Rebel Tory MPs seeking to oust Theresa May were still struggling to get enough letters to force a confidence vote on her leadership today. The Prime Minister would face a mandatory vote if 48 of her MPs wrote letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the back bench 1922 committee. But despite […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have lost the support of the party that has kept her Government in power since last year’s general election. The ten MPs of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) abstained on Monday in a crunch vote over the Budget in what was described as a ‘warning shot’ to Mrs May. […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May hit back at her critics over the weekend, telling them: ‘Getting rid of me won’t make a Brexit deal any easier.’ She called for unity in what she said was a ‘crucial’ week for the country as her proposed withdrawal agreement with the EU came under renewed fire from all sides. […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May came out fighting tonight to insist that her Brexit deal was the right one for the country and its people. After a day of ministerial resignations and amid growing clamour for a leadership challenge, she told a press conference: “I am going to see this through.” Mrs May was speaking after […]
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Royal Mail has seen its pre-tax profits plunge by more than half for the six months to September. They fell 57 per cent to £33 million despite a rise in revenues of one per cent to £4.9 billion, underlining analysts concerns that its costs are still too high. Rico Black, who took over as Royal […]
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The British airline Flybe has confirmed that it is seeking a buyer weeks after warning shareholders that it was facing a £22m full-year loss. Board members at the Exeter-based operator say they are holding talks with a number of interested parties about a potential sale. Flybe issued a profit warning last month, citing high fuel […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a make or break meeting of her cabinet this afternoon as she fights to win backing for an outline agreement on Brexit with the EU. As a prelude to the 2pm meeting, ministers were summoned individually to Downing Street to be briefed by Mrs May and read the 500-page […]
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At least 11 people wrongly deported from the UK in the Windrush scandal have since died, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted. The toll may be even higher, campaigners fear, after Mr javid said his officials had been unable to contact many people caught up in the deportations. Javid supplied the new figures to the […]
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The health of UK high streets is declining due to a rise in bookmakers, fast-food outlets and other businesses which can have an adverse effect on people’s lives, says a new report. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) compiled a league table of 70 high streets in UK towns and cities outside London and […]
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Britain’s departure from the EU could lead to the disruption of flights in and out of the country, Transport Minister Chris Grayling has admitted. But he said if that did happen it would be the EU’s fault for failing to commence talks on a deal to keep planes flying. Grayling insisted that disruption was unlikely […]
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