British MPs told to smarten up for return to Parliament

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has clamped down on casual attire and other areas of MP behaviour in a new set of Commons guidelines (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA)

MPs returning to the Commons next week have been instructed to smarten up their attire by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, in a reminder the days of Zooming in to Parliament are over.

In a possible bid to nip in the bud any slackening of post-Covid fashion, Mr Hoyle has updated the “Rules of behaviour and courtesies in the House of Commons” to alert MPs to required dress standards, insisting garments such as jeans and chinos are not allowed.