Today’s political headlines includes Johnson’s no-deal Brexit budget, BBC censoring Johnson calling the French turds, May to urge Putin to hand over Salisbury attackers and Verhofdtadt attacks Johnson’s false promises.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Johnson plans no-deal Brexit budget BBC censored Johnson calling the French \u2018turds\u2019 May to urge Putin to hand over Salisbury attackers Verhofstadt attacks Johnson\u2019s \u2018false promises\u2019 Johnson refuses to rule out proroguing Parliament, says ministers must support no-deal Leaked Home Office report criticises hostile environment policy Vaz calls for Williamson decision to be reconsidered Government plans \u2018fat tax\u2019 on milkshakes
\n<\/strong>According<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Times<\/em>, Boris Johnson is preparing an emergency budget for a no-deal Brexit, including tax cuts, reforms to stamp duty and cutting regulation. He reportedly offered Sajid Javid the role of Chancellor at the weekend, with Javid expected to endorse him in the next fortnight. Johnson\u2019s budget plans will be discussed next week at a meeting chaired by Sir Edward Lister, who is planning Johnson\u2019s first 100 days as Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0claims<\/a>\u00a0that the BBC covered-up Boris Johnson accusing the French of being \u2018turds\u2019 about Brexit after the Foreign Office requested that it be removed from a fly-on-the-wall documentary. A Government memo said that broadcasting the remark would have made relations between the two countries \u2018awkward\u2019, while senior diplomats claimed that it would have made reaching a good Brexit deal even harder.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Theresa May will use a meeting with Vladimir Putin at today\u2019s G20 summit in Japan to urge him to hand over the suspected Salisbury attackers so that they can be \u2018brought to justice\u2019. She will also call on Russia to stop undermining \u2018our collective security\u2019. The Russian President has given an\u00a0interview<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0in which he claimed that \u2018the liberal idea has become obsolete\u2019 but expressed hope that \u2018a few preliminary steps\u2019 could be made in restoring relations between the countries.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Writing<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>, the European Parliament\u2019s Brexit co-ordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, attacks Boris Johnson\u2019s \u2018false promises, pseudo-patriotism and foreigner-bashing\u2019, saying his claims showed that he is \u2018a man who continues to dissemble, exaggerate and disinform\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0Boris Johnson has refused to rule out proroguing Parliament to enable a no-deal Brexit, despite his ally Liz Truss having claimed that Johnson had ruled it out. Johnson has also said that he will only appoint Cabinet ministers who are \u2018reconciled\u2019 to the idea of a no-deal Brexit, suggesting that he might be able to win round some opponents, such as Amber Rudd. He will today promise a \u2018bold vision to rejuvenate our high streets\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that a leaked version of a report into the causes of the Windrush scandal, commissioned by the Home Office, says that the department failed to follow its legal duty to counter racial discrimination when it implemented the hostile environment policy. The report says that the Home Office\u2019s failure to effectively evaluate its policies\u2019 effectiveness was \u2018particularly reckless\u2019 and recommends making an \u2018unqualified apology\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mirror\u00a0<\/em>reports<\/a>\u00a0that Labour MP Keith Vaz has called for the party\u2019s decision to readmit Chris Williamson to be \u2018reconsidered\u2019, despite the fact that he sat on the panel which made the decision and voted for it, overruling the recommendations of party staff. He argues that as details of the meeting were leaked, the decisions it made \u2018cannot stand\u2019.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>In an\u00a0exclusive<\/a>,\u00a0The Sun<\/em>\u00a0reports that the Government is planning a \u2018fat tax\u2019 by extending the \u2018sugar tax\u2019 to \u2018sugary milk drinks\u2019 such as milkshakes unless manufacturers improve their recipes. The proposal is contained in a new green paper on improving children\u2019s health and air quality and was apparently inserted by Number 10.<\/p>\n