Boris Johnson’s general election victory saw 109 new MPs sworn into the Commons, with seven of them in Wales. Labour still have the majority of seats in Wales, but they lost six and scores in the rest of Great Britain. While the Conservatives are buoyant about the task ahead of them, and their new members are settling in, their opposition is soul searching for the future. Fay Jones, the MP...
MPs back all ‘plan B’ measures amid large Tory rebellion on Covid passes and mandatory vaccines – as it happened
Nearly 100 Conservative MPs voted against plans for Covid vaccine certificates for some large venues in England – marking the largest rebellion of Boris Johnson’s premiership. The number of rebels far exceeds Johnson’s parliamentary majority of 79 – and the 56 MPs needed to trigger a vote of no confidence in his leadership.In a separate vote, 63 Tories voted against mandatory vaccinations for NHS...