Politics
Barnier hits back & says ‘dynamism’ needed to avoid UK-EU stalemate
Michel Barnier used his reply to David Frosts’s strongly-worded letter to defend the EU’s approach to negotiations.
Tory MP backs call to scrap NHS fee for overseas carers
Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected the calls at Wednesday’s PMQs.
Government’s Brexit objectives must be unmovable – DUP
Arlene Foster’s party voted against the Withdrawal Agreement in Parliament.
PMQs – Johnson feigns ignorance as he lumps Starmer in with “experts”
Johnson accused the Labour leader of ‘feigning ignorance,’ as if Starmer already knows what is tragically going wrong, which means he can’t get the PM to also admit it.
‘Great confidence’ test and trace system to be in operation by June 1 – Johnson
Germany set up test and trace capabilities from the outset, with over 100,000 tests carried out per day by the start of April.
The Government is out of step with the public over who unskilled workers are
And dangerously so...
Eustice appeals for fruit pickers as Patel says “we’re ending free movement”
Britain has became "the first country in world history to open up by pulling up the drawbridge!", Guy Verhofstadt said.
All but six of the top 50 political donors in 2019 donated to the Conservatives
According to the Sunday Times Rich List there were 48 people who donated more than £200,000 to political parties.
MPs ‘risk becoming 650 super-spreaders’ if forced to return to Westminster
The Government wants to see MPs return to Parliament as early as June to ‘set an example’ for the country.