Two men arrested after phone hidden in Commons to play sex noises during PMQs'

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"The device, discovered near the front bench, is thought to have been hidden there to deliberately disrupt the weekly showdown between Sir Keir Starmer and the opposition. It had been taped to the underside of a table but had lost its grip and fallen on the floor, according to reports. It later rang twice during PMQs with a sexually explicit ringtone, but had already been discovered during a routine security sweep on 3 September."

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