MPs vote through social care reforms – but government majority gets slashed
The prime minister’s working majority of around 80 MPs was slashed to 26, with the former justice secretary urging ministers to "look again" at the issue.
The prime minister’s working majority of around 80 MPs was slashed to 26, with the former justice secretary urging ministers to "look again" at the issue.
Some eye watering figures...Most surprisingly Chris Grayling gets paid A LOT of money for 'consulting.'
Is your MP on the list?
In no other profession in our country could somebody be found guilty by an independent process and just have their mates vote them back into the job.
What the main amendments were, the reasons given for rejecting them, and who voted to allow raw sewage in our waters.
The House of Lords amendment sought to prevent companies discharging raw sewage in rivers. It was rejected.
"If you don't go to Pret the Taliban are going to invade Basingstoke," wrote one bemused Twitter user.
“Without Jeremy Corbyn’s obduracy, stubbornness, we might not have got it – and I think it came very close to not happening.”
If you don't laugh...
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