Marginalised groups were ‘locked out of democracy’ in May – parliamentary report
A report by MPs and peers found voter ID rules led to racial and disability discrimination in England’s local elections in May.
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A report by MPs and peers found voter ID rules led to racial and disability discrimination in England’s local elections in May.
Ms Dorries accused Rishi Sunak of heading up a “zombie Parliament” and betraying Tory principles as she formally announced her resignation 11 weeks after she vowed to go.
But the Lib Dems are also hopeful they can snap up the traditionally safe Tory constituency from third place in 2019.
She launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister as she handed in her resignation more than two months after pledging to go.
The party hopes the move will pave the way for a by-election in the Tory former minister’s Mid Bedfordshire seat.
Residents in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency called for the former culture secretary to ‘show up or shove off’.
The Government’s handling of the issue has been described as "absolutely shambolic" by Labour's Gareth Thomas.
The Prime Minister was yelled at over the ‘irony’ of visiting a beer festival as the tax on various drinks goes up.
The amphibians, once blamed by the ex-prime minister for delays in housebuilding, could pour cold water on his hopes for a pool at his country manor.
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