MPs have approved an extension to the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly as politicians from both sides continue to be unable to restore the power-sharing Executive. MPs heard the Statutory Instrument tabled by the Government gives “another five months of breathing space” to get the Assembly back up and…
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If Brexit is delayed the wrong people will be clapping and our EU exit may never happen at all… LAST night the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal was defeated by a smaller – but still thumping – majority of nearly 150. With Brexit due in just over two weeks, the question…
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Weston MP John Penrose has criticised a masterplan which will create a ‘new town’ in North Somerset, demanding the proposals focus on tackling the district’s congestion woes instead. The MP has told of ‘important concerns’ he has with the Joint Local Transport Plan (JLTP), created by councils in the West…
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Article originally published in The Telegraph on 24/02/2019. It was written by Edward Malnick, Sunday Political Editor. Delaying Britain’s departure from the EU is an “elephant trap” that could kill off Brexit altogether, senior ministers warned on Saturday night. Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, John Penrose, the Northern Ireland minister,…
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