Brexit: UK-EU talks on Northern Ireland resume this week as UK sets ‘no time limit’ on discussions December 13, 2021 Talks between the UK and the EU on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol will resume this week, with Number 10 today putting no “set limit” for how long negotiations will drag on. Defacto Brexit secretary Lord David Frost and his EU counterpart Maros Sefcovic will meet twice this week to try and move talks forward, [...]
At least one Omicron patient has died, confirms Boris Johnson December 13, 2021 The Prime Minister has pushed people to get boosters, confirming at least one patient now has died with the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Avoidable errors have left Ukraine at the mercy of the Kremlin December 13, 2021 Cast your mind back to 2012 and the US Presidential election. Apart from the striking civility of political debate even a decade ago, what’s most memorable about the campaign is Barack Obama’s savage putdown to Mitt Romney’s foreign policy credo. “The 1980s called – it wants its foreign policy back,” said the President. Romney’s crime [...]
Downing St parties probe ‘extended to include PM Boris Johnson’s quiz night’ December 13, 2021 The cabinet secretary will extend his investigation into Downing St parties during last year’s Covid lockdown to include whether the Prime Minster personally broke the law by hosting a quiz night. Government sources told the Times Simon Case would extend the probe to include the gathering, where the PM acted as an impromptu Zoom quiz [...]
Government injects £285m into renewable energy support scheme December 13, 2021 The biggest ever round of the UK Government’s flagship renewable energy support scheme is opening to applications today, with £285m available a year for building the next generation of Great Britain’s green energy projects.
TfL gets a funding extension amid ongoing discussions December 13, 2021 Transport for London announced over the weekend that the Government would extend its funding support until 17 December in light of the ongoing struggle to reach an agreement.
Westminster committee calls for PM to ditch voter ID plans December 13, 2021 The government’s plan to make voters show photographic ID at polling stations risks causing a “reduction of trust in UK elections” and should be dropped, a Westminster committee today said. The cross-party Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) said the government’s case for the new law has “simply not been good enough”. A report [...]
Boris set for Tory rebellion as reaction to ‘mild’ variant angers backbenchers December 12, 2021 Boris Johnson is coming under increasing pressure from his party as up to 100 Tory MPs prepare to rebel against the Prime Minister on Tuesday and vote against new Covid restrictions. Sixty-eight Tory MPs have already said they will not support the government in a vote on new restrictions which include mandatory face masks and [...]
PM: “Tidal wave” of Omicron on way but evidence still suggests new variant is milder form December 12, 2021 Boris Johnson has warned of a "tidal wave" of Omicron cases over the coming weeks as he told Brits to get their booster jabs.
French fishermen set to carry out blockade in a bid to spoil Christmas for Brits December 12, 2021 French fisherman are planning to start a blockade in Calais and other ports in moves that could disrupt supply chains and spoil Christmas for millions of Brits. The blockade would be the latest salvo in a long-running row between the UK and France over post-Brexit fishing licences. A spokesperson for a group of French trawler [...]