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ally Nigel Adams, both of whom resigned as MPs last week. On Wednesday, Conservative Chief Whip Simon Hart moved a motion known as a “writ” for by-elections in Johnson’s Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency and Adams’s Selby and Ainsty seat….

Boris Johnson has intensified his attacks on the Parliamentary committee investigating the Partygate scandal, which is to announce in the coming days its verdict on whether the former prime minister lied to MPs about lockdown parties in Downing Street. The House of Commons Privileges Committee, led by Labour MP Harriet Harman but has a Conservative…

Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has accused the prime minister and his political secretary of blocking her from receiving a seat in the House of Lords. During an interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, Dorries called Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his aide James Forsyth “privileged posh boys” who “duplicitously and cruelly” took away her…

Judges in England and Wales are to be given more power to throw out lawsuits which allegedly help wealthy and powerful individuals and corporations gag the media. In March 2022, the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke out about the “chilling effect” of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), which he said were being used…

Downing Street has expressed confidence in the work of a parliamentary committee which has been the subject of attacks by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his allies. Johnson quit as an MP on Friday, accusing the House of Commons Privileges Committee of trying to drive him out of Parliament and calling its investigation into…

The House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) has confirmed it vetoed eight names former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had put forward for peerages in his resignation honours list. On Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accused Johnson of asking him to “do something I wasn’t prepared to do,” by overruling Holac. Johnson’s resignation honours list was…

Former President Trump calls charges against him ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’. We have more on his response to the federal indictment, what some analysts have to say about it, and what’s next in the case. A portion of a vital highway collapses in Philadelphia. The culprit was a fire in a tanker truck carrying gasoline beneath…

Former President Trump calls charges against him ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’. We have more on his response to the federal indictment, what some analysts have to say about it, and what’s next in the case. A portion of a vital highway collapses in Philadelphia. The culprit was a fire in a tanker truck carrying gasoline beneath…

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stepped down as an MP as the Parliamentary committee investigating the “partygate” scandal is set to announce its final verdict on whether he had lied to the House of Commons. The House of Commons Privileges Committee, which is led by Labour MP Harriet Harman but has a Conservative majority,…