Commons Speaker orders review after Big Ben clock tower security incident A man spent more than 16 hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag while perched on the clock tower of Big Ben on Saturday. Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
MP calls for knighthood for rugby league ‘hero’ Billy Boston Labour MP for Makerfield Josh Simons said it ‘is a scandal that for over a century, no rugby football league hero has received a knighthood’. Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025
Starmer vows to investigate defence statement leak as Hoyle calls out redaction Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle asked the Prime Minister if he had provided redacted parts of his statement to the media or if it had been leaked. Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle slams Keir Starmer in Commons row over defence statement LINDSAY Hoyle has hit out at Keir Starmer, claiming that the Prime Minister had provided a redacted version of his defence spending statement to… The National (Scotland) · Feb 25, 2025
Badenoch faces call to apologise after party political clip filmed in Parliament The video features a brief clip of Speaker’s Court, part of the Palace of Westminster. Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025
Now is right time to knight rugby league star Kevin Sinfield – Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said it is a ‘major injustice’ that no player from the sport has ever been knighted. The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025
Commons Speaker pays tribute to his father, former Labour MP Doug Hoyle Sir John Major was among the dignitaries who attended a memorial service for Lord Hoyle in Westminster on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2025
Rename Heathrow airport after Queen Elizabeth II to mark 100th birthday, says MP Adam Jogee says it would be a ‘wonderful tribute’ to the late monarch who died aged 96 in September 2022. Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025
PM says Badenoch wants to ‘shrink pensions’ as he commits to no means-testing Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of having ‘misled’ MPs in relation to his comments on the Children’s Wellbeing Bill. Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025
Lindsay Hoyle makes special nod to House of Commons in Emmerdale cameo Sir Lindsay Hoyle made a special nod to the House of Commons when he made his cameo in the ITV soap Emmerdale. The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
Lindsay Hoyle makes Emmerdale cameo as Commons Speaker drops into bistro for a cuppa The Commons Speaker visited the ITV soap as they celebrated their 10,000th episode, but the producers were unable to use footage of him because of the election Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025
Strangers’ bar in Parliament to close after alleged spiking Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and the Director of Parliamentary Security ordered the closure on safety grounds Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025
LS Speaker Om Birla highlights India's electoral excellence in meeting with Speaker of UK House of Commons On this occasion, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also extended new year greetings to Lindsay Hoyle and congratulated him on his election as the Speaker, House of Commons, for the second time. Read further on Dynamite Nes: Dynamite News · Jan 8, 2025
Call for UK Parliament rule change to allow MPs to freely debate royals CAMPAIGNERS have called for the UK Parliament to change its rules so MPs can debate the royal family without any restrictions. The National (Scotland) · Dec 15, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2024 Lindsay Hoyle slammed for opening Betfred's new multimillion-pound headquarters THE COMMONS Speaker has been condemned after opening gambling firm Betfred’s new multimillion-pound headquarters ...
The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024 Lindsay Hoyle must apologise for opening Betfred HQ, gambling reform campaigners say Decision brings Commons speaker’s role into disrepute, says Will Prochaska
The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024 Small parties must get chance to scrutinise assisted dying proposal, Plaid urges MPs backed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 330 votes to 275, majority 55, at its second reading.
The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2024 MPs run out of time to debate Palestinian statehood Bill Independent MP Shockat Adam had seconds left at the end of Parliament’s Friday sitting to present his Bill to recognise the state of Palestine.
Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024 John Prescott ‘got a reception like Beatlemania’, Prime Minister says in tribute Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led tributes to Lord Prescott, who died last week, calling him a ‘towering figure in the Labour movement and in this House’.
The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024 Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle snaps at wrong Tory MP in heated PMQs clash Sir Lindsay Hoyle snapped at a Tory MP in what appeared to be a case of mistaken identity during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 20 November.
Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2024 MP Susan Murray may stay in Scotland if Donald Trump addresses UK Parliament Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle had already invited Mr Trump to give an address.
Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024 In Pictures: United Kingdom pauses to remember fallen service personnel Armistice Day was marked at home and abroad.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024 Donald Trump could be offered second state visit to UK ‘because of change in monarch’ Changes such as new party in government and gap between presidencies may make unusual second invitation more likely
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024 Donald Trump has been invited to address UK parliament, says Nigel Farage House of Commons and the speaker decline to comment on claim made by Reform UK leader at rally in Wales
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024 Hoyle urges Government to carry out leak inquiry over tuition fees announcement The Commons speaker says he wants to find out how the news was briefed to the press before it was announced in Parliament.