QUITO( Reuters)-Ecuadorean lawmakers on Thursday roundly rejected a proposed bill that conservative President Guillermo Lasso had said would attract investment for the beleaguered economy, but which opponents decried as privatisation of public assets. Lasso, a former banker who does not have a majority in the legislature, in February asked lawmakers to approve the creation of public-private partnerships to facilitate infrastructure projects-using the stock market to raise financing-and create fr

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LONDON( Reuters)-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party is looking into reports that a lawmaker watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons debating chamber, PA Media reported on Wednesday. Two British newspapers reported earlier that a male Conservative member of parliament was seen by colleagues watching pornography in parliament.PA Media said Conservative Chief Whip Chris Heaton-Harris, who is responsible for enforcing party discipline, was investigating the re

Several Conservative lawmakers have been outspoken in their unhappiness with Johnson and a handful have said publicly they have submitted letters.... Others have said they have done so on condition of anonymity.... Some had withdrawn them since the invasion of Ukraine. The letters are confidential, so the 1922 Committee chairman Graham Brady is the only person who knows how many have actually done so.-What would happen during a confidence vote?...

LONDON( Reuters)-British lawmakers voted on Wednesday to halt the suspension of a member of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party who was found to have broken rules on paid lobbying, instead backing an overhaul of the process of investigating politicians.A Committee on Standards report said Owen Paterson committed an" egregious case of paid advocacy" by repeatedly using his position to promote two companies, who together paid him nearly three times his annual parliamentary salary. Wh

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Three other elections are scheduled for later this month to fill the seats vacated by Johnson and two of his allies. The committee's ruling also reawakens discussion about bad behavior in British politics.... Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Subscribe Already subscribed?...

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LONDON( Reuters)-A British lawmaker suspended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party following accusations that he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons debating chamber has said he opened the explicit content in error. Neil Parish was suspended as a Conservative lawmaker on Friday after reporting himself to parliament's standards commissioner.... He has said he will continue as a member of parliament while an investigation is carried out. Asked by reporters whe

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An image of murdered British Conservative lawmaker David Amess is displayed near the altar in St Peters Catholic Church before a vigil in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, Friday, Oct.... A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with the attack, which united Britain's fractious politicians in shock and sorrow.... Counterterrorism officers were leading the investigation into the slaying of Conservative lawmaker David Amess....