MPs willing to go to court to ensure Boris Johnson delays Brexit September 7, 2019 A number of MPs are preparing to take legal action in case Boris Johnson refuses to seek a delay to Brexit. A bill to block a no-deal Brexit has been passed through the House of Commons and House of Lords and will become law once it gains royal assent. Read more: House of Lords approves [...]
Winging it: Conservatives criticised over meme depicting Jeremy Corbyn as a chicken September 6, 2019 The Conservative Party has published a meme depicting Jeremy Corbyn in a chicken costume and delivered chicken to journalists offices in an escalation in its campaign to brand the Labour leader a “chicken” for refusing to back the government’s calls for an early election. The chicken, which was hand delivered to various newspapers’ Parliamentary offices [...]
Chuka Umunna denies ‘opportunism’ in switching to City of London parliamentary seat September 6, 2019 Lib Dem MP Chuka Umunna has denied that switching his parliamentary seat to the Cities of London and Westminster constituency is opportunistic. Umunna announced he would contest the Tory flagship seat at the next election, having represented people living in Streatham in south east London for the last nine years. Read more: Ex-Labour MP Luciana [...]
House of Lords approve bill to delay Halloween Brexit and avoid no deal September 6, 2019 A bill designed to block a no-deal Brexit is set to become law after passing through the House of Lords today. The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill was successfully passed through the House of Commons on Wednesday, but had to be approved by the House of Lords before becoming law. Read more: Car makers: We [...]
Car makers: We would rather another Brexit delay than no-deal September 6, 2019 Britain’s automotive industry trade body chief has indicated that car makers would rather suffer yet another period of Brexit uncertainty than crash out of the European Union without a deal – a scenario that would be damaging to UK business, but particularly harmful to car makers. Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor [...]
Police chief criticises Boris Johnson for using ‘officers as a backdrop’ to political speech September 6, 2019 Boris Johnson has come in for criticism for using the West Yorkshire police force as a backdrop to a political speech on Thursday. Chief constable John Robins said he had been misled by Downing Street and told that his police force’s involvement would be “solely about police officer recruitment”. Read more: Opposition parties to block [...]
Opposition parties to block Boris Johnson’s snap General Election bid September 6, 2019 Labour and other British opposition parties have agreed not to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s calls for a General Election before the end of October, when the UK is due to leave the European Union. Jeremy Corbyn’s party, the Lib Dems, the SNP and Plaid Cymru have said they will vote against or abstain in [...]
Ofgem throws lifeline to 30,000 energy customers as Eversmart goes bust September 6, 2019 Ofgem has said it will step in to protect nearly 30,000 customers as energy firm Eversmart added its name to a long list of suppliers that have gone bust in the past year. The regulator told customers to sit tight as they wait for its Supplier of Last Resort process to kick in. Read more: [...]
Germany flounders on the brink of recession September 6, 2019 Germany stands on the edge of falling into recession, as industrial output fell again in July, according to figures released today. Economic data on factories showed production fell 0.6 per cent in July, better than June’s 1.1 per cent drop but worse than a Reuters poll predicting a rise of 0.3 per cent. Read more: [...]
Gina Miller to appeal as High Court rejects legal case against proroguing of Parliament September 6, 2019 Gina Miller has said she “will not give up the fight for democracy” after the High Court rejected her legal challenge arguing that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully by proroguing Parliament for five weeks ahead of the Brexit deadline. The case -which had the backing of former Prime Minister John Major – had challenged [...]