One minister denied that there was a culture of bigotry in parliament, despite reports that more than 50 lawmakers were facing charges of sexual abuse. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng suggested that the issue was people “working in a really intense environment” for “many hours”. Asked about reports that 56 lawmakers were allegedly facing sexual harassment allegations in the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme, he said it was “excellent”, but insisted he had “never seen any of it” in parliament. It comes after the resignation of Tory MP Neil Paris, after he admitted that he watched pornography in the House of Commons in what he described as a “moment of madness”. The Tiverton and Honiton lawmaker claimed to have looked at adult material twice, the first time he stumbled upon a porn site while searching for a tractor on the internet, but deliberately returned a second time. The president of the Communities, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, called for a “radical” reform of working practices in parliament, suggesting that staff should no longer be employed by the MPs they work for.
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Labor and Liberal Democrat leaders deny Tories’s allegations of electoral pact
Keir Starmer and Ed Davey have denied the Conservatives’ claims that Labor and the Liberal Democrats have struck a secret deal to deal the hardest blow to the Tories in Thursday’s local election. In a letter to Starmer, Tory leader Oliver Dowden today accused the Labor leader of resigning in “parts of the country” where the Liberal Democrats were the Conservatives’ main rival, while Sir Ed’s party retaliated. the Labor Party was dominant. Our political editor Andrew Woodcock has the full story: Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 10:35 1651397124
Parliament is a safe place for women to work despite “a few bad apples”, says minister
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted that parliament is a safe place for women to work despite the few “bad apples”. He told the BBC’s Sunday Morning Show: “I think it’s. I think we have to distinguish some bad apples, bad people and the general environment. “There are some bad apples, there are people who have acted very badly and must be held accountable.” Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 10:25 1651396524
Parliament’s culture change needs to be ‘modeled from the top’, says Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer said a culture change in parliament should be “modeled from the top”. The Labor leader said lawmakers should not hide behind excuses for long hours and work pressure as an explanation for misogyny and misbehavior in Westminster. Our political editor Andrew Woodcock has more details: Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 10:15 1651395924
Sir Ed Davey rejects the Lib Dem-Labor electoral pact
Asked about allegations of a Liberal Democrat electoral alliance, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey told the BBC: “There is no pact, there will be no pact.” He added: “In fact, if you look at what we are doing in these local elections, we are fighting Labor in a lot of areas, in Hull, in Sunderland, in Sheffield, in Harringey, in Southwark, I could go on. “This is quite desperate for the Conservatives. I’m not surprised why lifelong Conservatives are moving away from them because they are really upset that we have a Prime Minister who is not worthy to run our country.” Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 10:05 1651395324
Labor made a “real mistake” when it said Angela Rayner was not at the Durham event, Starmer says
Labor made a “real mistake” when they said Angela Rayner was not at a Durham election rally where Sir Keir Starmer was photographed drinking a beer, the leader said. Asked if the deputy chief was in office, Sir Keir told Sky News: “Yes. this. “I know what’s going on here, we have elections on Thursday and there are just Tory MPs trying to throw mud because they have nothing to say about the central issue of the cost of living.” He later said Labor did not realize they were wrong to say that Mrs. Rainer was not at the Durham event last year. Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 09:55 1651394745
Sir Keir Starmer denies that Labor has a secret electoral deal with the Lib Dems
Sir Keir Starmer has denied that Labor has a secret electoral deal with the Liberal Democrats. Asked about Conservative leader Oliver Dowden’s claims of a deal, the Labor leader told Sky News: “I would not take anything Oliver Dowden says.” He added: “The fact that he spends his Sunday … attacking Labor … why does he not say anything about the cost of living crisis in the name of paradise? “There is no pact, everyone knows that there is no pact. “We will put up a candidate when by-elections take place, obviously after Neil Parish resigned yesterday.” He later claimed that Labor was more likely than not to run in the local elections. Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 09:45 1651393788
Cabinet ally denies Boris Johnson leadership’s threat in local elections
Boris Johnson’s position as prime minister is safe, regardless of how the Conservatives do in Thursday’s local elections, a key cabinet ally has claimed. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng acknowledged that ballots cast across the UK would be “provocative” for the Tories, but insisted: “I do not think his leadership is threatened at all.” Our political editor Andrew Woodcock has the full story: Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 09:29 1651392037
Boris Johnson’s leadership is not threatened, says the minister
The leadership of Boris Johnson is not threatened after a “remarkable series of successes”, a minister claimed. “I do not think his leadership is threatened at all,” Kwasi Kwarteng, secretary of operations, told Sky News. He noted Johnson’s “remarkable series of successes” with Brexit, his efforts abroad to help Ukraine and the development of the coronavirus vaccine. Asked about a Mail on Sunday article claiming that former Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt was about to begin his leadership challenge, he said: “Jeremy is a very capable colleague, he is a good friend, I’m not sure what he’s doing.” . Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 09:00 1651391521
Kwasi Kwarteng denies the culture of misogyny in parliament
Kwasi Kwarteng denied that there was a culture of bigotry in parliament, arguing that “some people act irresponsibly”. Asked about reports that 56 lawmakers were allegedly facing sexual harassment allegations in the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme, the secretary of operations said it was “excellent”, but insisted he had “never seen any of it” in parliament. On the issue of the resignation of Tory MP Neil Parish after watching porn twice in the House of Commons, Mr Kwarteng said that people in parliament were “working in a really intense environment” for “many hours”. He told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday that the grievance system was an improvement over what it was before, but needed more resources, adding: “Clearly what we have now is not working well enough.” Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 08:52 1651390250
Greens win hearts in Northeast as party looks at “tectonic change” among voters
Our correspondent in the North of England, Colin Drury, was in the coastal town of South Shields, where he says Green activists were welcomed on the doorstep of Labor’s stronghold as internal polls predicted the party would make big profits across the country this year. local appointments. Chiara Giordano 1 May 2022 08:30
