In British-style parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament who doesn’t hold government office and isn’t a spokesperson of the opposition. They’re essentially a rank and file ...

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CYBERJAYA: Backbench MPs who did not vote to cap the Prime Minister's tenure at 10-years should answer to their voters and their respective party whips, says government spokesman Datuk Fahmi Fadzil.

Sir Keir Starmer has suspended four Labour MPs as he seeks to reassert his authority after a series of damaging backbench rebellions. Rachael Maskell, one of Sir Keir’s fiercest opponents in the ...

Angela Rayner could face a backbench rebellion from Labour MPs over the party's drive to build 1.5 million homes in England by 2029. The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary is fronting the ...

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Labour MP Mick Whitley has introduced a bill to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, with the goal of creating “a people-focused and rights-based approach” to ensure all ...