A pest control team has been called in after bed bugs were found in the Palace of Westminster Victoria Jones/PAFirst there was backbiting in cabinet. Now the political pain is of a different order — bed bugs in parliament. A statement released on parliament’s intranet system as staff wound down for recess yesterday afternoon stressed that the pests were newcomers to Westminster. “It is clear that the infestation did not originate on the parliamentary estate and was brought in from outside,” it said. “While bed bugs are not dangerous and do not spread diseases, they can cause itchy red bumps on the skin.”It advised staff who suspected…

Source: The Times July 20, 2017 23:02 UTC