During a discussion about the ongoing Owen Paterson scandal, who resigned as an MP following a lobbying debacle, the Labour leader was questioned by Andrew Marr about Claudia Webbe, theLeicesterEast MP who on Thursday was handed a suspended 10-week jail sentence and 200 hours of community service for threatening an acid attack on a woman. Sir Keir was adamant the correct procedures are in place in selecting and disciplining MP's who commit misconducts before going on to lambast Prime Minister Bo

MPs who break Commons rules or misbehave could be unseated by their constituents more easily under plans being considered in the Cabinet in the wake of the Owen Paterson sleaze row. Ministers have promised to consult other parties on standards reform before bringing any plans before Parliament following a U-turn on a Tory-led committee to introduce an appeals process. But The Telegraph understands some ministers have already expressed support for plans to inject more democracy into the process o