{"id":114659,"date":"2018-05-02T08:38:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T08:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=114659&preview=true&preview_id=114659"},"modified":"2018-05-02T08:38:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T08:38:14","slug":"political-headlines-bercow-accused-of-bullying-government-collapse-migration-scandal-and-dirty-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-headlines-bercow-accused-of-bullying-government-collapse-migration-scandal-and-dirty-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Headlines – Bercow accused of bullying, Government collapse, migration scandal and dirty money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines include\u00a0Bercow accused of bullying, rebels threatening Government ‘collapse’, May rejected Rudd’s plans to exclude doctors from migration quotas and dirty money.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Bercow accused of bullying by former private secretary<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Speaking<\/a> to BBC <\/span>Newsnight<\/span><\/em>, Angus Sinclair, John Bercow\u2019s former private secretary accused the Speaker of bullying. By speaking about his experiences, Sinclair was breaking the terms of a non-disclosure agreement signed in 2010, as part of a deal in which he was paid \u00a386,250, but said that he felt that this was \u2018in the public interest\u2019. Bercow has denied the accusations, which follow similar ones about Sinclair\u2019s successor, Kate Emms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eurosceptic MPs threaten Government \u2018collapse\u2019 over customs plans<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>The Daily Telegraph <\/span><\/em>says<\/a> that sixty Conservative MPs from the European Research Group led by Jacob Rees-Mogg have sent the Prime Minister a thirty page dossier opposing plans for a post-Brexit customs partnership with the EU, warning that the Government will \u2018collapse\u2019 if she continues with them. According<\/a> to The Guardian<\/span><\/em>, the Cabinet Brexit sub-committee will not decide on the policy today, in order to head off a rebellion.<\/span><\/p>\n

May rejected plans to exclude doctors from migration quotas<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>The Financial Times <\/span><\/em>reports<\/a> that Theresa May rejected calls from Amber Rudd to exempt doctors coming to work in the NHS from quotas for highly skilled migrants and claims<\/a> that the Home Office may have falsely accused up to 7,000 foreign students of faking their English proficiency and ordered them to leave the country. The Guardian <\/span><\/em>says<\/a> that Labour is to use a parliamentary procedure to try to force the Government to publish papers relating to the Windrush scandal, The Daily Telegraph <\/span><\/em>raises<\/a> fears of another scandal over the deportation of highly-skilled migrants for minor tax errors, and The Times<\/span><\/em> reports<\/a> that ministers are investigating claims that an official received a bonus for deporting illegal migrants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Government backs down over \u2018dirty money\u2019 amendment<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>The Guardian <\/span><\/em>says<\/a> that the UK\u2019s overseas territories will be forced to adopt public registers of company ownership by the end of the decade, after the Government conceded its support to a backbench amendment designed to hamper the flow of \u2018dirty money\u2019. The amendment was tabled by Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell and Labour MP Margaret Hodge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brexit thinktank founder accused of working for Russia<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>The Times <\/span><\/em>reports<\/a> that Bob Seely, a Conservative MP, has accused Christopher Chandler, founder of the pro-Brexit thinktank the Legatum Institute of being a suspected Russian agent. He cited security files, authenticated by French, British and American sources. The institute has dismissed the claims as \u2018complete nonsense\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cabinet ministers warn that local elections could lock Tories out of London<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>According<\/a> to <\/span>The Daily Telegraph<\/span><\/em>, cabinet ministers have privately warned that Thursday\u2019s local elections could lock the Conservatives out of London \u2018for a generation\u2019, which could be \u2018hugely damaging\u2019 to Theresa May\u2019s leadership. Conservative strongholds such as Westminster or Wandsworth could be lost, the paper suggests.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hammond threatens to disrupt EU\u2019s Galileo project<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>The <\/span>Financial Times <\/span><\/em>claims<\/a> that Chancellor Philip Hammond wants to undermine the EU\u2019s Galileo satellite navigation project by disrupting the transfer of encryption technology from the UK, following the EU\u2019s decision to bar UK companies from sensitive parts of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

Home Office undermining modern slavery strategy, report says<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>The Times<\/span><\/em> says<\/a> that a Public Accounts Committee report finds that Home Office failings are undermining the Government\u2019s modern slavery strategy. The report claims the department does not know if the strategy is working and is taking too long to turn it into action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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