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MP Stuart Andrew asked Prime Minister Andy Burnham to 'review' the proposal for Green Hill Solar Farm

Prime Minister quizzed on controversial Northamptonshire solar farm

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage referenced WNC's plans to close asylum seeker hotels in the county at PMQs in November.
Credit: House of Commons

MPs ask Farage to apologise as foreclosure claims on asylum hotels 'not true'

Tracy Demetri from The Pytchley Inn, Liz Cox from The Eccentric Englishman and Richard Mitchell from The Goat told the Chronicle & Echo about the challenges the hospitality industry currently faces.

These pressures face hospitality while government aims to pull licensing notices

Lucy Rigby MP wants Northampton's children to help her spread some festive cheer

Northampton MP launches Christmas card design competition

East Midlands Academy Trust celebrates winning an Outstanding Governance Award

East Midlands Academy Trust wins national award for outstanding governance

Vitamin B12 Awareness Day is on 23 September

Ad Feature 1 in 3 Brits may be at risk of B12 deficiency – but most have no idea

Aramintas, located in Wellingborough Road, opened as a restaurant in 2022 – after operating as only a takeaway since they were established in 1999.

Multi-award-winning curry house voted among prestigious top 100 in the UK

The First News poetry competition for young writers will be judged by Hollywood star Will Poulter

Poetry competition launched for young writers - judged by Will Poulter

How our Northamptonshire MPs voted on assisted dying. Image: Parliament TV

Find our how your Northamptonshire MPs voted on assisted dying

Jordan Letts CEO Northampton Saints Foundation

Charity CEO calls on Government to back sport-based interventions

Mike Reader collecting new casework at one of his supermarket surgeries

The Diary of an MP: What recess really looks like for an MP

The Red Lion

Lobbying licensee campaigning against crisis facing the hospitality sector

Ladies First Awards, House of Commons

Ladies First return to House of Commons to launch 2025 Awards and celebrate last...

Northampton South MP Mike Reader highlights the £4 injected into the economy for every £1 spent running the University.

Government congratulates University of Northampton on its economic impact

If passed the bill means that terminally ill adults in England and Wales who have six months to live will legally have the choice to end their life.

Assisted dying bill UK: What is the proposed law?

Child plays with building blocks.

Watch: Measures for families announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget
Watch as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces funding for schools in the budget, along with a change to universal credit.
Jessica Martin

Lights go out in the House of Lords.

Watch: House of Lords lights go out during minister’s speech

A toast to the awards launch

House of Commons launch for sixth Ladies First Awards celebrating inspirational ...

Peter Bone MP/National World

Peter Bone loses seat after 10,505 people sign recall petition

Northampton College students enjoyed a trip to Parliament

Northampton College students enjoy trip to Parliament

The BBC licence fee is set to increase in line with inflation.

BBC licence fee set to increase in 2024 - here's what you need to know

Mass migration is undermining societal cohesion

'Mass migration is causing us harm': Andrew Lewer MP column

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

The recall petition will open on November 8 as Peter Bone faces the electorate

Recall petition date set for Wellingborough voters who could oust Peter Bone MP

Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough

Peter Bone suspended from House of Commons

Housing Secretary Michael Gove wrote to Tory backbenchers to say the ban on “no-fault” section 21 evictions promised as part of the Renters Reform Bill will not be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Campaigners say this could delay the ban for years. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Kim Mogg

Breaking Ban on no fault evictions delayed indefinitely by Tory government

Peter Bone.

Peter Bone loses Conservative whip over bullying and sexual misconduct
He will now sit as an Independent MP but faces suspension from Parliament
Sam Wildman

Tory MP Peter Bone. Credit: PA

Breaking Tory MP 'should be suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct'

Peter Bone

MP facing Parliament suspension

Keir Mather

Who is Keir Mather? The new Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty

Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP faces eight week suspension over groping claims - what did he do?

Breaking Chris Pincher scandal: Ex-Tory MP to face eight-week suspension

Clive Myrie. Picture: PA/Ian West.

Breaking Clive Myrie pulled from BBC News at Ten after Boris Johnson lying joke

Sir Michael Ellis, the Conservative MP for Northampton North, repeatedly told MPs in 2021 and 2022 that Mr Johnson was a “man of honour” and there was “absolutely no indication” he had misled the Commons over lockdown parties.

Northampton MP urged to apologise for defending Boris over lockdown parties

Majority of MPs approve Privileges Committee Boris Johnson Partygate report

Breaking Boris Johnson suffers resounding defeat over ‘Partygate’ report

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Breaking MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson

Which Tory MPs have resigned triggering a by-election?

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty pictured outside Selby Abbey.

Breaking Another Tory MP resigns and triggers a third by-election

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Will Boris Johnson stand as an MP in a different seat?

Breaking Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

Watch the moment Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ‘snaps’ at Kemi Badenoch as pair lock horns in House of Commons

Breaking Watch the moment House of Commons Speaker ‘snaps’ at major Tory MP

Rishi Sunak is under investigation by the Parliament’s Standard Watchdog after allegedly failing to declare an interest

Breaking Sunak under investigation over alleged failure to declare interest

Dame Leadsom said “many” of her constituents had been affected by “ongoing disruption to supply” from Anglian Water and other problems.

200 unhappy residents submit petition complaining about Anglian Water

Margaret Ferrier MP was given a 270-hour community payback order for breaking lockdown rules by travelling on a train despite testing positive for Covid

Breaking Disgraced MP Margaret Ferrier facing 30 day suspension

Changes to the state pension age are common

Breaking Date of UK state pension age rise will not be brought forward

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris speaking to the media at Hillsborough Castle after his meetings with Stormont leaders over Brexit and the Windsor Framework.

Breaking MI5 raises terror threat level in Northern Ireland to ‘severe’

TikTok is the world's most popular app

Breaking TikTok to be blocked from ‘all parliamentary devices’

Bag used by House of Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd to go on auction

The scheme will apply to eligible households, where all adults are working at least 16 hours a week. Photo: Childbase Partnership.

Northampton reacts to 30 hours of free childcare for children over nine months

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Breaking Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Martin Lewis reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s budget after Chancellor name checks him and ‘calls speaker old’

Breaking Budget 2023: Martin Lewis gives his verdict

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Budget 2023: Living standards to fall by 6% - OBR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed the House of Commons with his Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Key announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will remain at £2,500 for an additional three months.

Breaking Budget 2023: Energy Price Guarantee to be extended to June

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Former Speaker of the House, Betty Boothroyd. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Iconic former speaker of House of Commons Betty Boothroyd dies aged 93

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