a statue commemorating the life of the suffragist millicent fawcett was unveiled in parliament squareand her statue marked the first woman to be commemorated there. local elections took place in may, with labour gaining more than 70 councillors, but no change to the number of councils they control. the conservatives lost around 30 councillors. but it was ukip who suffered the worst defeats. they were almost wiped out, retaining just three councillors. objection taken. object. and, with just one word, a proposal to outlaw upskirting, where you take a picture looking up the person's skirt, was stopped. the private member's bill was proposed, but failed when conservative mp christopher chope blocked it. he said he didn't object to the bill, but didn't approve of the procedure. many of his colleagues disagreed with him. the government later introduced a bill outlawing it. injune, parliament voted to approve a third runway at heathrow. that prompted the resignation of the trade minister, greg hands. borisjohnson, who was also against the expansion, flew to afghanistan to avoid having to vo