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The Sitka spruce was selected from 150 million trees and will stand at the foot of the Elizabeth Tower, home to Big Ben, during the Christmas period.

It comes after as a historic victory for Labour, who have overturned a 20,000 majority held by ex-Tory MP Chris Pincher.

The privileges committee today published a supplementary report on their concern about a 'coordinated campaign of interference' in their work.