🚫 Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle announces he has *NOT* selected the foreign aid amendment to be voted on
Hoyle tells Government that MPs *SHOULD* get a vote on foreign aid cut
Hoyle suggests he will allow an emergency debate tomorrow

“We are the elected members, this House should be taken seriously, and the Government should be accountable here”
Summary: Foreign aid defeat delayed, but not avoided 💥
Andrew Mitchell: "The problem for the Government is the House of Commons maths is not going to go away"

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8 Jun
A three hour emergency debate on foreign aid cuts is taking place in the Commons
Andrew Mitchell says MPs opposed to aid cut have been described as rebels, "but it is the government that is rebelling" against its manifesto promise to keep the 0.7pc target
Boris Johnson's foreign aid cut is an "unlawful and unethical betrayal", says Andrew Mitchell
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16 Dec 20
EXC: Tory MP Tobias Ellwood attended a Christmas dinner with *27 guests* at a private members club in Mayfair on Tuesday🎄🍴
The Iraq Britain Business Council on its website described the event at the Cavalry and Guards Club in Piccadilly as its "Christmas party" 🎅

But Mr Ellwood insists it was a "business meeting" so was allowed under Tier 2 restrictions that applied at the time
Mr Ellwood gave a speech at the event and then says he was "introduced to business people... It was a proper business function"

The Commons defence committee chair says there were no Christmas crackers and when asked if turkey was served for the meal said: "No I don't think so"
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16 Nov 20
💉Exclusive: Volunteers without previous medical experience are being recruited to help with the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine
💉St John Ambulance is offering to train those who are not first aiders how to administer injections, according to leaked documents
💉Vaccine regulations have been quietly re-written to allow those who are not healthcare professionals to give the Covid-19 jab
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24 Jun 20
My beginner's guide to the Robert Jenrick/Richard Desmond planning row in 8 tweets 👇
🏗️Richard Desmond, the billionaire former newspaper tycoon, applied for planning permission to build a £1bn development, including 1,500 homes, on the site of the old Westferry printworks on the Isle of Dogs
🍽️ In November, Desmond sat next to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick at a Tory fundraising dinner at the Savoy Hotel and played him a video about the scheme on his mobile phone
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11 Jun 20
Understand that Robert Jenrick is refusing to answer Urgent Question in the Commons this morning on this

Junior minister Chris Pincher is being sent in his place
Housing minister Simon Clarke on Sky News earlier insisting Robert Jenrick is a “good man and a good minister” who has done nothing wrong

Unclear why he doesn’t want to answer Qs in the Commons if nothing to hide
Timeline of what happened 👇

November 2019: Jenrick & Desmond sit together at Tory dinner 🍽️

14 January: Jenrick overrules Planning Inspectorate & local council to approve £1bn Desmond development a day before £40m charge came in 🏘️

28 January: Desmond gives Tories £12k 💸
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18 Apr 20
Robert Jenrick refuses to apologise for moving between his homes in London and Herefordshire. Government guidance is that people should not be living in their second homes
A reminder for those saying he's not broken the rules by shifting to his home in Herefordshire:
+ the govt has told people not to stay in their 2nd homes
+ he and his wife work in London
+ his children go to school in London
+ his own website says he lives in London and Newark
Government on 23 March told people staying in second homes to return to their primary residence asap
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