Hong Kong sentences third and youngest person under national security law November 23, 2021 The third and youngest person has been sentenced in Hong Kong under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
Boris Johnson brushes looming MP rebellion over social care under the carpet November 23, 2021 Boris Johnson has narrowly managed to push through controversial plans to cut down social care support for poorer households, despite 19 Conservative MPs rebelling against the policy. The government’s plans were only just won, by 272 votes to 246 despite the government having an 80-strong majority in the Commons. The removal of means-tested support from [...]
Burdensome EU border regime threatens post-Brexit lorry pile up at Port of Dover November 23, 2021 A fresh logistics regime imposed by the EU after Brexit could lead to lorries piling up at the Port of Dover, authorities and MPs warned yesterday. Rules overseeing entry to the bloc’s passport-free Schengen Area would increase the amount of time it takes lorry drivers to pass through Britain into the region. Drivers would have [...]
Across the Channel: French prime minister tests positive for Covid-19 as Coronavirus cases climb November 23, 2021 The office of France’s prime minister confirmed early this morning that he has tested positive for Covid-19, hours after returning from a visit to neighbouring Belgium and just as France is seeing a nationwide resurgence of infections. Jean Castex will adapt his schedule for the coming 10 days to continue his activities in isolation, his [...]
Downing Street signals it is prepared to tear up Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal November 23, 2021 Downing Street said late last night the UK government is prepared to consider tearing up elements of Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal, despite a Cabinet minister insisting the option would not be used before Christmas. Number 10 said there was no timetable for whether or not it would unilaterally use the powers under Article 16 of [...]
Culture Secretary defends government’s role in Channel 4’s future November 23, 2021 Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said yesterday that no decision has been made about the future of Channel 4, but defends ministers reviewing whether to privatise, stating it was "absolutely right and proper".
Tory MPs pan ‘appalling’ Boris Johnson speech to business bosses at the CBI November 22, 2021 Tory MPs have widely criticised Boris Johnson’s speech today at a major business conference, after the Prime Minister compared himself to Moses, spoke at length about Peppa Pig World and lost his place for 20 seconds. Conservative MPs were quick to express their dismay with the speech on WhatsApp groups across Westminster, with one minister [...]
Conservative MP Ben Everitt paid by accounting body which voted against tax on consultants November 22, 2021 A conservative MP who spoke out in Parliament against extensions to a tax law on consultants also earned thousands of pounds himself from an accounting group that lobbied against the tax, according to reports. Ben Everitt, the MP for Milton Keynes North, was paid nearly £14,000 for 60 hours of work for the Institute of Chartered [...]
Boris Johnson ‘prophesises’ mass return of office working at CBI conference November 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has “prophesised” a mass return of workers to city centres and office blocks, saying that there are “sound evolutionary reasons why mother nature does not like working from home”. Johnson said – in a bizarre speech that referenced Pippa Pig World and saw the Prime Minister lose his place for 20 seconds – [...]
Caroline Nokes: They ‘trawled through’ my sex life after I said Boris Johnson’s father Stanley touched me inappropriately November 22, 2021 After accusing the Prime Minister’s father of inappropriately touching her, a senior female MP has revealed that journalists scoured through her past sex life to “find some sort of defence.” Caroline Nokes, the Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North and chairwoman of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, accused Stanley Johnson of forcefully smacking [...]