Sir Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party gave a Speech to the Centre for EU Reform setting out Labour’s 5-point plan to “Make Brexit Work”. Below is a full transcript of that speech. Thank you.It’s a real privilege to be here tonight. We are here to mark the 26th birthday of the CER. In that time, the world
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So I thought I would upload all the correspondence that I have had with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in my battle to get them to release their Brexit impact assessments which they have confirmed exist. My initial request was submitted on 23rd July and was as follows; “Dear HM Revenue and Customs, I would like to know
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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) are sending a world renowned human rights and law Professor to the UK in November. What won’t please the government, is that he has asked for public submissions to aid him in his investigation. This will make it hard for the Tories to spin as teething issues. The United Nations Human Rights Council
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Theresa May’s Chequers Agreement lays in tatters as she agreed to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s amendments to the custom bill. So who is the Prime Minister? Theresa May today agreed to a series of amendments to the customs bill put forward by Jacob Rees-Mogg which are designed to impose strict conditions on the PM in negotiations with the EU. The Chequers Agreement set out
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Scared of an imminent leadership challenge against Theresa May, the government has tabled a motion to start MPs summer recess five days early. With eurosceptic MPs becoming more and more vocal, the Prime Minister’s response is to run away. The House of Commons is its summer recess next Tuesday. But tonight the government has tabled a motion to go on
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Just days after daring the US to shoot down the Donald Trump baby blimp, Tory MP Michael Fabricant retweets what I am calling “a blatant islamophobic” tweet referring to London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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New Brexit Secretary Dominic Rabb has already tried to pull the wool over the eyes of MPs by not giving them prior access to the governments white paper before he addressed parliament on it. Is this a sign of things to come?
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With the departure of David Davis as Brexit secretary, Theresa May has appointed Dominic Rabb to replace him. But what are the views of the man who once worked for one of the Palestinian negotiators of the Oslo Accords?
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David Davis has resigned as the Secretary for State for Exiting the European Union in what can only be seen as a blow to Theresa May.
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