Jo Swinson prepared to do 'whatever it takes' to stop Brexit
Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson has said she is prepared to do "whatever it takes" to stop Brexit as she welcomed the party's latest MP Sarah Wollaston.
Joined by the party's newest MP and Chukka Umunna, Ms Swinson suggested Ken Clarke or Harriet Harman be installed as the prime minister of an "emergency government" to resolve the Brexit crisis.
In her first major speech as party leader, she dismissed Jeremy Corbyn's challenge to opposition parties to install him as caretaker prime minister until a general election to prevent a no-deal Brexit under Boris Johnson.
She instead recommended placing either the Father or Mother of the House of Commons to lead an emergency government.
Boris Johnson has promised a compensation fund for seafood exporters hit by post-Brexit bureaucracy, but describes their difficulties as "teething problems".
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Kwasi Kwarteng has dismissed border delays and the rising cost of transporting goods to Europe as "teething problems" rather than a consequence of Brexit. Sky News
Frontline workers living with long Covid should have access to a compensation scheme if they are unable to return to work, a Liberal Democrat MP has said. Opening a general debate on long Covid, Layla Moran said: "Long Covid affects young as well as old and the numbers are staggering". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, says the trade deal secured between the UK and the EU "doesn't look like a good deal" as it is "likely to be the only free trade deal in history to put up barriers to trade" and will be a "red tape bonanza" at borders and ports. The Lib Dem leader says he will take time to read the deal but doesn't see that his party can support the deal when it is put before MPs in the Commons. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Sir Keir Starmer has pressed Boris Johnson over the UK's 'open border' during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Labour leader questioned why the Prime Minister overruled the Home Secretary last March when she raised the issue of border controls, and why tough measures were only introduced last week.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson and leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer have begun Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons by offering congratulations to Joe Biden ahead of his inauguration as US president.
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The UK has historically had a special relationship with the US, but will British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s friendship with Donald Trump undermine his relationship with the new president? And what role will the UK's divorce from the EU play in transatlantic relations?
Several British MPs have called for human rights provisions to be included in any future trade deal with India, after debating in the House of Commons the.. IndiaTimes
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has told the House of Commons that people should expect the economy "to get worse before it gets better". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Matt Hancock has told MPs he does not expect regulations enabling a national lockdown to be fully in place until the end of March. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Health Secretary tried to reassure sceptical members of his own party ahead Wednesday's vote on the newest restrictions.
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Boris Johnson has departed Downing Street for the House of Commons as he prepares to update MPs on the latest national lockdown in England. MPs were recalled from Christmas recess to vote retrospectively on the government's new measures.
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Jeremy Corbyn has struck out at Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson after she rejected his plan to lead an emergency government to thwart a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader said that “it’s not up..
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