{"id":117178,"date":"2018-08-23T09:42:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T08:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117178&preview=true&preview_id=117178"},"modified":"2018-08-23T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T08:42:27","slug":"political-headlines-raab-corbyn-williamson-and-rees-mogg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-headlines-raab-corbyn-williamson-and-rees-mogg\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Headlines – Raab, Corbyn, Williamson and Rees-Mogg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Political Headlines include Raab’s blame game, Corbyn’s tech giants plan to subsidise the licence fee, Williamson’s crackpot ideas and Rees-Mogg urging the PM to chuck Chequers.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Raab to ask the EU to do more to prepare for no-deal Brexit<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Times\u00a0<\/em>reports<\/a>\u00a0that Dominic Raab is to use his first major speech as Brexit Secretary to start a \u2018blame game\u2019 with the EU. He will accuse the bloc of failing to do enough to keep data and goods moving in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The first batch of UK plans for a no-deal Brexit will be published today, including a commitment to fund EU aid projects carried out by British organisations.\u00a0The Sun\u00a0<\/em>adds<\/a>\u00a0that the 25 notes show that UK citizens who work or have worked in the EU may lose access to their pensions, the City could face \u2018turmoil\u2019 and that borders will be opened \u2018unilaterally\u2019 for goods by the Government.<\/p>\n

Corbyn to make tech giants subsidise licence fee<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>says<\/a>\u00a0that Jeremy Corbyn is to propose taxing large technology firms in order to subsidise the BBC licence fee. Other ideas to be outlined by the Labour leader in a speech today include having representatives elected by licence fee payers on the BBC\u2019s board and making the corporation publish equality data, including social class, for all content creators.<\/p>\n

Williamson attacked over \u2018crackpot ideas\u2019<\/span>
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Sun<\/em>, the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has \u2018stunned military chiefs with crackpot ideas\u2019, such as mounting guns on tractors, converting old ferries into beach assault craft and disguising missile systems as Coca-Cola lorries. A source told the paper that \u2018The man is out of his mind. No one knows what to do.\u2019 Military leaders are now said to fear that Williamson\u2019s behaviour will prevent them from receiving extra Treasury funding.<\/p>\n

Rees-Mogg uses letter to urge Prime Minister to \u2018chuck Chequers\u2019<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Jacob Rees-Mogg and over 60 other Conservative Eurosceptics have written to Conservative Associations, with a point-by-point analysis of Theresa may\u2019s Chequers plan, which claims that it is the \u2018wrong deal for Britain\u2019. The letter insists that the Prime Minister should \u2018believe in Britain\u2019 and \u2018chuck Chequers\u2019, claiming that the EU needs a deal with the UK but the UK does not need a deal with the EU.<\/p>\n

Founders of \u2018pioneering\u2019 free school hand it over to academy chain<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Greenwich Free School, which was one of the first to be approved by Michael Gove, and whose founders include a former Department for Education head of strategy, have decided to hand it over to a larger academy trust as the governors did not have the \u2018capacity\u2019 to provide the level of oversight needed.<\/p>\n

Poll shows May would perform better in election than rivals<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0<\/em>carries<\/a>\u00a0the findings of an ICM poll which shows that the Conservatives would do better at a general election if they were led by Theresa May than by any of five named alternatives, including Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg. The only scenario in which may would do worse was if the party was led by someone \u2018quite young and able\u2019 and \u2018not currently in Government\u2019.<\/p>\n

Labour raised \u00a310m more than the Conservatives last year<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times\u00a0<\/em>reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Labour Party\u2019s membership surge led to it raising \u00a310m more than the Conservative Party last year, according to figures released by the Electoral Commission. The party\u2019s revenue from subscriptions rose from \u00a36m in 2014 to \u00a316m in 2017.<\/p>\n

Government asked to take action against \u2018essay mills\u2019<\/span>
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that the Government is being urged by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education to ban so-called \u2018essay mills\u2019 which enable cheating by students. The Government has previously pressed the agency to tackle the problem without legislation but the QAA now believes further action is needed.<\/p>\n

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