US lawmakers pass $1tn infrastructure bill November 6, 2021 The US congress has passed a $1tn package to upgrade key infrastructure across the country such as highways, railways, water pipes, and broadband. The package will now be sent to president Joe Biden to sign into law. This follows a 228-206 vote in the House of Representatives, and months of heated back-and-forth negotiations between the [...]
Brexit stalemate: Frost calls for ‘intensive’ talks with EU on Northern Ireland November 5, 2021 Lord Frost has warned of “limited” progress on Northern Ireland at a Brussels meeting with the EU Commission sparking fears the UK will trigger Article 16. Brexit minister Frost is attempting to renegotiate an agreement which requires goods sent between Britain and Northern Ireland to undergo customs checks to avoid a hard border between Northern [...]
Brexit trade slump: Gov should cut burden on traders before full border arrives November 5, 2021 The government needs to cut the burden on traders at the UK-EU border to ease a post-Brexit trade slump, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has said today. While the Government’s handling of the new border with the EU was “largely successful”, it has relied on temporary measures that are “not sustainable”, the [...]
Independent MP Claudia Webbe given 10-week suspended jail sentence for harassment November 4, 2021 Independent MP Claudia Webbe has been handed a 10-week suspended jail sentence and 200 hours of community service, after being found guilty of harassment. Webbe – who was formerly a Labour MP – was accused of harassing Michelle Merritt through a series of phone calls and text messages between 2018 and 2020. The Leicester East [...]
Tory MP Owen Paterson quits after sleaze scandal November 4, 2021 Owen Paterson will resign as Conservative MP for North Shropshire, after being engulfed in a scandal over his breach of parliament’s lobbying rules. A vote to veto Paterson’s proposed suspension and dismantle the standards process for MPs was rammed through parliament by Tory backbenchers and the government yesterday in a move described as “corrupt” by [...]
David Frost ‘sets out concerns’ in crunch talks over post-Brexit fishing row with France November 4, 2021 UK Brexit minister Lord David Frost has today outlined the UK’s “position and concerns” over the post-Brexit fishing row with France in a crunch meeting with a senior French minister today. A Number 10 press release said Frost and European minister Clément Beaune met in Paris this morning where they “discussed the range of difficulties [...]
Owen Paterson set to be suspended after major Johnson U-turn on sleaze reforms November 4, 2021 A motion to suspend ex-minister Owen Paterson for 30 days will come back before parliament next week, after a 24-hour Boris Johnson U-turn over the fate of the Tory MP. A vote to veto Paterson’s suspension and dismantle the standards process for MPs was rammed through parliament by the government yesterday in a move that [...]
French authorities release British trawler as post-Brexit fishing row rows on November 3, 2021 French authorities have released a British trawler that had been impounded amid the post-Brexit fishing row that has loomed over the G20 and COP26 summits. The boat will now set sail from Le Havre, some 30 miles west of the English Channel. French president Emmanuel Macron had last week warned that Paris could block British [...]
Labour outrage as MPs vote down Owen Paterson’s 30-day parliament suspension November 3, 2021 MPs have taken the unprecedented step of voting against a recommended parliamentary suspension as Tory MP Owen Paterson escapes a 30-day House of Commons ban for now. Paterson’s case, an accusation of breaching the lobbying rules, will now be reviewed early next year by a panel that will be made up of a majority of [...]
Education secretary: Test children for Covid daily instead of sending them home November 3, 2021 Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi has urged that children undergo daily Covid-19 testing to avoid them missing out on school. Zahawi said the approach would be “much better”, with children in school and taking lateral flow tests as opposed to being at home due to coming in contact with a positive case. Daily testing should be [...]
