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Today in Parliament

28/04/2026

Today in Parliament

BBC

Government

4.4162 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts.

0:06.0

Order! Order!

0:08.5

Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 for Tuesday, the 28th of April,

0:15.7

when the Conservative leader, Kemi Bejernock, called on Labour MPs to back a parliamentary inquiry into claims the

0:22.4

Prime Minister misled the Commons. A man who has let the country down, he has let Parliament

0:27.9

down and let's be honest, he has let the Labour Party down. Sakeha Stama's former Chief of Staff

0:34.0

Morgan McSweeney reveals who first suggested that Peter Mandelson should get

0:39.1

the Washington job. I think the first

0:41.1

person who put Madison's name

0:43.1

forward is Mandelson.

0:44.8

And the Chancellor reacts to a call

0:47.3

for a rent freeze.

0:49.0

And I will do everything in my power

0:51.1

and use every lever we have

0:53.0

to bear down on the cost of living,

0:55.2

including for people in the private rented sector.

0:57.8

But first, Sequeer Stama will not face a parliamentary investigation

1:02.2

over the appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

1:07.0

After MPs rejected a call from the Conservative leader and other opposition MPs

1:11.8

to refer the Prime Minister to the cross-party privileges committee.

1:16.1

The eyes to the right, 223. The nose to the left, 335.

1:23.6

Here, here, here, here. The government won the vote by a majority of 112.

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