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MPs' Pension Repeal Bill can pass with simple majority: SC
Daily FT
|February 07, 2026
THE Supreme Court has ruled that the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill does not contain any provisions that are inconsistent with the Constitution, allowing it to be passed by Parliament with a simple majority.
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The ruling was communicated to the Speaker in accordance with Article 121(1) of the Constitution, following a legal challenge to the Bill.
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