Day: June 14, 2018

    Jeremy Corbyn has suffered a 90-strong rebellion over a Brexit vote on remaining in the European Economic Area, with six of his MPs resigning from their frontbench roles. Junior Labour frontbenchers Laura Smith, Ged Killen, Ellie Reeves, Tonia Antoniazzi and Anna McMorrin were the first to step down from their roles on Wednesday night. Their resignations were revealed moments before the result of a vote on a Lords Brexit bill amendment which called for the government to make remaining in the EEA a negotiating objective. The government said before the vote it disagreed with the amendment and the Labour frontbench had been ordered to abstain. The House of Commons voted 327 to 126 to reject the proposed amendment, with 74 Labour MPs rebelling against their party's wh...

    The number of terrorism-related arrests in Britain hit a record high after a series of attacks were launched around the country last year, official figures show. In the year ending 31 March, 441 people were held on suspicion of terrorism-related activity, the highest number of arrests in a year since data collection started in 2001, and an increase of 17% on 378 in the previous year. The Home Office said the rise was partly due to a number of arrests made following attacks in London and Manchester last year. The number of terror-related arrests in Britain since the 9/11 attacks in 2001 has passed the 4,000 mark, standing at 4,182 at the end of March. The number of prisoners jailed for terrorism-related offences is also at the highest level since records began after...

    Dominic Grieve, the leader of a group of Conservative rebels on Brexit, is locked in negotiations with the government as Theresa May seeks a form of words on a meaningful vote that will satisfy both sides of her deeply divided party. Grieve, the former attorney general, is determined to make it impossible for Britain to crash out of the EU without parliamentary approval. But the Brexit secretary, David Davis, and pro-leave Tory backbenchers are adamantly opposed to anything they believe would tie the government’s hands if talks with Brussels collapse. The government is expected to table its compromise amendment on Thursday, and MPs will pore over the wording. Peers will then vote on it when the EU withdrawal bill returns to the House of Lords on Monday. The discuss...