The Speaker of the House of Commons has paid tribute to his "truly dedicated parliamentarian" father, the late Lord Doug ...

Sir Lindsay described his late father as a “truly dedicated parliamentarian” and “a force to be reckoned with”. Former ...

Dame Margaret Beckett, MP for Derby South, and Maggie Throup, who represents Erewash, were revealed in the list on Friday evening. Labour's Mrs Beckett, who was the first woman to serve as foreign ...

In August 2016, Munir Mohammed turned to Margaret Beckett for help his case. An MP took up an asylum seeker's case months before his arrest for allegedly plotting a UK attack, a court heard.