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Junior Minister resigns over article 50 vote

Fisheries minister George Eustice, a Brexiteer, who stood as a UKIP MEP candidate before joining the Conservative Party has resigned from the Government. He has left his role over the PM's decsion to delay Brexit if her deal is voted down in Parliament. Eustice, MP for Camborne and Redruth in Cornwall, said he was leaving with "tremendous sadness". In his resignation letter to the PM, he said: "I fear that developments this week will lead to a sequence of events culminating...

MPs will recive a £2,000 pay increase this year

MPs Are Getting A £2,000 Pay Rise This Year, which will anger many people struggling by on meagre wages. MPs are to receive a 2.7% pay rise this year, well above the rate of inflation and taking their basic salary for 2019/20 from £77,379 to £79,468. The extra salary will be effective from April 1, and is well above the current inflation rate of 1.8 per cent on the main CPI measure. At a time when MPs have failed time...

Firm responsible for KFC running out of chicken gets no-deal Brexit contract for medical supplies

Caroline Lucas yesterday bemoaned the Prime Minister for putting people's lives at risk through "bargain bucket supply deals". The Green MP told MPs that DHL - a company "incapable of delivering chicken to KFC" - will be charged with importing medical supplies if Britain leaves without a deal. The courier company got caught in a storm last year when KFC switched distribution partners. A technical glitch left countless stores without chicken, resulting in a grovelling "FCK" marketing campaign that became...

HMRC urges business owners in London to make sure they are ready for no deal

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging business owners in the Greater London area to prepare now and consider three steps to ensure their businesses can continue to trade with the EU if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. The first step businesses need to take is to register for an Economic Operator and Registration Identification (EORI) number. UK businesses that have only ever traded inside the EU will not have an EORI number. In the event of...

Poundland launches Blue & Red passport covers

Budget retailer, Poundland, has launched Brexit-inspired passport covers. Now Brexiteers and Remainers can purchase red or blue passport covers in the lead up to Brexit. From October blue passports will return to these shores but you can still have a red passport if you want, via the high street chain. We guess they will cost…a pound.   Poundland passport. Source Poundland The red cover is emblazoned with the message “Still proud to be European”. The blue passport cover will appeal...

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