May “under pressure” to instigate “comprehensive” sexual harassment inquiry after “extraordinary” discussion in Commons “Theresa May is under pressure from her own MPs to launch a “comprehensive” investigation into sexual harassment after it emerged that two female members of a minister’s staff moved to other jobs because of his “inappropriate” behaviour. The minister, who cannot […]
May proposes new rules to protect Parliamentary staffers from harassment ‘Mrs May wrote yesterday to the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, calling for tougher rules to protect MPs’ staff from harassment. In a letter copied to Jeremy Corbyn and other party leaders she called for a cross-party effort to establish a “mediation service backed by a […]
Catalan independence declaration means further pressure on the EU… “The EU’s most senior official warned that “more cracks” were emerging in the bloc on Friday after the Catalan parliament declared independence from Spain, plunging the country into political and economic turmoil. Madrid swiftly responded to the vote by dissolving the Catalan parliament and dismissing Carles […]
Brexit 1) Johnson says UK will guarantee EU citizens’ rights even in case of “no deal” “Boris Johnson has declared that EU citizens living in the UK will have their rights protected “whatever happens” after Brexit. The Foreign Secretary went significantly further than the Prime Minister as he suggested the UK will guarantee citizen’s rights […]
Davis and May offer different Brexit timetables ‘Theresa May today insisted she ‘expects and intends’ to call a vote on the Brexit deal before Britain quits the bloc in a humiliating slap down to David Davis. The Brexit Secretary warned MPs earlier that the Brexit talks were likely go down to the wire in March […]
Brexit 1) Davis “accused” of delaying Withdrawal Bill by taking too long to arrange compromise discussions “David Davis has been accused by Cabinet colleagues of delaying the Brexit bill by failing to schedule key meetings, as it emerged the legislation will not come back to the Commons until November. The Brexit secretary is “not keeping his […]
Brexit 1) May – We’re in ‘touching distance’ of a deal on citizens’ rights ‘Theresa May today hinted there will be no transition period to prevent a ‘cliff-edge’ Brexit unless a future trade deal is agreed. Critics warned the move means businesses will not be able to properly plan for the departure and could throw […]
Brexit 1) Juncker “claims May begged him for help” at Brexit dinner “Jean-Claude Juncker claimed Theresa May “begged” him for help during a private Brexit dinner in which she appeared “tormented” with “rings under her eyes”, according to reports in the German press. The European Commission president’s office has been accused of leaking the unflattering account […]
Brussels tells May to ‘face down’ Johnson… “Theresa May has been told by Brussels that she needs to ‘face down’ Boris Johnson if she wants to start trade negotiations with the EU by the critical Christmas deadline. The Prime Minister left a summit of EU leaders on Friday buoyed by their promise to start preparations for trade talks – on […]
EU leaders agree to talk trade in December – but angle for more money ‘EU leaders today offered Theresa May a Brexit divorce deal by Christmas – but only if she forks out £48bn for it. After the PM left a Brussels summit, Europe’s other 27 leaders met to give the order to prepare for […]
May warns the EU that she needs a defensible deal… “Theresa May warned EU leaders tonight she needs a Brexit deal she can ‘defend to our people’ – as they lined up to demand billions more from Britain in divorce payments. With senior Eurosceptics urging her to pull the plug on the talks, the Prime Minister […]
Brexit 1) May to speak to EU leaders today. But will they respond? “EU heads of government will deliver another rebuff to the Prime Minister today by refusing face-to-face discussions to break the deadlock in the Brexit talks. Theresa May will try to bypass the stalled negotiating process by appealing directly to her counterparts in […]
Brexit 1) Davis: The EU is stalling talks in an attempt to extract more money from us ‘Britain on Tuesday accused the EU of deliberately stalling Brexit talks to try to squeeze more money out of the UK, raising tensions between the two sides ahead of Thursday’s European leaders summit in Brussels. UK Brexit secretary […]
Brexit negotiations 1) May and Juncker met last night to attempt to break deadlock… “…The Prime Minister flew out to dinner with Mr Juncker, the President of the European Commission, after a Brexit charm offensive with other EU leaders ahead of a summit on Thursday. On Monday she spoke to Emmanuel Macron, the French President […]
Brexit 1) May makes surprise visit to Brussels ‘Theresa May will fly to Brussels today for emergency talks with EU chiefs to break the impasse on Brexit. The prime minister will make the surprise trip with David Davis, the Brexit secretary. They will meet Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, and Michel Barnier, the […]