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Interest rate rise as UK faces lengthy economic recession

4 August 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

The Bank of England has raised interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75% and given a bleak warning that the UK faces a lengthy recession that will hit millions of the most vulnerable people hardest. UK interest rates are now at the highest level since January 2009 and today’s 0.5% hike is the steepest in 27 […]

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Parliament quits TikTok over security fears, No 10 urged to follow suit

3 August 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

UK Parliament has ditched its TikTok account and deleted all content just a week after it launched, following China’s decision to sanction some MPs and peers. Downing Street and all UK politicians have been urged to do the same because of concerns over the app’s links to China. The @ukparliament account on TikTok was closed […]

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Distortion of democracy – the Tory party members deciding the next PM

1 August 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

A “selectorate” of perhaps just 160,000 Tory members – the actual number is unknown because the party “simply does not know how many members they have”-  are receiving their ballot papers for the election of their new party leader and, more importantly, the country’s next prime minister. The number equates to less than 0.3% of […]

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Truss and Sunak clash over China ahead of tonight’s first televised debate

25 July 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have clashed over who is tougher on China ahead of tonight’s (Monday) first televised debate between the would-be prime ministers. Sunak and Truss will go head-to-head on BBC One at 9pm as 160,000 members of the Conservative party await their ballot papers. Who is tougher on China has become another […]

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Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

NI Protocol bill cleared through the House of Commons

21 July 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

On Wednesday, the internationally controversial NI Protocol Bill passed through the House of Commons and is now due for reading in the House of Lords. The government has said the Bill is a “top legislative priority”, while its detractors fear it will breach international law and taint Britain’s global reputation. Its third reading completed, the […]

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Boris Johnson faces no-confidence vote today

6 June 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote in his leadership of the Conservative party today (June 6) after at least 54 MPs sent letters against him to the backbench 1922 Committee. Downing Street said the vote at 6pm will be “a chance to end months of speculation” about Johnson’s leadership following the Partygate scandal. Chairman […]

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Sunak insists £15bn package is not the cost of Sue Gray report

26 May 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

Rishi Sunak has emphatically denied the timing of his £15 billion emergency package to help households battling with the cost of living crisis has anything to do with yesterday’s publication of the Sue Gray report. The chancellor insisted the timing of today’s (May 26) announcement “is because we now have more clarity about what is […]

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DUP holding Northern Ireland to ransom over protocol

16 May 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

The DUP has been accused of holding Northern Ireland to ransom over its demands for major reform of the Northern Ireland protocol. Boris Johnson’s attempt to get the power-sharing executive at Stormont up and running ended in failure after talks in Belfast today (Monday) with the DUP demanding “action” instead of “words”. Sinn Féin  has […]

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Queen’s speech shows government’s ‘time has passed,’ says Starmer

10 May 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

The Queen’s speech, outlining the government’s legislative programme, has been attacked by Labour for lacking any strategy, detail or ideas to deal with the cost of living crisis. While Boris Johnson effused about the need for legislation to “level-up” and “get Britain back on track”, Sir Keir Stamer said the speech showed the government is […]

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Cost of living ‘civil unrest’ risk, while benefits rise just 3%

12 April 202219 January 2024Political Fiber0

As Martin Lewis warns of imminent ‘civil unrest’ in the UK from the worsening cost of living crisis, state pensions and benefits rise by less than half of the rate of inflation – which is predicted to hit 8.4% later this year. Monday’s (April 11) 3.1% rise for state pensions and benefits makes the value […]

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