{"id":112239,"date":"2018-02-06T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=112239&preview=true&preview_id=112239"},"modified":"2018-02-07T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T11:52:17","slug":"todays-political-headlines-6-february-2018-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/todays-political-headlines-6-february-2018-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s Political Headlines – 6 February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines include Barnier telling the UK to make a choice, Trump’s NHS error, Theresa May marking the centenary of the suffrage act and the EU rules the UK could be forced to accept.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Barnier tells the UK to \u2018make a choice\u2019
\n<\/strong><\/span>Visiting the UK yesterday, the European Union\u2019s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warned that future trade barriers are \u2018unavoidable\u2019 if the UK leaves the customs union. The Financial Times<\/em> reports<\/a> that EU officials believe that UK ideas are \u2018unrealistic\u2019, whilst Barnier said that it was time for the UK \u2018to make a choice\u2019 and that there was \u2018not a moment to lose\u2019. The paper also says<\/a> that the EU is pressing for more clarity over the Irish border as it comes within weeks of publishing a legal text of December\u2019s Brexit divorce agreement.<\/p>\n

Trump rebuked over NHS claims
\n<\/strong><\/span>Following a tweet from President Trump, claiming that the NHS was \u2018going broke and not working\u2019, the BBC reports<\/a> Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt hit back that he was \u2018proud to be from the country that invented universal coverage\u2019. Downing Street said that Hunt was speaking for the government, while NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens has invited Trump to visit a hospital on his trip to the UK later this year.<\/p>\n

May marks suffrage act with vow to tackle abuse in public life
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Guardian<\/em> says<\/a> Theresa May is to mark the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act today by giving a speech in Manchester. May will address the topic of abuse in public life, and lay out steps to tackle it, including backing some recommendations from a Committee on Standards in Public Life report, publishing a social media code of practice and asking the Law Commission to review legislation on \u2018offensive online communications\u2019. The BBC reports<\/a> that campaigners, including the Fawcett Society and Ruth Davidson, have called for convicted suffragettes to be given a posthumous pardon.<\/p>\n

UK could be forced to accept 37 EU rules during transition
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Daily Telegraph<\/em> has obtained<\/a> a leaked Whitehall analysis\u00a0that\u00a0reveals that the UK could be forced to accept 37 EU directives during the transition period. It suggests that contentious measures include new recycling targets, giving Brussels the power to \u2018mount a massive raid on the City of London\u2019 and new renewable and energy efficiency targets.<\/p>\n

Soubry tells May to expel hard Brexiteers
\n<\/strong><\/span>Anna Soubry told<\/a> the BBC\u2019s Newsnight<\/em> programme that Theresa May needed to \u2018get a spine\u2019 and remove 35 \u2018hard ideological Brexiteers\u2019 from the Conservative Party, warning that by pandering to them she was forgetting a larger group \u2018who are getting sick and tired\u2019. She said that if Boris Johnson or Jacob Rees-Mogg took over the party she would leave.<\/p>\n

May\u2019s mission statement criticised by ministers
\n<\/strong><\/span>An internal mission statement drawn up by Theresa May\u2019s aides\u00a0called \u2018Building a Britain Fit for the Future\u2019\u00a0has been criticised by ministers as \u2018pathetic\u2019 and \u2018anaemic\u2019, The Times<\/em> says<\/a>. The plan, first shown to the cabinet and ministers, was shared with MPs last week.<\/p>\n

East Coast rail franchise may return to public sector
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a> that the East Coast rail franchise could return to the public sector, with Transport Secretary Chris Grayling telling MPs that Virgin Trains had breached its \u00a33.3bn contract. Another option would be for the Government to offer Virgin Trains East Coast a \u2018short-term, not for profit\u2019 contract.<\/p>\n

Rural MPs threaten to revolt over council funding cuts
\n<\/strong><\/span>According<\/a> to the Financial Times,<\/em> the Government is coming under pressure to increase funding to councils, following the imposition of spending controls on Northamptonshire County Council. The paper reports that ministers \u2018have been locked in talks with MPs\u2019 to secure the votes they need to pass the local authority funding settlement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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