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Theresa May – No Brexit high noon this week
Tumbleweed is floating past Westminster this week. The crunch votes on Thursday have had the life crunched out of them.
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The government has signed up to an international agreement designed to make sure all countries get equal access to coronavirus vaccines at the same time. But it has also said it wants British people to get the new Oxford vaccine first.
Boris Johnson’s environment strategy has been billed as a “green industrial revolution”. But only a quarter of the £12bn of government spending announced this week is really new money.
There have been mixed messages recently about how a Covid-19 vaccination programme would be handled.
The government has confirmed a previously-announced target to increase offshore wind capacity to 40GW by 2030.
Investigation reveals exploitation of workers in world’s largest glove company
Spain has allowed workers in construction and manufacturing to return to their jobs in an attempt to stave off economic collapse.
Scientists at Oxford University say they will begin testing a candidate vaccine on people within weeks.
The PM said ‘There will be no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind.’
As Mr Lunney drove up the lane to his house, two cars boxed him in. He was abducted and taken across the border into the Republic of Ireland. There, he was tortured. Mr Lunney was left with “life-changing injuries”.
Was it all down to Brexit stockpiling or a sign that the economy is robust, with new figures showing the highest quarterly boost in manufacturing since the 80s.
The aerospace firm Bombardier has announced it’s selling its Northern Ireland operation – which employs up to 4,000 people across several sites.
The International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, has floated the idea that, when we leave, the vast majority of tariffs could simply be cut to zero. But a raft of industries say they could be hit hard by a flood of cheap imports.
Many British companies fear a no-deal Brexit may make the UK unattractive as a manufacturing base.
There’s more gloom for the British economy, with official figures showing last year the country experienced the weakest growth since 2012.
Tumbleweed is floating past Westminster this week. The crunch votes on Thursday have had the life crunched out of them.