Image copyright EPA/Getty Images Jeremy Corbyn says talks with the government to find a compromise over Brexit “have gone as far as they can”. In a letter to the PM, the Labour leader said the six weeks of cross-party discussions could not carry on due to “the increasing weakness and instability” of the government. Downing […]
Image copyright EPA/Getty Images Jeremy Corbyn says talks with the government to find a compromise over Brexit “have gone as far as they can”. In a letter to the PM, the Labour leader said the six weeks of cross-party discussions could not carry on due to “the increasing weakness and instability” of the government. Downing […]
Image copyright STEVE BRADING Image caption In February, students at Essex university held a rally in support of a new Jewish Society Universities in the UK must do more to stamp out campus anti-Semitism, says a government minister. In a letter to vice-chancellors, universities minister Chris Skidmore said it was “unjust” that some Jewish groups […]
Image copyright STEVE BRADING Image caption In February, students at Essex university held a rally in support of a new Jewish Society Universities in the UK must do more to stamp out campus anti-Semitism, says a government minister. In a letter to vice-chancellors, universities minister Chris Skidmore said it was “unjust” that some Jewish groups […]
Image copyright EPA/Getty Images Brexit talks between the Conservatives and Labour are about to close without an agreement, the BBC has learned. Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn will now move to a second phase, aimed at agreeing on a process for Parliamentary votes designed to find a consensus. It comes after Mrs May promised to […]
Image copyright Getty Images Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June. The agreement follows a meeting between the prime minister and senior Tory MPs who are demanding a date for her departure from Downing Street. If she […]
Media captionBoris Johnson on Tory leadership bid: “Of course I’m going to go for it” Boris Johnson has said he will run for the Conservative Party leadership after Theresa May stands down. Asked at a business event in Manchester if he would be a candidate, the former foreign secretary replied: “Of course I’m going to […]
Image copyright Getty Images Supervision of all offenders in England and Wales is to be taken over by the government after serious failings with the part-privatisation of the system. Contracts with community rehabilitation companies, which monitor low and medium risk offenders, will not be renewed. The National Probation Service – which manages those posing the […]
Image copyright PA The Labour Party’s plans to nationalise the country’s energy networks would hinder the shift to green energy, National Grid has said. The firm is the UK’s largest transmitter of electricity and gas via its network of pylons and pipelines. Labour said its pledge to return it to public ownership would “usher in […]
Media captionTheresa May: MPs “have a duty” to deliver Brexit Theresa May says MPs have a “duty” to “ensure we deliver” Brexit by voting for the withdrawal bill in the Commons. The government says the bill – required to implement the PM’s deal – will be considered by MPs in the week beginning 3 June. […]
