{"id":111458,"date":"2018-01-12T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T09:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=111458&preview=true&preview_id=111458"},"modified":"2018-01-12T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T09:35:34","slug":"todays-political-headlines-12-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/todays-political-headlines-12-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Political Headlines – 12 January 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

A round-up of the latest political headlines, including\u00a0Trump cancelling his visit to the UK, Nigel Farage’s second Brexit referendum, Government ordering illegal migrants’ accounts to be closed, and a threat to the Royal Marines and paratroopers.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump cancels UK visit
\n<\/strong><\/span>This morning\u2019s Daily Mail<\/em> revealed<\/a> that President Trump has cancelled his visit to the UK. He was expected to visit next month, but has not offered a new date. According to a senior source, Trump cancelled \u2018because he was unhappy about the arrangements and the scale of the visit\u2019. However, he tweeted last night that he cancelled the trip because he was unhappy with the deal\u00a0that led to the new embassy being built.<\/p>\n

Nigel Farage floats the possibility of a second Brexit referendum
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a> that Nigel Farage, the former UKIP leader, told Channel 5\u2019s The Wright Stuff<\/em> that \u2018maybe, just maybe, I\u2019m reaching the point of thinking that we should have a second referendum on EU membership\u2019 in order to kill off arguments about Brexit. In this morning\u2019s Daily Telegraph,<\/em> Farage rows back on this stance, claiming<\/a> instead that he is \u2018beginning to fear that a second plebiscite may well happen anyway.\u2019<\/p>\n

Government to order banks to close illegal migrants\u2019 accounts
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Daily Telegraph<\/em> says<\/a> that the Government is to hand banks a list of illegal migrants suspected of hiding in the country, and order that their accounts be closed. New immigration minister Caroline Noakes argues<\/a> in the paper that innocent people have nothing to fear.<\/p>\n

Merger threat to Royal Marines and paratroopers
\n<\/strong><\/span>According<\/a> to The Times<\/em>, defence secretary Gavin Williamson has been presented with three sets of defence cuts, cutting armed forces numbers by more than 14,000 and combining paratrooper units and the Royal Marines in order to save money. The cuts could leave the armed forces with fewer troops than at any point since the Napoleonic era.<\/p>\n

Crisis talks held over Carillion
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Financial Times<\/em> reports<\/a> that senior Government ministers including David Lidington (Cabinet Office minister), Greg Clark (business secretary), Jo Johnson (transport minister), Liz Truss (chief secretary to the Treasury) and Rory Stewart (justice minister), as well as ministers from five other departments, met yesterday for talks about the future of Carillion, a major Government contractor\u00a0that the paper says is \u2018close to collapse\u2019.<\/p>\n

Theresa May meets financial leaders, whilst EU ambassadors debate transition extension
\n<\/strong><\/span>Details of a meeting between Theresa May and representatives of the financial services sector are reported<\/a> in the Financial Times<\/em>. She said that financial services would be \u2018at the heart\u2019 of a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. However, The Times<\/em> says<\/a> that Downing Street has disputed Philip Hammond\u2019s suggestion that the UK could keep paying into the EU budget after Brexit in exchange for privileged access for British banks to the EU market. Separately, the Financial Times<\/em> also claims<\/a> that EU ambassadors have begun debating whether the transition period can be extended and, if so, what price should be attached.<\/p>\n

Chris Williamson resigns as shadow fire minister<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Chris Williamson, Labour\u2019s shadow fire minister, has resigned after he said that council tax should be doubled on high-value homes. The Guardian<\/em> says<\/a> that Williamson is now \u2018expected to act as a leftwing outrider for the Labour leader from the backbenches\u2019 and that Jeremy Corbyn is expected to announce a series of junior frontbench appointments today.<\/p>\n

Peter Bone leaves wife for physio<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Sun<\/em>\u2019s front page story<\/a> today is that Tory backbencher Peter Bone, famous for mentioning his wife in Parliament, has left her for a married physiotherapist and former Conservative candidate, Helen Harrison.<\/p>\n

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