Brexiteers have been dealt a big New Year blow after their campaign to get Big Ben to bong for Brexit on January 31 has been dashed. An amendment to the withdrawal agreement bill to get the famous bell to ring to “celebrate” the UK’s departure from the European Union, was not selected by the Speaker’s […]
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Buisness leaders in Northern Ireland are demanding £100 million cash-compensation from the UK government for any disruption to trading caused by Brexit. The call comes following a meeting between leading entrepreneurs, business people and politicians on Friday to discuss fears surrounding increased costs arising from the effective trade barrier down the Irish Sea. In a […]
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The prime minister has been criticised for his “deafening silence” following the assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Suleimani by the United States that has seen the West take a ‘major lurch towards war’. The Royal Navy has deployed two ships in the Persian Gulf as tensions continue to escalate but Boris Johnson has instead […]
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The Labour leadership contest is beginning to take shape with an early poll indicating that Keir Starmer will win comfortably. Mc Donnell protege, Rebecca Long-Bailey takes second place, and there’s little indication that the Labour party will put a stop to its internal divisions any time soon. Reports suggest that the results of this poll […]
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Civil servants are “woefully unprepared” for a seismic transformation of Whitehall under new plans the prime minister wants to implement. The sweeping reforms – which include merging, abolishing and creating new government departments – are just a “tiny fraction” of wide-scale plans to shake-up the civil service. Downing Street is set to embark on the […]
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Prince William has launched a multimillion pound environmental prize to inspire people and businesses to find solutions to try and save the planet from catastrophe. The Queen’s grandson said the world is “at a tipping point” and facing a “stark choice” of continuing to destroy the Earth or find viable solutions. Announcing the prize on […]
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The National Farmers Union has a major beef with the government about the possibility of chlorinated chicken being sold in post-Brexit Britain. The president of the NFU, Minette Batters used her New Year message to urge the government not to “betray” British farmers in future trade deals with countries with lower standards in their agricultural […]
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Anti-terrorism officers, high profile politicians and famous celebrities have had their home addresses published online along with more than 1,000 recipients of the New Year Honours. The Cabinet Office has been accused of endangering lives through the accidental publication of details which include house numbers and postcodes and said it is investigating how it happened […]
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2019 has seen the number of migrants crossing the channel grow three-fold in 2019. On Boxing Day, the coast guard found 60 migrants attempting to reach UK shores. According to Bloomberg, Brexit lies at the heart of the surge in numbers. Aid workers believe that migrants feel this may be their last chance to start […]
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Boris Johnson wants the European Union to pay for a bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland post-Brexit, according to Ireland’s taosieach Leo Varadkar. The Irish leader said he and the UK prime minister had recently discussed the plan which Johnson described last week as a “very interesting idea”. Varadkar said he told Johnson the UK […]
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