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Richard Wheeler

Richard Wheeler is the parliamentary editor at PA Media and leads the team of reporters covering the House of Commons and House of Lords in Westminster. He has worked at PA for more than 10 years after previously working at his hometown paper, the Lincolnshire Echo, and the Norwich Evening News and Eastern Daily Press.

Pint-sized bottles of wine are expected to be allowed on UK shelves from September, a business minister has said, amid doubts over demand (Alamy/PA)
Business

Doubts raised over demand for pints of wine ahead of September launch

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer (James Manning/PA)
UK Politics

Ministers examining calls to stop foreign state involvement in UK online media

The Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill received an unopposed third reading in the House of Commons on Friday (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Money

Building society reforms ‘will support more working people to become homeowners’

There are plans to set up an AI Authority (PA)
UK Politics

Bid to create AI Authority amid pleas for swifter action from UK Government

A Post Office sign in central London (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

Law to exonerate wronged subpostmasters moves a step closer

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hit back at Labour’s policies (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Business

Jeremy Hunt: Labour’s economic policy ‘black hole filled with platitudes’

<p>Clive Lewis denied his language was directed at Commons staff </p>
UK Politics

Labour MP apologises for sweary ‘outburst’ in Commons

<p>More than nine million pensioners are paying income tax </p>
Home News

Pension credit warning as people face massive delays

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street with his ministerial box (James Manning/PA)
Business

Jeremy Hunt’s Budget clears first House of Commons hurdle

Shadow Treasury minister Darren Jones has insisted Labour is ‘not sticking to Conservative spending plans’ (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/PA)
Business

Labour ‘not sticking to Conservative spending plans’, says shadow minister

Lady Owen has called for more to be done to prevent the non-consensual creation of deepfakes (Yui Mok/PA)
UK Politics

Deepfake abuse ‘new frontier’ of violence against women, peers warned

<p>An Iranian woman walks on a pedestrian bridge in Tehran, Iran, 10 January 2023</p>
UK Politics

Peer suggests removing hijabs to ‘show solidarity’

<p>Andrew Bridgen, right, at a Reclaim Party press conference at One Great George Street in Westminster, London</p>
UK Politics

Covid conspiracy MP suggests return of capital punishment

UK Politics

Covid conspiracy MP suggests return of capital punishment

<p>Andrew Bridgen, right, at a Reclaim Party press conference at One Great George Street in Westminster, London</p>
The Government’s insulation scheme was designed to help people to save money on energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Business

Great British Insulation Scheme will take ’60 years to meet target’, MPs hear

<p>David Cameron’s government had ordered the review into Horizon IT remote access </p>
UK Politics

Cameron government ‘knew secret Post Office probe was ditched’

(PA)
Business

Ex-Post Office chief hits back at Badenoch after claim of ‘spreading falsehoods’

Roses and flowers on sale for Valentines Day at a flourist on Worcester high street. Picture date: Tuesday February 14, 2023.
Business

Roses are red, violets are blue, will there be a shortage from the EU?

Roses and flowers on sale for Valentines Day at a flourist on Worcester high street. Picture date: Tuesday February 14, 2023.
Business

Roses are red, violets are blue, will there be a shortage from the EU?

Workers from Tata’s Port Talbot steelworks gather at College Green, in Westminster, London, following the announcement that Tata is planning to close blast furnaces at the country’s biggest steel plant in South Wales (Lucy North/PA)
Business

MP: Government fell for Tata Steel’s empty bluff to walk away from Port Talbot

MPs gave the Bill a second reading by 293 votes to 211, majority 82 (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Business

Concerns raised as North Sea oil proposals clear first Commons hurdle

(PA)
Business

Loan charge victims need fair resolution and full investigation, urge MPs

A recycling bin of empty wine bottles (Philip Toscano/PA)
Business

MP: Buy a couple of bottles of Australian wine to show solidarity

Currently licensing rounds are run when the North Sea Transition Authority decides it is necessary (PA)
Business

