Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has revealed news of his father’s passing at the age of 94, leaving him and his family “devastated”. Sir Lindsay’s father, Lord Doug Hoyle, died “peacefully” at home last night surrounded by his family, leaving the Commons
Lindsay Sandiford, a grandma on death row for 10 years for drug smuggling, has one final chance to escape firing squad. She’s been in an Indonesian prison since 2013 for trying to bring a huge amount of cocaine into Bali. Now, because
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is under renewed criticism this afternoon after failing to grant Diane Abbott a question at PMQs, despite the MP standing up over 40 times. The independent MP was thrust into the limelight this week after a Tory
Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s position as House of Commons Speaker looked ever more precarious on Tuesday night as a motion to oust him gathered strength. The number of MPs backing a motion of no-confidence in the Speaker reached 86 after all three Plaid
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn accused Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle of having “broken his word” after he rejected a bid for an emergency debate on a Gaza ceasefire. Sir Lindsay denied the emergency debate because the Government is set to make
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is facing yet another Commons crisis next week, after the SNP unveiled new plans to put the Speaker in an extremely tricky position. After a week that saw 71 MPs back a motion of no confidence in his position,
Liz Truss has intervened to defend the under-fire Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, insisting that he should stay in office and not quit. The former Prime Minister gave her support in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk at the
Rishi Sunak ramped up pressure on Lindsay Hoyle over the “very concerning” way he let Labour off the hook over Gaza by bending the rules. The embattled Commons Speaker is fighting for his job after more than 60 MPs backed a motion
It was the morning after the night before in Parliament’s Wild West saloon. The dust had barely begun to settle in the Commons chamber from Wednesday’s Gaza vote chaos when the rowdy rabble were allowed back in. Tensions were still high after
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is fighting for political survival after 55 votes of no confidence have reportedly been submitted. It comes after the Speaker of the House of Commons, who is previously a Labour MP, sparked fury yesterday after allowing a Labour amendment