MPs arrested for sexual offences face bans from parliamentary estate

Labour and Conservatives say long overdue' measures improve standards of behaviour and safeguarding'

MPs who have been arrested for serious violent or sexual offences face bans from the parliamentary estate under rules approved by just one vote.

The House of Commons voted by 170 to 169 on Monday night to toughen up a proposal put forward by the government, which would have only applied to MPs who have been formally charged.