The Daily Telegraph has suggested that Sir Lindsay Hoyle is fighting to save her job, reporting that Sir Keir Starmer has personally lobbied the Speaker to put the Labor amendment to a vote. There is. The newspaper said the Labor leader visited former Labor MP Lord Lindsay to press his case. The controversy centers on allegations of political bias, which Lord Lindsay vehemently denies. The paper suggests that his future now depends on how many MPs publicly call for his resignation.
But the Guardian reports that some MPs are already actively working to unseat him. Some are calling on the Conservative Party to ignore its long-standing practice of not fielding a candidate to challenge the Speaker at the next general election. The paper also claims that the strength of sentiment among Labor MPs about the ceasefire in Gaza is such that two shadow ministers are prepared to resign over the issue.
The Daily Express believes that Lord Lindsay, who has enjoyed support and respect from MPs across the political divide, has now ruined his reputation as an impartial party. The newspaper said it had no idea how it could recover. The Daily Mail said the Speaker had “destructed himself spectacularly”.
The paper’s main article is a warning from equality watchdogs that companies could be sued for disability discrimination if they don’t make “reasonable adjustments” for women going through menopause. The report notes that around 13 million women in the UK are approaching or experiencing menopause, with postmenopausal women the fastest growing group in the workforce. It is said that they account for the majority of the population. However, it notes that some organizations, such as the Police Federation of England and Wales, have previously raised concerns about whether it is appropriate to classify menopause as a disability.
guardianIt highlights the latest developments in the uproar over comments made by former Postal Service Chairman Henry Stanton. In a newspaper interview, he claimed that top civil servants had asked for a delay in paying compensation to the postmaster general wrongly convicted in the Horizon IT scandal. But Sarah Manby, the civil servant involved, wrote to Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch and said she had never explicitly or implicitly suggested that Mr Stanton withhold the payment.
The Financial Times has heard from officials that the Chancellor is developing a 99% mortgage plan ahead of the Budget. The buyer only needs to put down his 1% down payment on the first home as the government acts as the loan backer. The newspaper said the Conservatives wanted to reassure voters that they were on the side of homebuyers.
andThe Times reported that new research funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation suggests that acting out Shakespeare helps children with their literacy and emotional development, rather than simply reading the Bard’s stories. . The study, which involved hundreds of fifth-graders from 45 state elementary schools, showed that children who rehearsed scenes like actors developed broader vocabulary and more complex sentences.