Day: December 17, 2018

    MPs should be invited to say what Brexit option they would agree if the Commons votes down Theresa May’s deal, the business secretary, Greg Clark, has said, becoming the latest cabinet minister to suggest this as a potential way out of the impasse. With numerous members of May’s cabinet pushing their competing Brexit plans in the final week of parliament before Christmas, Clark said it was time for MPs to be more proactive. One way or another, parliament has got to move from essentially being critics of the agreement, he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. It is obviously easy to find things you don’t like. But I think every MP now needs to regard themselves as responsible participants. May will brief the Commons on Monday about her failed efforts to win new conces...

    The salaries of some London Tube drivers have broken the £100,000 barrier more than most airline pilots despite their jobs getting easier as many now only have to open and close the doors. The eye-watering figures, which include overtime, bonuses and employer pension contributions, show the highest paid driver in the year to November received £103,374 - 69% more than in 2012 while nine were paid upwards of £100,000. It comes before a wave of strikes that will bring misery to travellers during the Christmas period and lead to an estimated £8million in lost sales for struggling high street shops. The basic salary of an average Tube driver is now double that of a London nurse, reported The Sunday Times. They received another 4% boost this year despite five out of 11 l...