Rishi Sunak: chaos in the Commons over Gaza ceasefire vote ‘very concerning’

The UK prime minister has thrown a partial lifeline to the speaker of the house, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, giving him credit for his apology for the decision to grant a vote on Labour’s amendment to the Gaza ceasefire bill. Dozens of MPs stormed out of the House of Commons, with tempers flaring as the three biggest political parties sought to outmanoeuvre each other over a vote on a ceasefire. The uproar followed a decision by the speaker of the house to ignore precedent and allow a vote that helped the Labour party avoid a large-scale rebellion among its own MPs over its position on the Israel-Hamas war. MPs from the Conservative party and the SNP left the chamber in protest