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Brexit: EU ‘run rings around UK on fisheries’ says expert Sources said multiple member states are also keen to play a stronger role in deciding if such provisions have been breached. The so-called level playing field was among the main sticking points in trade talks between Brussels and London last year. The negotiating term refers to a set of common […]
Read moreKen Clarke says that government ‘will have to raise taxes’ The Conservative Minister is desperately looking at ways to raise money after splurging billions of pounds to prop up the UK’s economy during the pandemic. Raising corporation tax is thought to be one of the few “genuine revenue raisers” left for the Government by officials working in Treasury. But the […]
Read moreBrexit will lead to EU ‘disintegration’ says Yanis Varoufakis MEPs could now vote on the agreement as late as April, but a session next month in Strasbourg is more likely for rubber-stamping the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. It is also believed that European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic will oversee the implementation of the future relationship pact on behalf of the […]
Read moreNadhim Zahawi: Vaccine rollout should be done ‘by persuasion’ It comes as the health service is facing its most precarious position in its history, with NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens warning the next few days would be the most critical for hospitals since the start of the pandemic. Coronavirus patient numbers are continuing to surge, despite the rapid rollout of […]
Read moreUniversal Credit: Zahawi slams Labour over ‘political stunt’ The Chancellor of the Exchequer is under pressure over his plans to cut £20 a week from Universal Credit for low-income families as measure brought in to support those impacted by the coronavirus lockdown are wound down. But Rishi Sunak’s plans to replace the additional support with a one-off £500 cash bonus was […]
Read moreUniversal Credit: Zahawi slams Labour over ‘political stunt’ Labour will use a Commons vote on Monday evening to ramp up the intense pressure on Boris Johnson to extend the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit. Labour, who were granted an opposition day debate, want the Government to prolong the Universal Credit uplift beyond March. The Government has decided to abstain on […]
Read morePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern won’t say whether or not she supports top Donald Trump official and New Zealand-born Chris Liddell to take charge of the all-important OECD. This is despite National and Act both withdrawing their previously pledged support for the entrepreneur-turned-top-political-player’s bid to become the next OECD Secretary-General. He was nominated for the job by Trump. In a statement […]
Read moreThere was a marriage proposal at the Colorado Capitol on Sunday — the man went down on one knee in front of a chain-link security fence at the base of the building’s west steps — but not much else happened, despite nationwide calls for armed protests ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Only a handful of people showed […]
Read moreWILMINGTON, Del. — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated. Aides to the California Democrat confirmed the timing and said Gov. Gavin Newsom was aware of her decision, clearing the way for him to appoint fellow Democrat Alex Padilla, now California’s secretary of state, to serve […]
Read moreWASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is moving forward with hiring a Trump administration loyalist, the agency said on Sunday, after the acting defense secretary ordered he be made the spy agency’s top lawyer. Christopher C. Miller, the acting defense secretary, gave Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, the spy agency’s director, until 6 p.m. on Saturday to install Michael Ellis as […]
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