What the sporting ticket tout ban would actually do
The Lords has tightened a bill aimed at major sports tickets, but the tricky bit is ordinary fans who need to pass one on.
Short, lively analysis of the bills and questions Britain is voting on — and what the national mood says about them.
The Lords has tightened a bill aimed at major sports tickets, but the tricky bit is ordinary fans who need to pass one on.
Mrs Badenoch used her final set of questions to mark a death in public life, press the Prime Minister on his record, and ask what should come next. The session also turned to Ukraine, family carers, violence against women and girls, and several personal tributes from across the House.
A Lords bill targets ticket touting for big sporting events, but peers are still arguing over scope, speed and fairness.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, the Deputy Prime Minister stood in for the Prime Minister, who was at the NATO summit. The sharpest exchanges focused on the Government’s early release scheme for prisoners, with the Conservatives pressing for an apology and guarantees on violent and sexual offenders.
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Mrs Badenoch pressed the Prime Minister hard on whether his defence plan was properly funded and whether it came too late for a rising threat from abroad. The exchange then broadened into arguments about welfare, borrowing, and wider claims about Labour’s record in government.
A Lords bill would widen the lobbying register. The argument is less about banning influence than showing who is trying to use it.
Peers are debating whether major sporting moments should remain easy to watch, even as sport moves from TV channels to streams.
Keir Starmer’s resignation raises a simple-sounding question with a very Westminster answer.
At this final session before the expected change of leadership, Mrs Badenoch pressed the Prime Minister on why he was leaving office and whether he had been let down by his Chancellor, Energy Secretary and MPs. The Prime Minister used most of his answers to defend Labour’s record and list what he said his Government had achieved.
The UK is planning an Australia-style ban, with strong public support and big questions about age checks, VPNs and vulnerable teens.
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Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy answered for the Prime Minister at a Questions session dominated by arguments over energy policy, defence funding and the state of the economy. The exchanges also ranged across local transport, Northern Ireland unrest, Europe, MND research and climate policy.
The independent Armed Forces Commissioner is now in post, but Parliament is still arguing over scope, trust and welfare.
The Bill is alive, the public is wary, and the debate is now as much about readiness as rights.
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