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Letter: In the absence of a central Standards Board, use your election votes wisely say two current and former councillors Pauline Evans and Alasdair Steane highlight how the abolition of a central Standards Board has impacted town and parish councils on the Isle of Wight OnTheWight always welcomes a Letter to the Editor to share with our readers – unsurprisingly they don’t always reflect the views of this publication. If you have something you’d like to share, get in touch and of course, your considered comments are welcome below. This from Pauline Evans, Sandown and Alasdair Steane,...

The Electoral Commission has announced a formal investigation into whether the Conservative Party broke electoral law through its plan to fund the refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat, with commissioners saying they were “satisfied that there are reasonable grounds” to suspect an offence may have been committed. A bureaucratic organisation little-known outside Westminster circles has suddenly become front-page news. The Electoral Commission is the independent body that is responsible for overseeing elections, registering political parties and generally scrutinising t...

28 Apr 2021 The leaders of six opposition parties in the House of Commons are accusing Boris Johnson of “a consistent failure to be honest” – a charge the Prime Minister denies. Who gets to decide whether someone in power is guilty of lying? And what penalties are in place for those who are found to have deliberately misled parliament or the public? Code breaking? In a joint letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, the leaders of the Greens, SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, SDLP and Alliance parties in Westminster refer to two codes of conduct that UK poli...

Boris Johnson loses control as he is labelled 'Major Sleaze' in brutal grilling Prime Minister cuts an angry and rattled figure as swirling scandals come to a head at PMQs Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Liverpool and Merseyside will be going to the polls in a vital election - get the inside track with our politics newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscrib...

An enraged Boris Johnson traded blows with Keir Starmer today after the elections watchdog launched a formal probe into whether 'offences' have been committed in the Downing Street flat row. They also clashed over the disputed claims that Mr Johnson said he would rather see 'bodies pile up' than trigger another lockdown last Autumn. Here are the exchanges in full:  ROUND ONE Sir Keir Starmer: ‘Mr Speaker, it was reported this week including in the Daily Mail, the BBC and ITV, backed up by numerous sources that at the end of October the Prime Minister said he would rather have, and I quote,...