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Posted at 5:09
Is there a mandate for an independence referendum?
By Glenn Campbell
Political editor, BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland's Glenn Campbell considers the case for holding another vote.
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Posted at 19:16 27 Jun
UK ministers to scrap trade union rules in Wales
Plans by the UK government to lift a ban on agency workers would overturn rules passed by the Senedd
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Posted at 14:59 27 Jun
By-election winning MPs sworn into the Commons
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Video caption: New MPs Simon Lightwood and Richard Foord are sworn into the Commons
Parliament's two newest MPs, who overturned Tory majorities last week, are officially signed into their new jobs.
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Posted at 13:11 27 Jun
FM accused of misleading Senedd over rail strike
Mark Drakeford claimed staff had been moved from Wales to help English services run.
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Posted at 20:55 26 Jun
What's happening in Parliament this week?
By Mark D'Arcy
Parliamentary correspondent
It's all about keeping the show on the road until summer, one senior Tory MP says.
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Posted at 18:27 26 Jun
Lewis vows to cut MLA pay unless Stormont restored
The Northern Ireland secretary says he will need to introduce legislation in order to reduce salaries.
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Posted at 14:52 26 Jun
Bigger Senedd needed for younger people - minister
By Daniel Davies
BBC Wales political correspondent
Social Justice Minister Jane Hutt speaks out as more Labour members vote against proposals.
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Posted at 7:09 26 Jun
Bishop says levelling up must work in final speech
Reducing gaps "in terms of wealth and aspiration" is desperately needed, the bishop of Blackburn says.
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Posted at 15:45 25 Jun
Unions call for action at cost-of-living rally
People are "fed up" with the inaction of Stormont and Westminster, a rally organiser says.
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Posted at 14:39 24 Jun
FM says SNP MP's victim was not supported by party
Nicola Sturgeon says the SNP's Westminster group has questions to answer over the Patrick Grady case.
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Posted at 11:10 24 Jun
Blackford apologises over Patrick Grady case
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SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford apologises after an MP was suspended after a sexual harassment complaint.
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Posted at 16:51 23 Jun
Blackford apology dismissed as 'cop out' by victim
An SNP staffer says the party has learned nothing from his sexual misconduct complaint against an MP.
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Posted at 10:36 23 Jun
Campaigner offers plan to protect vulnerable from Covid
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Disability campaigner Dr Sally Witcher tells MSPs what she believes should be done to protect the vulnerable from catching Covid,
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Posted at 9:27 23 Jun
Sturgeon 'willing' to meet with SNP MP's victim
The case of nationalist politician Patrick Grady who made a sexual advance to a party staff member is raised at First Minister's Questions.
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Posted at 8:10 23 Jun
I was rejected by House of Lords, says Martin Lewis
The consumer champion applied for a peerage but says he couldn't commit enough time to politics.
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Posted at 23:44 22 Jun
Martin Lewis: I just got turned down for a peerage
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Martin Lewis said he does not have enough time to devote to being a member of the House of Lords.
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Posted at 14:42 22 Jun
Murdered MP remembered at Westminster
By Mark Simpson
BBC News NI
A plaque was unveiled in memory of an Ulster Unionist MP shot dead by Irish republicans in 1922.
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Posted at 17:06 21 Jun
Sturgeon to set out indyref2 'route map' next week
The FM will lay out plans for holding a referendum even if the UK government does not give consent.
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Posted at 15:42 21 Jun
FM says Labour Senedd members can join pickets
Mark Drakeford will not follow Sir Keir Starmer's request for senior Labour figures to stay away.
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Posted at 10:58 21 Jun
First Minister's Questions: As it happened on 21 June
Mark Drakeford faces questions on topics including transport, NHS, education and the cost of living.
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