UK issues warning after Iran breaches nuclear agreement July 7, 2019 Iran has broken the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal and must reverse any moves to increase its uranium enrichment, the UK has warned. Iran announced this afternoon it would boost its uranium enrichment above a cap set by the nuclear deal in a move that ramped up tensions between Tehran and the west. Read [...]
Justice secretary: MPs can find way to prevent no-deal July 7, 2019 Justice secretary David Gauke has said he would resign from his post if the next prime minister chooses to pursue a no-deal Brexit. His comments come as Labour announced it will call a no confidence vote in the government when it believes enough Tory MPs will support it. Gauke also told the BBC that he believed [...]
Labour will split up Treasury and move half north, vows John McDonnell July 7, 2019 John McDonnell would break up the Treasury and move a large chunk of it to the north of England if Labour came to power, the shadow chancellor confirmed today. Read more: John McDonnell dismisses claims of civil war at top of Labour He said on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show that locating decision-makers and administrators [...]
John McDonnell dismisses report of civil war at top of Labour July 7, 2019 Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell has denied a report of a civil war at the top of his party over the power of leader Jeremy Corbyn’s advisers. Read more: Poll: Labour party support hits record low McDonnell and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott confronted Corbyn and demanded he stop listening to his two top aides [...]
UK going through a ‘political nervous breakdown’, says former MI6 chief July 6, 2019 The former head of MI6 has said that the UK is going through a “political nervous breakdown”. Sir John Sawers has taken aim at Tory leadership candidates Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, claiming that Britain could soon have a Prime Minister who does “not have the standing that we have become used to in our [...]
Inheritance tax faces a shake-up with number of proposed changes July 6, 2019 Under proposed changes to the inheritance tax, the current rules on gift-giving could be cut down from seven years to five. A review of the system ordered by chancellor Philip Hammond claimed the period in which executors are required to account for gifts given within seven years of death should be reduced to five. Read [...]
Boris Johnson to crack down on crime and demand immigrants speak English in latest campaign pledges July 6, 2019 Tory leadership candidate Boris Johnson has suggested that he will introduce tougher sentencing for violent or sexual offenders should he become Prime Minister. He also said that immigrants coming to the UK must learn English as he made a series of campaign pledges ahead of a busy Saturday for rival Jeremy Hunt and himself. Read [...]
Former Metropolitan Police chiefs blame Theresa May for ’emasculating’ forces and leaving Britain in fear July 6, 2019 Five former heads of Scotland Yard have penned a letter to Theresa May blaming her for the “emasculation of British policing”. The former police commissioners said May was responsible for leaving the public in fear, that resources had been “drained to dangerously low levels” and victims had “perilously low expectations”. Read more: Police evacuate Lloyd’s [...]
Tory members ‘issued two ballots’ by mistake ahead of leadership vote July 6, 2019 A number of Conservative members have received two ballot papers to vote for the next party leader and Prime Minister. There are more than 1,000 members affected, the BBC has been told by a party insider. Read more: Hunt is right to take a firm line on China The Tory party warned voters that voting [...]
Boris Johnson denies being shut out of top secret meetings as foreign secretary July 5, 2019 Boris Johnson has denied claims he was frozen out of sensitive security meetings when he was foreign secretary, saying: “It’s not true.” Read more: Boris Johnson backs Hong Kong protestors ‘every inch of the way’ The Tory leadership frontrunner told a hustings in Darlington that he was “extremely dubious about the provenance of this story”. [...]