Commons Speaker John Bercow has insisted he was not the author of a guide to chatting up women.Press reports claiming he had p annid The John Bercow Guide to Understanding Women were mistaken, he said. The guide, which included tips on luring drunk
The Commons Speaker has defended the wholesale reform of the expenses system, saying MPs will have to accept an element of rough justice .John Bercow told BBC One's Andrew Marr show that diluting Sir Christopher Kelly's proposals was not an option
The Commons Speaker and former Tory MP John Bercow has said he is very relaxed about his wife standing for office as a Labour candidate.Sally Bercow is campaigning for a seat on Westminster Council in next May's local elections. Mr Bercow told the
Commons Speaker John Bercow won a standing ovation from members of the UK Youth Parliament after launching an attack on the evil of the BNP.He told them the BNP was a poison which we could well do without . Mr Bercow was speaking at the end of an
Speaker John Bercow has written to party leaders to discuss calls for peers who serve as cabinet ministers to appear in the Commons.The move, which could see senior figures such as Lord Mandelson directly questioned by MPs, was being actively disc
Merck, the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical group, paid more than $3m in speaker fees to US doctors during the third quarter this year, according to figures from the company in what represents a step towards greater transparency in its commercial lin
Commons Speaker John Bercow has defended MPs' freedom to choose the subject of debates amid an ongoing row over injunctions covering Parliament.He was replying to a letter from lawyers Carter-Ruck ahead of a planned debate next week on the law and t
The House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow, has defended retrospective limits on MPs' expenses claims.Many MPs are furious that they are being asked to pay back money for claims they were entitled to make under old rules. But Mr Bercow said the publi
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