Government delays North Sea oil legislation due to lack of Commons time

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said Santa would have fewer toys to give out next year and debt interest to pay if he adopted Labour’s borrowing plans (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)
Business

Hunt: Santa would be left with debt and fewer toys if he followed Labour’s plans

A Scottish work visa scheme would create an ‘economic migration border’ between Scotland and the rest of the UK, according to Alister Jack (Victoria Jones/PA)
Business

Alister Jack accuses SNP of wanting to create ‘economic migration border’

A grey squirrel in Bushy park Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)
News

MP: Grey squirrels are Hamas of squirrel world

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said Santa would have fewer toys to give out next year and debt interest to pay if he adopted Labour’s borrowing plans (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)
Business

Hunt: Santa would be left with debt and fewer toys if he followed Labour’s plans

A Scottish work visa scheme would create an ‘economic migration border’ between Scotland and the rest of the UK, according to Alister Jack (Victoria Jones/PA)
Business

Alister Jack accuses SNP of wanting to create ‘economic migration border’

A grey squirrel in Bushy park Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)
News

MP: Grey squirrels are Hamas of squirrel world

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said the public are ‘sick of talk’ and want action to reduce net migration (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

Jenrick: Public sick of talk and want action on reducing net migration

UK

Jenrick: Public sick of talk and want action on reducing net migration

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said the public are ‘sick of talk’ and want action to reduce net migration (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell was speaking in the House of Commons (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

Israel-Hamas truce extension offers further hope for hostages, says minister

Penny Mordaunt took aim at the SNP’s record in Government in Scotland (Danny Lawson/PA)
UK

Mordaunt: SNP’s legacy appalling but Scots do have somewhere warm to take heroin

James Cleverly has denied using a swearword in the Commons to describe the town of Stockton (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)
UK

Labour: Apology needed from Home Secretary over derogatory term allegation

Business

Rachel Reeves issues tax warning over Chancellor’s autumn statement

Business

Rachel Reeves issues tax warning over Chancellor’s autumn statement

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer questioned the Prime Minister on health policy (Jane Barlow/PA)
UK

Labour’s NHS policy is a total and utter mess, claims Rishi Sunak

Lucy Frazer said the Bill has press freedom at its core (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

Media Bill will remove ‘sword of Damocles’ for outlets on legal costs, MPs told

Dover MP Natalie Elphicke has called for the Chancellor to announce funding for families to better access medicinal cannabis (Michael Drummond/PA)
UK

Chancellor urged to bring forward ‘special fund’ for medicinal cannabis

The UK and Ireland will host the championships at 10 stadia (Mike Egerton/PA)
UK

Calls to ensure Euro 2028 ticket prices accessible to all

Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)
Crime

Sunak faces calls to apologise for ‘wasting’ taxpayers’ cash on Rwanda

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his autumn statement next week (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

I will deliver an autumn statement for growth, says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt responded to shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves at Treasury questions on Tuesday (Aaron Chown/PA)
UK Politics

More than 50 fraud investigations begin into Covid support schemes

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt faced questions from MPs (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

Hunt considers further support for businesses ahead of autumn statement

Stephen Flynn said there must be an immediate ceasefire in the region (Abed Khaled/AP)
UK

SNP pushes for Commons vote on ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said Ms Braverman was ‘deliberately seeking to create division around Remembrance’ (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Suella Braverman ‘encouraging extremists on all sides’, says Labour

Labour MP Apsana Begum speaks during the King’s Speech debate (PA)
UK

MP: I’m facing serious death threats and torrent of Islamophobic abuse

UK

MP: I’m facing serious death threats and torrent of Islamophobic abuse

Labour MP Apsana Begum speaks during the King’s Speech debate (PA)
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

