No deal Brexit papers published amid buzz over ‘deal lite’
The real buzz amongst ministers and officials in the last couple of weeks has been talk of how a “no deal” might be avoided with a “deal lite”.
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Under EU law, a new member state is required to join the euro – but there is no compulsory timetable.
Theresa May’s Stronger Towns Fund represents a tenth of what councils lost from central government under austerity.
Mrs May is no stranger to dramatic shifts in policy – FactCheck takes a look at the most significant.
Boris Johnson, who was a key figurehead in the Vote Leave campaign, said: “I didn’t say anything about Turkey in the referendum… I didn’t say a thing about Turkey.” We’ve checked the record and we don’t think that’s true.
The EU has declared war on fake news. But leaders admit the aim is to make sure “anti-democrats don’t win at the ballot boxes”.
Theresa May was defending her Brexit plans this morning. But she made a misleading claim in the process.
Overnight polling from YouGov suggests people are generally negative about government negotiations with the EU so far.
There had been plans for today’s Cabinet to be the one that signed off the Brexit deal and there are signs (see earlier blog) that the decisive Cabinet might not be far off. So, for your interest, here’s are some proposals drafted by a Comms official in Whitehall on how the plan, if and when it lands, should be sold.…
Brexit-backing Labour MP Kate Hoey made three claims about the EU and trade. Two of them are wrong.
It’s been reported that six million jobs pay less than the “real” Living Wage.
“The deficit is down by four-fifths” This is similar to a claim Theresa May made in 2017, when she said that since the Conservatives took office in 2010, “the deficit [had] fallen by three quarters as a share of GDP.” In her speech this week, the Prime Minister wasn’t quite so specific, but we’ll assume…
The main public spending watchdogs say the government is still cutting the money it gives to councils. And figures from the Treasury suggest real-terms reductions in councils’ overall spending power will continue until 2020.
The real buzz amongst ministers and officials in the last couple of weeks has been talk of how a “no deal” might be avoided with a “deal lite”.
Is Google News really “suppressing voices of Conservatives”?
The British people don’t trust the media and think most newspapers just turn out fake news – Jeremy Corbyn has claimed – as he set out his ideas for a shake-up of the news industry. The Labour leader told the Edinburgh television festival he wanted to reduce the power of “media bosses and owners” –…