{"id":113779,"date":"2018-03-29T08:34:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T08:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=113779&preview=true&preview_id=113779"},"modified":"2018-03-29T08:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T08:34:31","slug":"political-headlines-mays-trip-corbyn-crisis-exit-checks-and-gender-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-headlines-mays-trip-corbyn-crisis-exit-checks-and-gender-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Headlines – May’s trip, Corbyn crisis, exit checks and gender pay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines include May’s community visit around the UK, a Corbyn ally quitting and the continuing antisemitism row, the Home Office criticised over exit checks and the gender pay gap.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

May to visit communities across UK to mark a year to Brexit
\n<\/strong><\/span>Theresa May is to visit communities across the UK, marking a year until Brexit, the BBC reports<\/a>. She will promise to keep the UK \u2018strong and united\u2019 and ensure that \u2018no new barriers are created within our common domestic market\u2019. After Labour\u2019s Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry said that if the Brexit deal was a \u2018blah, blah, blah divorce\u2019 it would pass Labour\u2019s six tests for support, The Guardian<\/em> says<\/a> that Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer has reassured MPs that the party is prepared to vote against the deal.<\/p>\n

Corbyn ally quits after row over Holocaust hoax allegations
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Times<\/em> says<\/a> that Christine Shawcroft quit as head of Labour\u2019s disputes panel last night after she was revealed to have defended a council candidate who posted an article calling the Holocaust a hoax. She claims that she had not seen full details of the complaint, and has apologised. In an interview<\/a> with Jewish News<\/em>, Jeremy Corbyn described antisemitism as a \u2018cancer in our society\u2019, while\u00a0The Sun<\/em> claims<\/a> that MP John Woodcock is considering quitting the party over Corbyn\u2019s stance on antisemitism, Russia and other issues.<\/p>\n

Home Office criticised over exit checks<\/span>
\n<\/strong>A report by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, published yesterday, found that the Home Office\u2019s system of exit checks is so unreliable that it does not contain departure records for 600,000 people who should have left in the last year, The Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a>. The Financial Times<\/em> adds<\/a> that this was one of just five critical reports of the Home Office to be published on the second-last day before Parliament\u2019s Easter recess.<\/p>\n

Only half of companies required to publish gender pay gap have done so<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Financial Times<\/em> reports<\/a> that only half of the companies required to publish their gender pay gap data have done so, despite the fact that only a week remains until the reporting deadline. The Government is also being criticised over the design of the reporting requirements and their effectiveness at addressing gender imbalances. Analysis by the paper suggests that the median gender pay gap so far is 9.7%.<\/p>\n

Conservatives accused of breaching manifesto promise on broadband<\/span>
\n<\/strong>According<\/a> to The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, the Conservatives are being accused of breaching a manifesto promise. The new Universal Service Obligation, under which households have the right to request a broadband connection with a 10mbps minimum speed, will not apply to households where installing the connection would cost over \u00a33,400.<\/p>\n

Parole system in crisis following Worboys ruling<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Mail <\/em>says<\/a> that the parole system is in \u2018crisis\u2019 after three high court judges overturned the Parole Board\u2019s decision to free the rapist John Worboys, citing \u2018basic failures\u2019 in the process. The board\u2019s chairman, Nick Hardwick, has resigned and Justice Secretary David Gauke has ordered investigations into six other recent decisions, as the paper claims that he is \u2018fighting for his job\u2019.<\/p>\n

Grayling accused of lying over rail electrification cancellation<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Mirror <\/em>says<\/a> that the rail union Aslef has accused Transport Secretary Chris Grayling of lying over his decision to cancel electrification projects. While Grayling had claimed that improvements could be delivered sooner with \u2018state of the art\u2019 bi-mode trains, a National Audit Office report reveals that \u2018the major reason for the cancellation was affordability\u2019.<\/p>\n

UK using aid spending as bargaining chip in Brexit negotiations
\n<\/strong><\/span>The Times <\/em>reports<\/a> that the UK is using the prospect of continued aid spending of over \u00a31.4bn a year to secure a deal on security with the EU after Brexit. While May had hinted at this in a speech last year, the paper reports that it is now being treated as an explicit part of the UK\u2019s negotiating position.<\/p>\n

The Political headlines\u00a0are\u00a0curated\u00a0by\u00a0Vuelio political services<\/a>\u00a0team.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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