Today’s political headlines includes May being told leadership rules will be changed, cross-party Brexit talks resume, Hancock promises to end NHS NDAs and Grenfell Tower survivors’ group criticises Government.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
May to be told that leadership rules will be changed to allow her to be ousted in June Cross-party talks resume as May takes second look at Malthouse compromise Hancock promises to end NHS NDAs Grenfell Tower survivors\u2019 group criticises Government Crosby linked to wider hard Brexit campaign NHS concerned about new immigration policy, leaked minutes show Brexit Party and Change UK to announce European election candidates Morgan criticises Cash over appeasement comments
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0Sir Graham Brady, the Chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs is to warn the Prime Minister that the party is preparing to alter its rules to make it easier to oust leaders. A meeting of the committee today is expected to agree a cut to the period between votes of no confidence to six months, allowing a new vote to be held on June 12, with a threshold of 30% of MPs needed to call one. Separately, Brexiteer Cabinet ministers are tell May to hold a vote on her deal for a fourth time.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that cross-party Brexit talks are to resume, but the chances of a resolution are \u2018limited\u2019. The Government\u2019s team will include David Lidington and Steve Barclay, while Labour will send Rebecca Long-Bailey and Keir Starmer. So far, Labour has not been given a revised offer or agenda.\u00a0The Sun<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Theresa May has asked civil servants to take a second look at the so-called Malthouse compromise plan, with senior Brexiteers led by Iain Duncan Smith lobbying her to adopt it as her policy.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian\u00a0<\/em>says<\/a>\u00a0that Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has promised to stop the NHS from using non-disclosure agreements to gag whistleblowers, saying that more people should be able to \u2018put their head above the parapet\u2019, with a \u2018safe, open culture\u2019 that doesn\u2019t require people to \u2018choose between the job they love and speaking the truth to keep patients safe\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that the Grenfell Tower survivors\u2019 group has criticised the Government for the first time. It accuses ministers of being \u2018indifferent and incompetent\u2019 and that, despite meeting with them for nearly two years, of having taken little action. Grenfell United is now planning a national campaign for \u2018safe homes and tenants to be treated with respect\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reveals<\/a>\u00a0a network of pro-Brexit Facebook campaigns overseen by CTF Partners (Sir Lynton Crosby\u2019s firm) formed part of a wider campaign to undermine Theresa May. As well as running the controversial adverts, the company\u2019s employees have been advising key members of the European Research Group, including on the \u2018chuck Chequers\u2019 campaign and the attempt to oust May as leader. It continues to be unclear how the work has been funded.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0has\u00a0obtained<\/a>\u00a0the minutes of meetings between NHS and civil service officials which show that the NHS is concerned that the Government\u2019s new immigration policy would be the \u2018most destructive policy proposal for NHS recruitment\u2019. The proposed \u00a330,000 salary threshold would put at risk efforts to recruit the 50,000 nurses the service requires and would be \u2018awful for social care\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Sun<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0Nigel Farage\u2019s new Brexit Party and Change UK are to unveil European election candidates today. Farage is set to reveal five new names, including former Communist and BBC pundit Claire Fox, while Change UK\u2019s candidates are understood to include former politicians from the three main parties as well as doctors, nurses and teachers.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Nicky Morgan and Alistair Burt have criticised Brexiteer Bill Cash for suggesting that Theresa May was guilty of appeasing the EU. Morgan said that there was a link between comments like his and threats received by MPs, adding that it was not the language \u2018any normal people would use\u2019.<\/p>\n