Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boris Johnson holding a kipper at the Conservative leadership hustings Claim: EU regulations require kipper suppliers to keep their products cool with ice pillows when they are delivered. Verdict: This is not true. EU regulation covers fresh fish, not smoked fish. The UK’s Food Standard Agency says food manufacturers […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Boris Johnson holding a kipper at the Conservative leadership hustings Claim: EU regulations require kipper suppliers to keep their products cool with ice pillows when they are delivered. Verdict: This is not true. EU regulation covers fresh fish, not smoked fish. The UK’s Food Standard Agency says food manufacturers […]
Image copyright PA Media MPs are debating legislation that could block efforts by the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit by suspending Parliament. It comes after the House of Lords backed the measure by a margin of 103 votes on Wednesday evening. Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson has not ruled out suspending […]
Media captionMichel Barnier says Theresa May and her ministers never threatened to leave without a deal during negotiations The UK will have to “face the consequences” if it opts to leave without a deal, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has said. Michel Barnier told BBC Panorama the thrice-rejected agreement negotiated by Theresa May was the […]
Image copyright Reuters Labour peers could hold a vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership over his response to claims of anti-Semitism in the party. This follows the sacking of Baroness Hayter – a critic of Mr Corbyn over the issue – as Brexit minister. The BBC understands Labour peers will hold an emergency […]
Image copyright Reuters Public borrowing could double next year if there is a no-deal Brexit, the country’s spending watchdog says. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said borrowing would be almost £60bn if the UK leaves without a deal – up from £29.3bn if it does get a deal. The watchdog said this scenario was […]
Image copyright Reuters The police and other authorities should suspend use of automatic facial recognition technologies, according to an influential group of MPs. The House of Commons Science and Technology committee added there should be no further trials of the tech until relevant regulations were in place. It raised accuracy and bias concerns. And it […]
Media captionMichel Barnier says Theresa May and her ministers never threatened to leave without a deal during negotiations The UK will have to “face the consequences” if it opts to leave without a deal, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has said. Michel Barnier told BBC Panorama the thrice-rejected agreement negotiated by Theresa May was the […]
Image copyright Parliament TV Image caption Baroness Hayter had criticised what she called the “bunker mentality” of Jeremy Corbyn and his team A senior Labour peer has been sacked as shadow Brexit minister for saying Jeremy Corbyn was leading the party with a “bunker mentality”. Baroness Hayter said Mr Corbyn’s team’s refusal to acknowledge criticism […]
Image copyright EPA/Getty The two candidates to become the UK’s next prime minister have made their final pitch to the Conservative Party. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt took part in the final leadership hustings at the London Excel Centre on Wednesday, in front of more than 2,000 Tory members. It came ahead of the final […]
