{"id":157591,"date":"2024-05-25T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/reasonable-for-mps-near-retirement-age-to-step-down-says-conservative-bim-afolami\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T15:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T14:00:23","slug":"reasonable-for-mps-near-retirement-age-to-step-down-says-conservative-bim-afolami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/reasonable-for-mps-near-retirement-age-to-step-down-says-conservative-bim-afolami\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Reasonable for MPs near retirement age to step down&#8217;, says Conservative Bim Afolami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uz3uSy6z48o\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Reasonable for MPs near retirement age to step down', says Conservative Bim Afolami\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uz3uSy6z48o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>City Minister Bim Afolami has defended the amount of Conservative MPs stepping down at the election, saying the party has a &quot;good blend&quot; of more experienced and younger MPs.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Secretary Michael Gove and Angela Leadsom are the latest Conservative MPs to announce they are standing down. <\/p>\n<p>They join former Prime Minister Theresa May, as well as Dominic Raab, Sajid Javid and John Redwood. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Afolami said it was &quot;reasonable&quot; for MPs who have worked for 20 to 30 years and are &quot;near retirement age&quot; would want to &quot;choose to do something else&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Minister Bim Afolami has defended the amount of Conservative MPs stepping down at the election, saying the party has a &quot;good blend&quot; of more experienced and younger MPs. 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