Tag: UK Politics
over 3 years ago
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Right-wing think tank calls for Thatcherite policy in north of England

Report backed by northern Tory MPs calls for deregulated planning system and tax cuts for big businesses

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over 3 years ago
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Landlords evicting hundreds during lockdown with government’s new ‘eviction ban’ loopholes

Number of eviction attempts by landlords doubles during winter lockdown

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over 3 years ago
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Dominic Raab says people should wait 10 years before judging Brexit problems

Foreign secretary urges business to take a ‘10-year view’ to current problems

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over 3 years ago
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Covid: Vaccines minister confirms 15 million people have had first jab, meeting target

Over 15 million people across the UK have been given their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the vaccines minister has ...

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over 3 years ago
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Dominic Raab refuses to say if he would have voted to impeach Donald Trump

Conservative foreign secretary says people should trust US system after Trump acquitted

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over 3 years ago
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Schools and outside meetings set to return from March under Boris Johnson’s lockdown easing plan

A coffee on a park bench with one other person could become possible

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over 3 years ago
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Government extends eviction ban until end of March, but loopholes for landlords to remain

Some tenants already facing homelessness

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over 3 years ago
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Boris Johnson to use G7 meeting to push vaccine distribution to ‘every single country’

Prime minister will host first G7 virtual get-together of UK presidency

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over 3 years ago
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Government goes to court to defend contract handed to company with links to Dominic Cummings

High Court will hear from Mr Cummings and Lee Cain as campaigners say contract was unlawful

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over 3 years ago
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DUP members threaten to bring down Northern Ireland government if Brexit deal is not scrapped

Party leadership urges Boris Johnson to trigger Article 16

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over 3 years ago
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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘cautiously optimistic’ ahead of lockdown easing roadmap

Prime minister set to unveil three-stage roadmap on 22 February

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over 3 years ago
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Pressure grows on Priti Patel over Black Lives Matter attack

Home Secretary’s dismissal branded ‘unacceptable’ by Labour

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over 3 years ago
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Heathrow says government’s hotel quarantine plan not ready 48 hours before launch

Government unable to give ‘necessary reassurances’ system will operate, largest airport says

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over 3 years ago
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Covid: We could soon live with virus like we do flu, Matt Hancock suggests

Government expected to lay out roadmap for lifting lockdown later this month but scientists urge caution

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over 3 years ago
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Renters demand government replace ‘fake’ Covid eviction ban with the real thing

Some tenants in England are facing posession hearings this week because of new loopholes

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over 3 years ago
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Renters demand government replace ‘fake’ Covid eviction ban with the real thing

Some tenants in England are facing posession hearings this week because of new loopholes

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over 3 years ago
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EU citizens who left UK because of pandemic set to lose right to live in Britain

Those with pre-settled status who stayed with families may not be able to return

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over 3 years ago
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EU citizens who left UK because of pandemic set to lose right to live in Britain

Those with pre-settled status who stayed with families may not be able to return

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over 3 years ago
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Home Office admits 15,000 people accidentally deleted from police computer

Policing minister Kit Malthouse says recovery of data may take 12 weeks

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over 3 years ago
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Threat of chemical and biological attacks on the rise as world order crumbles, defence secretary ...

Ben Wallace says regimes increasingly feel they can use the weapons

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over 3 years ago
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Tories drop candidate who sent ‘Aryan race’ tweet to Jewish Labour MP

The Jewish Labour Movement has condemned the 'appalling antisemitic abuse'

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over 3 years ago
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Brexit bureaucracy stopping shellfish imports to EU is ‘devastating blow’ for industry, governmen...

Exporter forced to shut down after 60 years accuses government of not being straight over Brexit drawbacks

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over 3 years ago
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Coronavirus ‘amnesty’ to get undocumented migrants vaccinated will not be enough, ministers warned

Coalition of 140 organisations write to ministers urging concrete action to end 'hostile environment'

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over 3 years ago
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Boris Johnson ‘very confident’ in Covid vaccine despite South Africa variant concerns

Prime minister says all vaccines are delivering 'a high degree of protection against serious illness and death'

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over 3 years ago
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UK towns with more immigrants do much better economically, study finds

Strong link between diversity and prosperity

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almost 4 years ago
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Boris Johnson under pressure to end support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen

US president Joe Biden reverses longstanding US support, branding war 'humantarian and strategic catastrophe'

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almost 4 years ago
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Local elections to go ahead in England and Wales despite coronavirus

Ministers not expected to postpone contests against

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almost 4 years ago
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Boris Johnson threatens to call time on Northern Ireland Brexit deal

UK warns grace period for new bureaucracy must be extended ‘this week’

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almost 4 years ago
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Brexit fishing deal ‘fell short’ of industry expectations, government admits

Environment Secretary George Eustice says 'it's fair to say that we didn't get everything that we wanted’

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almost 4 years ago
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UK urges EU to extend Northern Ireland Brexit grace period to avert border meltdown

Michael Gove asks for extension until 2023

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almost 4 years ago
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Ministers running out of excuses on environment, MPs warn

Influential Public Accounts Committee says government needs more than ‘aspirational words’

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almost 4 years ago
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Boris Johnson defeated in Lords over rules to prevent trade deals with genocidal regimes

Government defeated twice on issue by peers

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almost 4 years ago
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Tory MPs abstain in flammable cladding vote

Conservative MPs speak out during debate but fail to vote against government

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almost 4 years ago
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EU president Ursula von der Leyen blames deputy for vaccine export U-turn

Spokesperson for says Vice President is responsible 

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almost 4 years ago
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Boris Johnson ‘optimistic’ summer holidays can happen but says too early to lift restrictions

Prime minister says now is not the time to ‘take your foot off the throat of the beast’

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almost 4 years ago
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Brexit border delays could see 142,000 tonnes of food wasted in six months, government estimates

Exporters have seen produce spoil or be impounded because of Brexit bureaucracy 

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almost 4 years ago
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UK government open to further Russia sanctions over Navalny detention

MPs urge sanctions on oligarchs linked to English football 

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almost 4 years ago
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Coronavirus: We’d have done some things differently with benefit of hindsight, government ministe...

Robert Jenrick says course of action would have ‘almost certainly’ have been different

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almost 4 years ago
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‘Hard to compute the sorrow’ of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, Boris Johnson says

It is “hard to compute the sorrow” of the number of people who have died from coronavirus, Boris Johnson has said, af...

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