Sunak serving up gimmicks for UK in ‘more of the same’ King’s Speech – Starmer

Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip (Fatima Shbair/AP)
UK

Rishi Sunak: We will keep working to help more British citizens leave Gaza

(James Manning/PA)
UK

Government defeats bid to remove Israel ‘carve-out’ from boycott ban legislation

International development minister Andrew Mitchell said he is talking to the United Nations nearly every day about aid operations in Gaza (James Manning/PA)
UK

Aid truck numbers arriving in Gaza ‘wholly inadequate’, says UK minister

International development minister Andrew Mitchell said he is talking to the United Nations nearly every day about aid operations in Gaza (James Manning/PA)
UK

Aid truck numbers arriving in Gaza ‘wholly inadequate’, says UK minister

MPs have been debating LGBT issues (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)
UK

Minister criticised for ‘too hysterical’ remark during LGBT+ hate crime debate

Conservative MP Sajid Javid spoke about antisemitism at Prime Minister’s Questions (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

Javid: Revoke visas of those committing antisemitism and hate crimes in UK

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting speaks during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

Streeting: Children in Britain should be part of healthiest generation ever

<p>Mary Portas</p>
Home News

Retail guru makes bold claim about Labour’s impact on UK high streets

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy speaks during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

Lammy: We want to make UK the ‘anti-corruption capital of the world’

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan on a picket line at Euston station in London (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Rail workers ‘at war’ with the Government, union boss says

Chair of the Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds addresses the Labour Party Women’s Conference 2023 in Liverpool. Picture date: Saturday October 7, 2023 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

Labour would introduce ‘no loopholes ban on conversion therapy’

Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, co-leaders of the Green Party (Ian West/PA)
UK

Green Party outlines ambitions to secure more seats and help cut bills

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference (Danny Lawson/PA)
UK

Sunak: Multiculturalism has not failed but illegal migration frustrating Britons

Ms Murty introduced her husband at the conference (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

I wondered how I could top my wife’s surprise conference speech, jokes Sunak

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (Andy Buchanan/PA)
UK

Starmer urged to be less cautious after suggesting he may not reverse HS2 cuts

UK

Starmer urged to be less cautious after suggesting he may not reverse HS2 cuts

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (Andy Buchanan/PA)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced bilateral initiatives with Belgium, Bulgaria and Serbia (Hollie Adams/PA)
UK

Rishi Sunak says progress on bid to access EU intelligence on migrant crisis

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (Andy Buchanan/PA)
UK

Border poll not even on the horizon in Northern Ireland, says Sir Keir Starmer

The construction site for the HS2 project at Euston in London (Lucy North/PA)
UK

Commons showdown expected over Sunak’s decision to axe sections of HS2

Rishi Sunak is to meet European leaders at a summit in Granada where the problem of immigration will be up for discussion (Hollie Adams/PA)
UK

UK ‘to get access to EU intelligence on migrant crisis in new deal’ – report

Rishi Sunak is to meet European leaders at a summit in Granada where the problem of immigration will be up for discussion (Hollie Adams/PA)
UK

UK ‘to get access to EU intelligence on migrant crisis in new deal’ – report

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Danny Lawson/PA)
UK

Rishi Sunak faces backlash from former PMs over decision to axe HS2 northern leg

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to confirm allocations of UK humanitarian aid to help Ukrainians over the winter (Hollie Adams/PA)
UK

Sunak urges greater European unity in responding to Russia and people smugglers

Former prime minister David Cameron said the decision on HS2 ‘is the wrong one’ (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

HS2 cuts throw away once-in-a-generation opportunity, warns David Cameron

Nigel Farage has said he would not rejoin the Conservative Party (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK

Nigel Farage rejects suggestions he could make Tory party return

Nigel Farage has said he would not rejoin the Conservative Party (Victoria Jones/PA)
UK Politics

Farage reacts after PM leaves door open for his return to Tory party

Junior doctors and medical consultant members of the British Medical Association on the picket line outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham (Jacob King/PA)
UK

