Jeremy Corbyn refuses to hold talks with May about Brexit until she rules out ‘no deal’ January 16, 2019 Brexit was plunged into fresh chaos on Wednesday after Jeremy Corbyn refused Theresa May’s invitation for a meeting to thrash out how to break the deadlock among MPs. The Prime Minister made the offer after her government survived a vote of no confidence by MPs, saying she wanted to work with opposition leaders to end the [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus March 27, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus, he confirmed today, as he urged Brits to stay home to combat the UK outbreak. Johnson revealed his coronavirus diagnosis on Twitter, where he said he has experienced “mild” symptoms since yesterday. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for [...]
Is Yvette Cooper about to take back control of Brexit? Here’s what you need to know January 28, 2019 MPs are set for another vote on Brexit tomorrow, but it’s not quite the make or break moment some are spinning it as. In simple terms, MPs will vote to say whether the Prime Minister came to the Commons within three Parliamentary days of her historic defeat on the Withdrawal Agreement to set out her [...]
Lecturers set to strike over pensions and pay at 60 universities November 24, 2019 Academics at 60 universities across the UK are set to go on strike tomorrow over pensions, pay and working conditions in the latest episode of a long-running dispute between management and staff. The strikes will affect around 1m students on eight consecutive working days from tomorrow until 4 December. Read more: Royal Mail shares bleed [...]
‘Constitutional crisis’ as John Bercow blocks another vote on May’s Brexit deal March 18, 2019 Theresa May's bid to win parliamentary approval for her Brexit withdrawal deal has been dealt another dramatic blow after Commons Speaker John Bercow declared he could block any attempt to put the question to MPs again. In a surprise statement, Bercow said he would only allow the government to put its Brexit plan before MPs again [...]
Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
Theresa May feels the heat as MPs table plans to alter Brexit process January 22, 2019 Former attorney general and Tory rebel Dominic Grieve has tabled his motion to allow MPs time to debate various Brexit options in the run-up to the UK's exit from the EU. Grieve was originally planning to table a motion that would have allowed 300 MPs from the five parties to be debated and voted on by [...]
UK ‘too slow to act’ on coronavirus, and 40,000 Brits could die April 17, 2020 The UK government was “too slow” in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak and 40,000 people could die, a leading public health professor warned MPs today. “Where were the system errors that led us to have probably the highest death rates in Europe?” Anthony Costello, professor of International Child Health and director of the UCL Institute [...]
Spending review live: Sunak pledges cash for city centres and transport but aid and public sector pay cut November 25, 2020 Spending review live: Sunak pledges cash for city centres and transport but aid and public sector pay cut
Parliament will vote down May’s Brexit deal, says Dominic Raab November 23, 2018 Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab believes parliament will vote down the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal next month. However, MPs could agree stopgap measures to prevent the alternative of the UK crashing out the EU without a deal, he told the BBC’s Today programme this morning. "We will I think inevitably see parliament vote this deal [...]