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Labour lambasted after confirming it wants to end freedom of movement
The Labour Party has been lambasted after a party spokesperson confirmed it is official policy to end freedom of movement once the UK leaves the EU. Despite pledging that Labour will develop and implement “fair immigration rules” in its 2017 manifesto the Prime Minister cited ending free movement as an area of agreement between the two parties after PMQs yesterday. Labour recently backed an indicative votes motion setting out a Norway-style Brexit – termed Common Market 2.0 – which would...
MP’s last minute bid to stop looming threat of No Deal Brexit won by narrowest of margins
Yvette Cooper's Bill has passed by one vote late tonight in the House of Commons and is expected to be rushed through the House of Lords too in a last minute bid to ensure the UK does not crash out of the EU by mistake with no deal. The draft legislation tabled by Labour MP Yvette Cooper calls on the Prime Minister to table a motion seeking MPs’ approval for an extension to the Article 50 process beyond April 12...
Seaside towns must be inspired to reinvent themselves, Lords report says
A new report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Regenerating Seaside Towns has concluded that coastal communities are in desperate need of improvements to transport, housing and broadband as well as better access to further and higher education for young people if they are to reinvent themselves. The future of seaside towns report, published today, highlighted the challenges of peripherality in coastal areas which has led to them being neglected by government. It recommended that the government should...
Brexit deadlock: votes tied as MPs cannot even agree whether to have further indicative votes
MPs were tied today as an amendment by Hillary Benn MP on whether to have another round of indicative votes on Brexit for MPs to find a way through for Brexit was tied at 310 votes for, 310 against. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow used a casting vote after the first House of Commons tie in 26 years of politics to block the backbench motion. Bercow said that in accordance with precedence, and with the principle that important votes...
Pensioner dies after being mowed down by robbery getaway car near Kings Cross station
The pedestrian, 74, was run over during Tuesday's evening rush hour
Hunt for thugs who beat up passengers in series of “unprovoked” attacks on board London train
Detectives have released CCTV images from the time of the incidents between Tulse Hill station in south London and Tattenham Corner station in Surrey at around 7.45am on Sunday February 10th
‘Extreme scale’ of Arctic sea-ice melting revealed
The dramatic loss of ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean
“If you only watch one video today let it be this” – social media reacts to David Lammy speech
David Lammy has been lauded on social media for delivering an impassioned speech on Brexit to the House of Commons today. The Labour MP denounced Brexit as a "con, a trick, a swindle" and "a fraud" in the address, saying it is "a deception that will hurt most of those people it promised to help". He added that it is a "dangerous fantasy which will make every problem it claims to solve worse", highlighting that both Vote Leave and Leave...
Minister resigns in protest at Corbyn’s crunch Brexit talks with PM
Minister resigns in protest at Corbyn's crunch Brexit talks with PM