Rishi Sunak has criticised Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s handling of the Gaza ceasefire vote as “very concerning” and said that parliament should never be intimidated by “extremists”.

The prime minister condemned the way the Commons Speaker had changed the “usual ways in which parliament works” by allowing a vote on a Labour amendment to an SNP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire.

The move unleashed chaos in the chamber and led to accusations that Hoyle had bowed to political pressure. He faces mounting calls to quit from dozens of MPs.

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