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Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, has said that the UK will be contributing financially to help support the development of Ukraine’s cyber defences. He said that Russia had been able to launch a series of cyber attacks on Ukraine and that the funds donated by the UK Government would held defend the country.

Sunak said in a statement:

“Russia’s appalling attacks on Ukraine are not limited to their barbaric land invasion, but also involve sickening attempts to attack their cyber infrastructure that provides vital services, from banking to energy supplies, to innocent Ukrainian people.

This funding is critical to stopping those onslaughts, hardening Ukraine’s cyber defences and increasing the country’s ability to detect and disable the malware targeted at them.”

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Government’s Press Release

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There have been calls to investigate the personal conduct of Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, after he has accepted a role with the Daily Mail without following the required procedures. Just a day after the Privileges Committee after the House of Commons found that Johnson had deliberately misled the House, there are now further allegations of misconduct.

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, Acoba, confirmed that Boris Johnson had failed to notify them of his intended employment which was a breach of the rules for former Prime Ministers. Downing Street have yet to comment on Johnson’s decision to disregard the usual procedures. Acoba have said that they will be contacting Boris Johnson to clarify the situation.

EXTERNAL NEWS LINKS

Acoba Web-Site

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Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Senedd member for Ynys Môn, has been confirmed as the new leader of Plaid Cymru as no other contenders stood for the position. He follows Adam Price, the previous leader who stood down in May 2023, having held the role since September 2018. Rhun ap Iorwerth, born in 1972, served as the deputy leader of the party from October 2018 and has been a member of the Senedd since August 2013.

EXTERNAL NEWS LINKS

Plaid Cymru Web-Site

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The death of Glenda Jackson, the Labour MP for Hampstead & Highgate between 1992 and 2010 and then the Labour MP for Hampstead & Kilburn from 2010 until 2015, has been announced. She also served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport between 1997 and 1999. Jackson was 87 years old.

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Brendan Clarke-Smith, the Conservative MP for Bassetlaw, has launched an attack on the House of Commons parliamentary procedures, calling them “a kangaroo court” after the Conservative majority report found that Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, had knowingly lied to Parliament.

Clarke-Smith said about the processes of the House of Commons:

“I’m backing fairness and justice – not kangaroo courts”.

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Twitter post by Brendan Clarke-Smith

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A report published by the Privileges Committee’s report has found that Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, deliberately lied to Parliament. Johnson, who resigned from the Commons in advance of the report’s publication, would have faced a recommended 90 day suspension from the House. The report, which was far more damning than had been expected, was led by a Conservative majority.

The now disgraced former Prime Minister was found to have lied to the Privileges Committee, willingly leaked material relating to the proceedings and undermined the democratic processes of Parliament.

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Privileges Committee Report

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Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, has said that Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, attempted to get him to intervene with Johnson’s nominations for honours. The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) confirmed that it rejected eight individuals who Johnson had recommended for honours, with Sunak saying that the former Prime Minister tried to get him to overrule the decision. Sunak said that:

“Boris Johnson asked me to do something that I wasn’t prepared to do, because I didn’t think it was right. That was either overrule the HOLAC committee, or make promises to people. Now, I wasn’t prepared to do that, so I didn’t think he was right. And if people don’t like that then tough.”

Johnson has yet to comment on the allegations.

NEWS STORY

The death of Silvio Berlusconi at the age of 86, the former Italian Prime Minister, has been announced. He served as the country’s Prime Minister between 1994 and 1995, 2001 and 2006 and then from 2008 until 2011.

NEWS STORY

Nigel Adams, the Conservative MP for Selby and Ainsty, has announced that he is standing down as an MP with immediate effect. Adams is the third MP to have announced their resignation over recent days, following the announcements from Nadine Dorries and Boris Johnson. Adams posted on Twitter:

“Yesterday, Selby Conservatives selected an excellent new parliamentary candidate. I’ve today informed the chief whip that I will be standing down as a Member of Parliament with immediate effect. It has been an honour to represent the area where I was raised, educated and I want to thank my constituents for their wonderful support since 2010.”

A source at Conservative Central Office said that they had been given no prior warning about the announcement. Adams has held the constituency since 2010 and secured a majority of 20,137 at the 2019 General Election.

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Speeches by Nigel Adams

Selby and Ainsty Constituency