Sunak challenged over claim strikes are ‘number one reason’ for NHS backlog

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the UK will never recognise Russia’s claims to Ukrainian territory (James Manning/PA)
UK

UK announces new sanctions on Russian officials involved in ‘sham’ elections

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith MP (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt depart Downing Street, London (Aaron Chown/PA)
UK

Treasury minister rules out tax cuts amid Tory warning over burden on Britons

Former Nato secretary general Lord Robertson (David Jones/PA)
UK

‘Need to breed’ fear of Nato conflict risk among Russian military, peers told

Lord Foulkes has suggested peers should be able to stay on a barge moored outside Parliament as London hotels are getting too expensive (Johnny Green/PA)
UK

Call to allow peers to stay on barge amid concern over London hotel prices

Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove plans to appoint commissioners to take over Birmingham City Council (Liam McBurney/PA)
UK

Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council facing commissioners’ intervention – Gove

Judith Stenner’s energy bills increased to more than £400-a-month (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

Meter error left retired midwife paying neighbour’s energy bills for six years

First Minister Humza Yousaf last week stressed the need to ‘drive forward with a pilot with urgency’ (Paul Faith/PA)
UK

Home Office minister says no plans to ‘interfere’ on drug consumption room pilot

James Cleverly said the UK is examining what more it can do to help, although the lack of a ‘high-functioning’ government to liaise and co-ordinate with is proving difficult (Jeff Overs/BBC/PA)
UK

Flood disaster support hindered by Libya’s ‘broken infrastructure’ – Cleverly

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt (James Manning/PA)
UK

Mordaunt: Absolutely insane to roll out 20mph on residential roads in Wales

Damage from flooding is seen in Derna, Libya, on Wednesday (Yousef Murad/AP)
UK

UK: Critical for Libya’s rival factions to work together after deadly floods

James Cleverly said the UK is examining what more it can do to help, although the lack of a ‘high-functioning’ government to liaise and co-ordinate with is proving difficult (Jeff Overs/BBC/PA)
UK

Flood disaster support hindered by Libya’s ‘broken infrastructure’ – Cleverly

Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt (James Manning/PA)
UK

Mordaunt: Absolutely insane to roll out 20mph on residential roads in Wales

Damage from flooding is seen in Derna, Libya, on Wednesday (Yousef Murad/AP)
UK

UK: Critical for Libya’s rival factions to work together after deadly floods

Alister Jack said the UK Government will not intervene if the Scottish Government sets up a drug consumption room (Alamy/PA)
UK

UK Government will not intervene on plans for drug consumption room, says Jack

A piggy bank with coins (Nick Ansell/PA)
Business

Rishi Sunak swerves calls to guarantee pension triple lock in Tory manifesto

Jagtar Singh Johal has been jailed in India for more than five years (Handout/PA)
UK

Rishi Sunak under fire from MPs over calls to release Jagtar Singh Johal

Home Secretary Suella Braverman updated the Commons about the overhaul of the anti-terror Prevent programme (Lucy North/PA)
UK

Braverman: Prevent reforms will help train people to spot genuine radicalisation

An interim leader should be appointed to steer the Police Service of Northern Ireland through a ‘crisis situation’, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said (PA)
UK

Donaldson calls for interim leader to take control of PSNI ‘crisis’

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was among a group of Tories who pressed ministers to avoid putting ‘undue burdens’ on people while reforming the energy sector (James Manning/PA)
Business

Tory MPs warn pursuit of ‘cultish’ eco-policies could see customers paying more

Parliament returned from its summer recess (Nick Ansell/PA)
UK

Parliament welcomes three new MPs as two by-elections triggered

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Therese Coffey said it is a manifesto commitment to ban the import of hunting trophies from endangered animals (Jonathan Brady/PA)
News

Therese Coffey: We will do all we can to help trophy-hunting ban become law

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