21 January 2019 | UK NEWS
Theresa May set out her Brexit Plan B in an address to the Commons this afternoon, after her Plan A was decisively rejected by Parliament last week.
Has anything changed?
May will now pursue:
– A more flexible negotiation strategy.
– Stronger safe guards on workers’ rights.
– Stronger safe guards on the environment.
– A legal commitment to Northern Ireland.
– Ending the £65 fee for EU citizens to stay in the UK post-Brexit.
May also used the address to attack Corbyn for refusing to discuss Brexit options with her and to reaffirm her opposition to a second referendum. Critics have suggested too little has changed from May’s Plan A Brexit. Corbyn called on the PM to ‘accept reality’ and scrap her red lines.
In other political news, Domestic abuse victims in England and Wales will receive a range of new measures to protect them whilst Diana Abbot continues to assert she was mistreated on BBC’s Question Time by host Fiona Bruce.
In economic news, Rolls-Royce are in talks with Chinese company CGN to supply the company with equipment for a nuclear plant it hopes to build in Essex. Whilst the ONS has found British shoppers are getting less goods for their money in what’s described as ‘shrinkflation’.
What’s going on in Westminster?
– May delivered statement to the Commons outlining her new Brexit plan this afternoon.
– May had lunch with New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern earlier today. Post-Brexit trade was a priority discussion point.
What we’re reading on the internet:
The UK continues to educate many of the world’s leaders – The Times
Demand for London office space rises – City AM
England’s ‘rebel’ pro-Brexit spirit – The Guardian
