The Speaker of the U.K.’s House of Commons has told lawmakers that he tipped off police that Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the U.S. who is facing accusations of leaking information to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a possible flight risk.

U.K. lawmakers have called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Before the glory of his coronation weekend, King Charles III has visited Parliament to get a reminder that the monarch’s power has limits.

British parliamentary authorities say they are calling in the police after a newspaper reported that traces of cocaine had been found at numerous sites in Parliament.

China’s ambassador to Britain has been barred from Parliament and told he could not enter the building for a talk he was scheduled to give.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons to attend his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)LONDON – British lawmakers voted Wednesday to renew the government’s sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic, though many slammed the way Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative administration has used them. But there is little lawmakers can do about the government's response because of the powers that Parliament granted the government six months ago in the Coronavirus Act. “Things cannot go on as they are,” he said, al though he added that Labour would not vote to end the powers. “I wish I could tell you tonight that the impact of this package has already begun to appear, but it will take time to feed through,” the prime minister said at a televised news conference.

LONDON (CNN) - British politician Lindsay Hoyle has become the new Speaker of the House of Commons, replacing John Bercow in the role. "This House will change, but it will change for the better," Hoyle promised the chamber after his election. Hoyle served as the Deputy Speaker for the past nine years, and beat seven other candidates to attain his new post. In keeping with tradition, Hoyle was physically dragged to the speaker's chair by other lawmakers after the vote. The tradition dates back to the darker ages of British politics, when the speaker acted as a messenger between Parliament and the monarch.