Day: November 28, 2017

    Theresa May faces fresh allegations of rigging Parliament over a near-unprecedented move to prevent MPs amending the Budget. Labour has accused the Prime Minister of running scared of an expected attempt to use the Finance Bill to force a vote on scrapping VAT on domestic fuel. With the Democratic Unionist Party likely to oppose the Government on such a vote, it left her facing a possible embarrassing defeat, the Opposition claimed. An amendment was expected because like the notorious £350m-a-week extra for the NHS zero-rating of fuel was a key plank of the Vote Leave campaign that secured Brexit. The controversy comes hard-on-the-heels of the row over the Conservatives seizing control of all Commons committees despite losing their majority at the general election. The Ind...

    The former international development secretary said we should have had more conviction and clarity of our end-state destination. A key figure in the Vote Leave campaign during 2016's EU referendum, Ms Patel admitted the current state of negotiations was not ideal at all. Theresa May She also suggested Cabinet ministers were to blame for splits at the top of the party attacking those trying to crowbar the Prime Minister. Responding to an audience question at a Spectator event on Monday night, Ms Patel said: I think she is juggling now with a difficult set of cards, post-the election, and not a strong majority. But also, as you said, personalities and certain views in Cabinet as well trying to crowbar and put their own marker, in terms of direction of travel on Brexit. Ms Pa...