{"id":116337,"date":"2018-07-11T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T08:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=116337&preview=true&preview_id=116337"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T08:25:57","slug":"political-headlines-facebooks-fine-tory-resignations-troops-to-afghanistan-and-trump-bojo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-headlines-facebooks-fine-tory-resignations-troops-to-afghanistan-and-trump-bojo\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Headlines – Facebook’s fine, Tory resignations, troops to Afghanistan and Trump\/BoJo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines includes Facebook’s fine, Tory resignations, more troops to Afghanistan and the Trump BoJo friendship.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook given maximum fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Information Commissioner has announced that it will fine Facebook the maximum possible \u2013 \u00a3500,000 \u2013 for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Elizabeth Denham, the Commissioner, said if the penalties introduced by the GDPR had been in place, the fine could have been hundreds of millions of pounds. Facebook has said that it is \u2018reviewing the report\u2019 and will respond soon. An enforcement notice has been filed against Aggregate IQ, which the investigation found had \u2018significant links\u2019 to Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n

Tory vice-chairs quit over Brexit plans<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that two vice-chairmen of the Conservative Party have resigned over Theresa May\u2019s Brexit plans. MPs Maria Caulfield and Ben Bradley described the Chequers agreement as the \u2018worst of all worlds\u2019 and warned that it would lead to \u2018Prime Minister Corbyn\u2019. A cabinet minister has\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0The Times<\/em>\u00a0that he expects the compromise to be voted down by the House of Commons in the autumn.<\/p>\n

May to announce that 440 more troops will be sent to Afghanistan<\/span>
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to the BBC, Theresa May will use the NATO summit to announce that the UK is to send 440 more troops to Afghanistan, taking total UK troop numbers to 1,090. May said that the deployment will help to deliver \u2018stability and security\u2019.\u00a0The Times<\/em>\u00a0adds<\/a>\u00a0that the Prime Minister is not expected to produce a funded plan for the military at the summit, despite pressure from Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump hints at meeting with Johnson during UK trip<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Donald Trump has hinted that he would like to speak to his \u2018friend\u2019 Boris Johnson during his trip to the UK later this week, describing him as \u2018very supportive\u2019. The US President also claimed that the UK was in \u2018turmoil\u2019 and suggested that his meeting with Vladimir Putin might be easier than that with Theresa May.<\/p>\n

Labour appoints anti-Semitism row MP as shadow equalities minister<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The BBC\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Labour has made Naz Shah a shadow equalities minister, despite her having previously made anti-Semitic comments. Shah lost the parliamentary whip in 2016 after posts by her on social media which she admitted were anti-Semitic were discovered.<\/p>\n

Hancock received \u00a332,000 from thinktank that proposes scrapping the NHS<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mirror<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that the new Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock accepted donations totalling \u00a332,000 from Neil Record, chair of the Institute of Economic Affairs whose head of health and welfare wants the NHS to be privatised. He also received a \u00a35,000 donation from Gurdev Dadral, director of a private nursing agency.<\/p>\n

Government draws up plans to stockpile food for ‘no deal’ Brexit<\/span>
\n<\/strong>In an exclusive,\u00a0The Sun<\/em>\u00a0reveals<\/a>\u00a0that ministers have drawn up secret plans to stockpile processed food and medicine in a bid to convince the EU that the UK is prepared for a \u2018no deal\u2019 Brexit. The paper adds that the Government will start to announce its contingency measures in the coming week.<\/p>\n

MPs to debate \u2018sanctioning\u2019 McVey<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mirror<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Labour is to lead a debate on \u2018sanctioning\u2019 Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey by cutting her salary to zero for a month. The move forms part of a motion of censure in the House of Commons following McVey’s admission that she misrepresented a report on universal credit by the National Audit Office.<\/p>\n

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