{"id":116537,"date":"2018-07-20T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=116537&preview=true&preview_id=116537"},"modified":"2018-07-20T09:34:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T08:34:40","slug":"political-headlines-brexit-prisons-crime-and-the-pairing-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-headlines-brexit-prisons-crime-and-the-pairing-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Headlines – Brexit, prisons, crime and the pairing row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines includes the latest Brexit discussions, Gauke’s call for prison rehabilitation, crimes leading to charges and calls for two Tories to quit in pairing row.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

May to call on EU to \u2018evolve\u2019 its position<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The BBC\u00a0has details<\/a>\u00a0of a speech to be given by Theresa May in Belfast this morning, in which she will warn that she cannot accept the \u2018economic and constitutional dislocation of a formal ‘third country’ customs border within our own country\u2019 and call on the EU to \u2018evolve its position in kind\u2019.\u00a0The Times<\/em>\u00a0adds<\/a>\u00a0that EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier used remarks before his first meeting with the new Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab, yesterday to warn that that it would be a \u2018challenge\u2019 to find common ground between the two sides.\u00a0The Mirror<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned yesterday that a \u2018no deal\u2019 Brexit would leave planes unable to fly between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Gauke calls for prisons to focus on rehabilitation<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Justice Secretary David Gauke has\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0that prisons should \u2018change lives\u2019 and give prisoners \u2018hope\u2019 rather than focusing on retribution and that the prison service would \u2018struggle\u2019 to cope with significant increases in the number of prisoners. He claimed that short sentences should only be a \u2018last resort\u2019 as they don\u2019t reduce reoffending.<\/p>\n

Over 90% of crimes do not result in a charge<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that new Home Office crime figures show that just 9.1% of crimes in England and Wales last year resulted in any charges, a fall from 15% three years ago. Separate figures showed an increase in violent crime and the lowest level of police officers in 22 years. Police Minister Nick Hurd claimed that the Government was \u2018taking decisive action\u2019.<\/p>\n

Calls for Conservative chief whip and party chair to quit over pairing row<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Conservatives have admitted that the Chief Whip, Julian Smith, asked MPs to breach pairing agreements during a series of Brexit votes on Tuesday. Only party chair Brandon Lewis, paired with Lib Dem Jo Swinson who was on maternity leave, followed the instruction. Labour has called for both Lewis and Smith to resign.<\/p>\n

MPs criticise Director of Public Prosecutions over disclosure failings<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0carries details<\/a>\u00a0of a report by the Commons Justice Committee into the Crown Prosecution Service\u2019s failures to disclose evidence in court cases. The committee\u2019s chair, Bob Neill, said that if the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, had not already announced her departure, he would be asking her \u2018to consider her position\u2019. The report claims that she lacked \u2018focus and leadership\u2019 in tackling the issue.<\/p>\n

Border taxes to be relaxed if \u2018no deal\u2019 Brexit happens<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Mel Stride, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, told a House of Lords sub-committee that the Government will tell officials to relax measures to collect taxes in order to help keep traffic flowing at borders in the event of a \u2018no deal\u2019 Brexit. However, Stride added that the Government would \u2018not compromise on security\u2019.<\/p>\n

McVey admits universal credit problems<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey, admitted to problems with universal credit and suggested that further changes will be made, including debt repayment, supporting the self-employed and benefit payment cycles for working claimants.<\/p>\n

Hancock tells doctors to \u2018throw away their pagers\u2019<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Matt Hancock is to use his first speech as Health and Social Care Secretary to call for doctors and nurses to \u2018throw away their pagers\u2019 and use smartphone apps instead. Speaking at West Suffolk Hospital, he will outline three early priorities: \u2018technology, the health and care workforce and prevention\u2019.<\/p>\n

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