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Tory peer helped secure meeting with minister for Canadian firm he advises
Ian Duncan ‘facilitated an introduction’ for Terrestrial Energy, which was seeking government funding A Conservative peer helped to secure a meeting with a minister for a Canadian company he was advising while it was seeking government funding worth millions of pounds. The meeting with Andrew Bowie, the nuclear minister at the time, enabled the chief…
Mike Johnson fails to secure majority votes for House speakership
Chamber will likely be forced in to a second ballot after three Republicans vote against Johnson in first round After initially facing internal dissent, Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Johnson secured the House speakership in the first round of voting on Friday. Johnson couldn’t afford to lose more than one Republican vote, and three Republican members of…