Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride urges Tories to move on from Partygate report after abstaining from vote
Scotland’s first-ever recall petition for a sitting MP opened this morning following the suspension of Margaret Ferrier from the House of Commons, PA Media reports. PA says:
From 9am, voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West will have the chance to sign a petition to recall their MP from Westminster.
If 10% of the electorate choose to do so – some 8,113 people out of 81,124 – then a by-election will be triggered.
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