MPs begin their last session of this Parliament with one eye on keeping their jobs

MPs begin their last session of this Parliament with one eye on keeping their jobs
MPs begin their last session in this Parliament on Tuesday. (Image: Parliament)
Ian Llewellyn
On Tuesday, MPs will begin the last session of this Parliament with one eye on the future and the other looking back at what might have been.For some of the MPs, it will be their last few weeks on the job as they rise to hit the campaign trail ahead of the October election.There are six valedictory speeches scheduled this week. Going by the polls, many lower-ranked Labour list MPs will also be unknowingly making their valedictories on subjects they have little interest in.Any parliament’s last sitting days before it is dissolved are a bit...

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