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Government to unveil migrants’ points system Rules to favour those settling outside London Brexit halting business plans
when it had no majority. Opposition MPS blasted Ms Patel’s “half-baked” bid to spread newcomers around the country by giving bonus points for choosing low-income areas.
They said it showed she was out of touch with life outside London
Redcar’s Labour MP Anna Turley said: “Managed immigration brings huge benefits and the North is a great and welcoming place to live and work.
“But this half-baked plan smacks of DOWNING Street last night admitted Boris Johnson still has “a significant amount of work” to do to nail down a Brexit plan by tomorrow night. A workable proposal must be handed to EU chiefs by Tuesday evening if it is to be signed off by the end of the week.
The Cabinet were updated on the Brexit blueprint by London-centric Government treating people as a problem and places in the North as somewhere that can be used to fix a Government mess.
“[They] have learnt nothing from the Brexit vote that people here are fed up of being ‘done to’ and not given respect from Westminster or a say in decisions that affect them.”
Labour’s Wigan MP Lisa Nandy said: “Instead of gimmicks cooked up in Whitehall she needs to give us the
phone yesterday lunchtime, at the start of a frantic seven days that will define both our departure from the bloc and Mr Johnson’s premiership.
The conference call was reportedly “very supportive in tone” for the plan.
Ministers remained tight-lipped about the terms of the proposed agreement but urged voters to “trust” the PM.
But Mr Johnson’s blueprint could hit a barrier if it returns to the Commons.
Reports from Brussels suggested the PM planned to reheat a proposal from Theresa May’s plan – keeping Northern Ireland in a customs union with the EU funding and powers to bring good jobs back and let us invest in young people”
And John Mann, for Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, encouraged Ms Patel to see what life was like outside the Westminster bubble.
“A visit up north is always a learning experience for London-centric Ministers,” he said.
Ms Patel claimed ahead of the speech she would also crack down on foreign criminals, with new extradia
but administering it here. The move avoids the need for controls on the island of Ireland, which the EU opposes.
But Home Secretary Priti Patel yesterday warned that Mrs May’s plans had been rejected three times.
And the DUP, whose votes were pivotal before the PM lost his majority, would likely reject such a plan. Deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Northern Ireland “must stay in a full UK customs union, full stop”. After the tion rules and tougher sentences for violent and sexual offenders.
Mr Johnson’s speech is also set to include the Domestic Abuse Bill, which had almost passed when the PM illegally shut down Parliament.
Plans to scrap railway franchising, introduced when the Tories privatised the rail network in the 1990s, are also set to be announced.
It would be replaced with a “new commercial model”, said Transport
Cabinet conference call, No10 said: “The Prime Minister updated Cabinet on the current progress being made in ongoing Brexit negotiations, reiterating that a pathway to a deal could be seen but that there is still a significant amount of work to get there and we must remain prepared to leave on October 31.
“The Prime Minister said there was a way forward for a deal that could secure all our interests, respect the Good Friday Agreement, get rid of BUSINESSES on both sides of the Irish border have already been affected by Brexit, a report has found.
Two thirds of small and medium enterprises (SMES) in Northern Ireland say they have halted development proposals.
And half of the SMES in the Republic that had planned to expand or invest in their business have either cancelled or postponed their plans due to Brexit.
These are among the findings of the latest AIB Brexit Sentiment Index for Q3, 2019 which comes just weeks before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union at the end of October, leaving an EU border running across Ireland.
Brian Gillan, head of business and corporate banking at First Trust Bank, blamed the political situation.
He said: “With the continued political stalemate and uncertainty that abounds around Brexit it is perhaps not surprising that the Brexit Sentiment Index has reached an all-time low here in Northern Ireland at -41.”
Secretary Grant Shapps. Health reforms include a new independent body to oversee patient safety and changes to the Mental Health Act, aimed at improving treatment and cutting the number of detentions.
Criminal sanctions for breaching building regulations, after the Grenfell Tower disaster, are also on the cards. the backstop and get Brexit done by October 31 so we can push on with the domestic agenda.”
The European Commission said there have been “constructive technicallevel” talks but there is still a “lot of work” to be done to strike a deal.
In a statement, it said EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier had briefed the ambassadors of the other 27 bloc members on talks and would be speaking to the European Parliament’s steering group.
It added: “Discussions at technical level will continue tomorrow.”