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By Alice Cannet Schools secretary Ed Balls was accused today of breaching new Speaker John Bercow’s ruling that MPs should speak to the Commons before making any announcement to the press. Ex-Tory minister Christopher Chope urged Mr Balls to issue an apology to MPs after he announced in the media that the government national strategies… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Just weeks after the humiliating defeat over the Gurkhas issue the government suffered only its second defeat in the Commons ever yesterday. MPs were voting on a series of motions creating ‘regional grand committees’ when the unusual event occurred. The government was defeated by 104 votes to 98 on a minor proposal… Read more »
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