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2 months agoUK news
Why is Lindsay Hoyle not speaker at the Budgetand who is Eleanor Laing?
Sir Lindsay Hoyle did not preside over Jeremy Hunt's 2024 spring Budget statement, with Dame Eleanor Laing taking his place instead.
Traditionally, the Chairman of Ways and Means, not the Speaker of the Commons, leads the Budget statement in the UK Parliament. [ more ]