UK MPs are demanding the full publication of a spy report detailing catastrophic national security risks from overseas ecosystem collapse, including food shortages and potential conflict. The government's refusal to release the report, despite a third heatwave, has drawn criticism.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer survived a parliamentary probe after MPs voted 335-223 against investigating his appointment of Peter Mandelson as envoy to the US. The opposition Conservative Party, led by Kemi Badenoch, had sought a privileges committee probe into whether Starmer misled parliament about Mandelson's appointment. Mandelson is a former associate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The five-hour debate marks another chapter in an unrelenting scandal that has plagued Starmer's Labour government for months.
Social media posts of Singapore politicians taking public transport amid the global energy crisis have divided public opinion online, with some users hailing the move as leading by example while others call it showmanship. Cabinet ministers, members of parliament and even a retired defence minister have followed with their own public transport posts after Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong urged Singaporeans in an April 7 ministerial statement in parliament to take public transport as part of...
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed on Friday as parliamentary time ran out, nearly a year after the House of Commons passed it. The House of Lords blocked the bill by filing a record 1,200+ amendments, preventing debate. Campaigners blame unelected lords for overriding the elected chamber's will and vow to bring the bill back after King Charles's speech on May 13.
The party will be represented by 131 members of parliament in the new legislature
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal party is close to securing a majority government, needing just one more seat from three special elections held Monday to reach the 172-seat threshold.
