{"id":116069,"date":"2018-06-28T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T08:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=116069&preview=true&preview_id=116069"},"modified":"2018-06-28T09:39:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T08:39:38","slug":"political-headlines-brexit-hs2-and-carbon-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-headlines-brexit-hs2-and-carbon-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Headlines – Brexit, HS2 and carbon targets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines include ‘the worst possible Brexit deal’. EU planning a ‘no deal’ Brexit scenario, Chinese firms as frontrunners to operate HS2 and the Government warning it will miss carbon targets.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

May\u2019s former aide warns that the UK risks \u2018the worst possible Brexit deal\u2019<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Theresa May\u2019s former aide Nick Timothy has warned that the UK risks agreeing what the paper calls \u2018the worst possible Brexit deal\u2019, with free movement of workers set to effectively continue under proposals to be discussed by the Cabinet. Ministers have been warned that there are only six weeks of negotiations left to agree a deal by the EU summit in October.\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that Theresa May will tell her fellow leaders that the Government is making progress on Brexit at today\u2019s EU summit.<\/p>\n

EU works on no deal Brexit as it prepares to issue warning about negotiation progress<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that the EU is increasing work on emergency plans to cope with a hard Brexit, including transitional measures covering transport, financial services and customs to be implemented if no deal is agreed. The paper also\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that Theresa May will be given a \u2018serious and grave\u2019 warning over the progress of Brexit negotiations by fellow EU leaders at today\u2019s summit.<\/p>\n

Chinese firms are frontrunners to operate HS2<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0reveals<\/a>\u00a0that the Chinese firms Guangshen Railway Co and MTR are the frontrunners to operate HS2 because two British-led consortia, including Virgin and First Group, are unwilling to take on the financial risk required. Final bids are due early next month, with a decision due next May.<\/p>\n

Government warned that it will miss carbon targets<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0carries details<\/a>\u00a0of a report by the Committee on Climate Change, which warns that the Government will miss its legally binging carbon budgets in 2025 and 2030 because not enough progress had been made in cutting emissions from buildings and transport. The committee, chaired by the Tory peer Lord Deben, accuses ministers of not pursing low-cost options such as onshore windfarms, home insulation and tree-planting.<\/p>\n

Truss rebuked by Downing Street over speech<\/span>
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Times<\/em>, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liz Truss, has been rebuked by Downing Street after she criticised Government policies and mocked Michael Gove in a speech. The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0suggests<\/a>\u00a0that Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson could quit if he doesn\u2019t secure extra funding. The\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0adds<\/a>\u00a0that senior backbenchers are becoming fed up with Cabinet infighting, with Nigel Evans telling ministers to \u2018put a sock in it’.<\/p>\n

Welsh Conservative leader resigns<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Conservative leader, has resigned \u2018unexpectedly\u2019. The paper says that supporters and opponents of Davies have linked his resignation to his support for Brexit and his comments about Airbus last week, which were criticised for being \u2018inflammatory\u2019 by defence minister Guto Bebb.<\/p>\n

Mordaunt to use foreign aid to support Commonwealth veterans<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Penny Mordaunt, the International Development Secretary, will announce today that the aid budget will be used to support war veterans living in poverty in the Commonwealth. She will also outline plans to work with the Ministry of Defence to support islands in the Commonwealth affected by hurricanes.<\/p>\n

Clark requests \u00a3100m for satellite system feasibility study<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that Greg Clark, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, has made a formal request to the Treasury for \u00a3100m to fund a two-year feasibility study for a British satellite navigation system as an alternative to the EU\u2019s Galileo programme. Officials plan to launch the first tenders for the new system in the autumn.<\/p>\n

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