Not for the first time, the Conservatives find that their own self-interest and a principle of good governance coincide.
According to a House of Lords report around 340,000 UK adults are addicted to betting.
Billions of pounds have been handed out in an opaque process that has every appearance of having been politically motivated – a cross-party committee found.
Senior Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne also slammed the former PM, saying: "There are no small nations, only small minds".
Kate Bingham hired a boutique PR firm, whose director is a long-term business associate of Sir Humphry Wakefield.
Downing Street said that a ‘technical’ error caused the situation.
“It’s nothing to do with them and we will get on with our legislation. We are a sovereign nation, that’s what we voted for," IDS said.
“I think it is so important that we all come together and fight to reinstate Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour Party. I stand with Jeremy.”
Ken Clarke urged colleagues to use “the full extent of the constitutional powers” of Lords to stop the legislation, as the “consequences for this country would be appalling”.
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