5 December 2018 | UK NEWS
Leading the agenda:
– Legal advice given to the Cabinet on the Brexit deal has been published today following yesterday’s vote, where Government was found in contempt of Parliament for the first time in history.
– The Government has also lost the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement, which means it cannot force MPs into a binary deal / no-deal vote.
– Theresa May is lobbying her MPs to support her Brexit agreement by suggesting that if they don’t, Brexit will not take place.
– BBC has dropped plans for a debate between May and Corbyn on the Brexit deal, after failing to find agreement regarding the debate’s format.
– Surprisingly Jeremy Corbyn did not ask May a single Brexit related question at PMQs today.
Movements:
– Business Secretary Greg Clark to announce funding for cancer research.
– The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy committee to publish report on small businesses and productivity.
General:
– Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has stated the UK can unilaterally cancel Brexit.
– National Audit Office report has claimed mistakes made by the Home Office led to wrongful deportations of immigrants from the Windrush Generation.
– House of Lords report has claimed taxpayers are being treated unjustly by HMRC after greater powers were granted to the department to tackle tax avoidance.
– Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has claimed food prices could rise by between 5% and 10% under a disorderly Brexit.
