McVey wants more school pupils to take on Saturday jobs to help develop a work ethic “British teenagers should be encouraged to take up Saturday and after-school jobs to prepare them for the world of work, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said. In her first interview since being promoted earlier this year, Esther McVey […]
Brexit: May pledges NHS cash from Brexit… “Theresa May has insisted that EU withdrawal will mean more money for the NHS and schools, despite Treasury forecasts of slower growth leading to lower tax revenues after Brexit. As she conducted whistle-stop visits to the four nations of the United Kingdom to mark a year until Brexit day, […]
Brexit 1) May starts nationwide tour to mark final countdown “…Mrs May will claim that the country “leads the world in international development action” today as she embarks on a UK-wide tour to mark the start of a year-long countdown to Brexit. Stressing the UK’s record on aid and its championing of “liberal and democratic […]
Hunt promises a new hospital every year… ‘The NHS has been promised a new hospital every year in the biggest infrastructure expansion for a decade. Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, who is pushing the prime minister for a ten-year NHS funding plan, said he wanted to “expand capacity for the future” with a host of […]
Anti-Corbyn protest 1) “More than 15 Labour MPs” join Jewish protest against his leadership “Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of becoming a “poster-boy” for anti-semitism as more than 15 of his MPs joined a Jewish protest against his leadership. The Labour MPs said that they wanted to “drain the cesspit” of anti-semitism within their party as […]
Jewish groups protest against ‘hostile’ Corbyn ‘The Board of Deputies and the Jewish Leadership Council, two of the most senior Jewish groups in Britain, will on Monday take the unprecedented step of holding a protest against Mr Corbyn in Parliament Square. They will tell Mr Corbyn that “enough is enough” and hand him a letter […]
NHS 1) May ‘defies Treasury’ to pledge £4 billion ‘birthday present’ for the health service ‘Theresa May is planning to plough billions of extra pounds a year into health spending as part of a “birthday present” to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Senior government sources say the prime minister will overrule the Treasury […]
EU backs May’s tough stance on Russia “EU leaders today hailed the ‘unprecedented’ action against Russia after the bloc announced it is pulling its ambassador out of Moscow in solidarity with Britain over Salisbury. While five other countries across the bloc are set kick out Kremlin spies on Monday as they back Theresa May’s tough stance. […]
May leads tributes to those killed in the Westminster Bridge attack “Police stood shoulder to shoulder as they honoured their colleague Keith Palmer as the Prime Minister led tributes to the five people who lost their lives in the Westminster Bridge attack. Officers fell silent near to the spot where PC Palmer was murdered as they […]
May urges EU leaders to join the UK in a mass expulsion of Russian spies ‘Theresa May will tell EU leaders they must all toughen up on Russia – or put all of Europe at threat. Vladimir Putin’s alarming aggression will last “for years”, the PM will also warn at a Brussels summit. And she […]
‘Brexit blow’ as EU ‘rules out City deal’ “European Union leaders will reject Britain’s plea for a special trade deal for the City of London by backing “equivalence mechanisms” to force financial services to operate under regulations imposed by Brussels. According to a diplomatic draft seen by The Times, the EU will rule out a future […]
Brexit 1) Davis and Barnier announce progress on a deal that would allow trade talks ‘David Davis and Michel Barnier today shook hands and declared they have made a ‘decisive’ step in sealing a Brexit transition deal. The EU chief negotiator and Mr Davis announced the dramatic breakthrough at a press conference in Brussels. Under […]
Brexit 1) Davis heads to Brussels today “confident” of gaining transition deal “Brexit Secretary David Davis flies to Brussels today confident of clinching a vital transition deal with his Brussels counterpart within days. He will have key talks with European Commission negotiator Michel Barnier. Pressure is mounting on the Government to thrash out details of […]
Brexit 1) Criticisms abound as Commons’ Brexit Committee today recommends “postponing departure” if significant progress not made by October “The Commons committee scrutinising Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union is engulfed in a row over a new report that a leading Conservative member claimed was intended to “negate the referendum result” and damage the Government’s […]
Johnson says it is ‘overwhelmingly likely’ that Putin ordered attack “Boris Johnson has accused Vladimir Putin of personally ordering the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal in a dramatic escalation of Britain’s war of words with the Kremlin. The Foreign Secretary said it was “overwhelmingly likely” that the Russian President was behind the attempted murder, […]