Margaret Hodge

An ex-minister calls the proposed law "draconian" but the government says it will help community cohesion.

The government says the move is needed to stop councils conducting their own foreign policy.

In parts of east London, there are signs that left-wing MPs could be replaced with centrists.

The issue of whether homophobia affected police work should be subject to a public inquiry, MPs say.

The Barking MP held ministerial posts and chaired the powerful Public Accounts Committee.

Labour's Margaret Hodge writes to the standards commissioner, who has the power to trigger MP suspensions.