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Issues in political scandals have included alleged or proven financial and sexual matters, [1] or various other allegations or actions taken by politicians that led to controversy. [2] [3] [4] In British media and political discourse, such scandals have sometimes been referred to as political sleaze since the 1990s. [4]
The Palace of Westminster, in which the Houses of Parliament are based This article lists the published allegations of expenses abuse made against specific members of the British Parliament in the course of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. While the majority of these were first made public by The Daily Telegraph on or after 8 May 2009, a few cases had already come to public ...
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The United Kingdom parliamentary second jobs controversy of 2021 began with Owen Paterson and his lobbying and breach of Commons advocacy rules, which led to his resignation on 5 November.
The Prime Minister survived when other politicians may have been brought down by controversy.
On 5 July, following the Chris Pincher scandal, both Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, respectively Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, resigned almost simultaneously. [6] A large number of other members of the government also resigned, [7] leading to speculation over whether Johnson would continue as prime ...
A scandal over the use of racial slurs by British institutions has deepened as it emerged the Met Office used the term ‘N*****d’ to describe Black people.. The weather forecaster’s use of ...
Ivan Lewis, the Labour MP for Bury South, was accused of sexually harassing a 19-year-old at a Labour Party event. He denied the claim on 4 November 2017, but apologised for behaviour that "was unwelcome or inappropriate in the circumstances, and caused anyone to feel awkward". [33] He was suspended from the Labour Party and resigned a year ...