Today’s political headlines includes Gove saying he would delay Brexit to get a deal, the ‘very close’ Peterborough by-election, Hancock comparing Corbyn to Hitler and the \u00a31tn cost of net zero emissions.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Gove says he would delay Brexit to get a deal Brexit Party and Labour \u2018very, very close\u2019 in Peterborough by-election Hancock compares Corbyn to Hitler Chancellor warns of cost of net zero emissions Trump compares Irish border to that between USA and Mexico Small employers may have to report gender pay gap Grayling confirms HS2 is being reviewed Gibb defends teaching of same-sex relationships
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Michael Gove told the One Nation group of centrist Conservative MPs that he would delay Brexit beyond 31 October, if it would deliver a deal, and that, while no-deal should be \u2018on the table\u2019, it wasn\u2019t \u2018the best option\u2019. However, Dominic Raab told the same group that he would definitely leave by that date, and was prepared to suspend Parliament in order to do so, and Jeremy Hunt warned that a \u2018hardline approach\u2019 from the UK would merely lead the EU to respond in kind.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0from today\u2019s by-election in Peterborough, with a source in the local Labour party claiming it is \u2018very, very close\u2019 between them and the Brexit Party, and warning Labour may find it hard to get its voters to turn out. According to the paper, the Tories, who held the seat from 2005 to 2017, \u2018are widely thought to be out of the running\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has compared Jeremy Corbyn to Hitler, warning that if the Conservative Party did not pick someone who could beat him, the UK \u2018could end up with the first antisemitic leader of a western nation\u2019 since World War Two. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said that the remarks were \u2018a disgrace\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>, Chancellor Philip Hammond has written to Theresa May to warn that reaching net zero emissions by 2050 will cost the country more than \u00a31tn, meaning that less would be available for other areas of public spending and making some sectors of British industry \u2018economically uncompetitive\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Donald Trump started his visit to Ireland by comparing its border with Northern Ireland to that between the USA and Mexico, saying that he thought it would \u2018all work out very well\u2019 after Brexit \u2018with your wall, your border\u2019. Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkhar later said that Trump \u2018shares our objective to keep the border open\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that Hilary Spencer, Director of the Government Equalities Office told members of the Commons Treasury Committee yesterday that the Government was considering bringing employers with under 250 employees into the scope of gender pay reporting, and increasing enforcement powers.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has confirmed that a review is being conducted into the deliverability of HS2, with the new chairman of the rail projects, Allan Cook, assessing whether it can be built within its current \u00a365bn budget. He also indicated that elements could be scaled back, following the problems with Crossrail.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Writing<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0The Times<\/em>, schools minister Nick Gibb says that pupils in Birmingham schools, should be taught about British values, including same-sex relationships, despite protests against this by Muslim parents. He also describes Ann Widdecombe\u2019s defence of gay conversion therapy as \u2018deeply offensive\u2019 and warned Conservative leadership candidates that members and the public would not be \u2018impressed\u2019 if they sided with the protesters.<\/p>\n