Pressure on May over Brexit advice
Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in January.
The trainee engineer also damaged his right leg and hurt his lower back when he was sent flying into the air after the wooden stay which keeps the bell upright was broken. MORE THAN 90,000 Britons will die due to bugs resistant to treatment with antibiotics over the next three decades, estimates suggest.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warned that superbug infections will kill around 2.4 million people across Europe, North America and Australia by 2050.
But simple measures such as hand washing and more prudent prescriptions of antibiotics could avert some of the deaths, the authors said. THE QUEEN was impressed by the views from the 10th floor of a finance company’s building she opened in the City of London yesterday – and joked that they would distract its staff.
Landmarks such as St Paul’s Cathedral, the Gherkin skyscraper and the London Eye could be clearly seen from the lofty heights of the Schroders building at 1 London Wall Place.
Richard Beastall, a partner with architects TP Bennett, who led the team which designed the building’s interior, told the Queen that all the meeting rooms were at the top to take advantage of the “great views”. THERESA MAY has faced demands from both her own Cabinet and her Democratic Unionist Party allies to show the full legal advice behind her Brexit plans.
The Cabinet is on stand-by for fresh talks to agree a Brexit deal amid claims by Tory Leavers that the Prime Minister has already reached an agreement, while Mrs May will update European Council president Donald Tusk on the latest developments.
But Brexiteers, including Environment Secretary Michael Gove, want to see the full legal advice setting out how any customs arrangement to avoid a hard Irish border could be ended to avoid it becoming a permanent settlement.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, chief whip for Mrs May’s DUP allies, called for the advice to be published, as did shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer.
The calls came as the Prime Minister set up five new panels to advise on adapting to the post-Brexit business world.
Leading figures including BT Group chairman Jan du Plessis and ITV boss Carolyn McCall will co-chair the telecoms, creative, technology and media business council.
The royal visitor made those around her laugh when she quipped: “Quite difficult to concentrate – always looking out the window.”
During the visit, the Queen formally opened the building, which is the new headquarters of Schroders, a global investment management company
Sir Roger Carr, of BAE Systems, and RollsRoyce chairman Ian Davis will co-chair the industrial, infrastructure and manufacturing council and other senior figures will also chair business councils for the small business, financial and retail sectors.
Speculation that a Brexit deal is close was fuelled by leaked documents apparently setting out how the Prime Minister would sell an exit package to the public.
Downing Street distanced itself from the blueprint reported by the BBC but the document heightened suspicion among Tory Brexiteers that a deal has secretly been secured.
Mrs May’s plan would see the whole UK effectively agree to remain in the customs founded more than 200 years ago.
The Queen was intrigued by the hi-tech lifts, where the floor number had to be tapped into a keypad before entering, as there were no number buttons inside. While chatting to one group, she joked about it, saying “They’ve got no buttons” but “I got here”. union to help avoid a hard border with Ireland as a “backstop” if no other arrangement can be found.
Mr Gove wants to see the full legal advice setting out how an exit from the backstop can be found to make sure the UK is not permanently kept within a customs union which would severely curtail its ability to strike free trade deals with nations around the world – a key prize for Brexiteers.
With Mrs May relying on the 10 DUP MPs for a Commons majority, Sir Jeffrey’s demand that the legal advice be published – something not normally done by governments – poses a fresh headache for the Prime Minister.
Sir Jeffrey told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think it’s in the public interest we understand fully what’s happening here.
“It’s because it affects the whole UK, therefore it shouldn’t just be the DUP that sees this advice, or the Government.
“If the House of Commons is going to have a meaningful vote on a deal that includes, and upon which this legal advice is very, very important, then I think people are entitled to know what that advice is.”