Jacob Rees-Mogg has been accused of revealing a “trick” for Brexit – a quarterly EU reform bill – that “will do nothing to address the real challenges facing the public today”. The Brexit Minister for Opportunities sought to argue that the new digital version would usher in a “British-style revolution”, pointing to vacuum cleaner regulations as he spoke of the need for “final economic growth and reduced living costs”. Labor leader Stephen Doughty called it “quite unusual” for the government to introduce what “just seems to be a vanity plan” on the day inflation hit a 40-year high of 9.1%. Earlier in the PMQs, Boris Johnson failed to deny offering his then-girlfriend Carrie Simonts a top job as secretary of state, bypassing the question when it was challenged in the Commons. Shortly afterwards, Justice Minister Dominic Raab proposed a new Declaration of Rights that would allow the government to ignore the interim rulings of a European court and possibly facilitate the deportation of foreign offenders.
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Brands Sunak’s cost of living helps a ‘short-term adhesive plaster’
At the start of the debate on the second reading of the government bill to provide 50 650 for people with certain benefits and 150 150 for those receiving certain disability, work and pension benefits, Secretary Therese Coffey said the bill would ‘boost multimillion-dollar budgets’. tense families ”during the cost of living crisis. But her opponent, Jonathan Asworth, called the government’s move a “short-term adhesive.” The Labor Party “does not intend to divide Parliament”, he said, but added: “The message I hear in the country could not be clearer, these are the most difficult moments that can be remembered for many of our voters. . “More than a decade of sluggish economic growth means that today we have the cost of living skyrocketing. Payment packages that fail to keep pace with inflation. By next April wages will be £ 2,000 less in real terms by 2020. Real wages in the UK are falling at the fastest pace in 20 years, leaving household finances extended to a critical point. “Prices are higher in stores, petrol from the roof, energy bills are soaring and lifting the price cap later this year means energy bills will rise further. “Families everywhere say it’s enough.” Mr Ashworth added: “The pain today and the pain tomorrow is therefore the policy of the ministers to bring inflation under control. to adequately develop our economy and tackle the long-term problems of hardships that have increased over the last 10 years due to attacks on social security and unfair wage arrangements. “ He continued: “We need a long-term plan to rebuild social security, develop the economy, improve living standards, to overcome the poverty of children and retirees, so that the victims of poverty can fully participate in society.” . Andy Gregory22 June 2022 15:56 1655907864
Stanley Johnson calls for lifting of parliament’s ban on ‘compatible’ Chinese ambassador
Boris Johnson’s father called on the British Parliament to lift the ban on the Chinese ambassador before his visit to China to follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo, says our political correspondent Adam Forrest. Stanley Johnson is planning a summer trip to Xinjiang Province, where the Beijing minority persecuted from Beijing lives, for a TV show about the famous explorer. China’s ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguan was ousted from parliament last year – a move that has sparked retaliation against nine Britons, including senior Conservative MPs. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Johnson Snr described Mr Zheng as a “very pleasant, capable and intelligent man” after talking to him about his travel plans for television. The 81-year-old added: “I would very much hope that until parliament returns [after the summer break]these prohibitions will no longer apply. “ Andy Gregory22 June 2022 15:24 1655907191
Government claims Rishi Sunak 1, 1.9 billion subsidy on fossil fuels ‘not technically subsidy’
The government has claimed that Rishi Sunak’s 1, 1.9 billion tax break for fossil fuel companies is not technically a subsidy and is so compatible with its climate plan, says our policy correspondent Jon Stone. The Greens criticized the ministers for playing “semantics” with the world over new incentives for investment and oil and gas production – announced just months after the UK climate summit promised to end them. The chancellor has doubled the tax cut for oil and gas projects in his budget, a measure that is expected to cost taxpayers nearly 2 2 billion and produce an additional 899 million tonnes of CO2. However, responding to criticism of the measure by green groups, Finance Minister Helen Whately argued that the policy was in line with the UK’s international commitment, due to a technicality. Andy Gregory22 June 2022 15:13 1655906291
Labor rejects Rees Mogg’s control panel trick for Brexit
Responding to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new board (see post below), Labor warned that tricks do nothing to address the “real challenges” facing the public today. Shadow Secretary Stephen Doughty told lawmakers that his new quarterly list of Brexit opportunities with revised EU legislation “just seems to be a plan of vanity”. “It’s amazing that on a day when inflation is over 9%, energy costs are skyrocketing, families under huge pressure are wondering how to put food on the table, prices are rising at the fastest rate in 40 years. “The government’s offer today to the British people is a digital archiving of existing legislation, which the gentleman describes, in his own words, as marginal,” he said. “And while the government plans to cut 20 percent of civil servants, the minister for the so-called efficiency of the government implements his own construction plan in the cabinet office, creating tasks to satisfy his own obsessions.” He added: “Despite the government’s discussions about changes we can make outside the EU, they still refuse to make the one specific change that the Labor Party has been demanding for months with the overwhelming support of the British people, as promised by the Prime Minister. which is the abolition of VAT on household energy bills “. Andy Gregory22 June 2022 14:58 1655905513
Rees-Mogg drums up the “revolution” with the new government board
Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed that a new checklist showing how many EU laws had been reformed would lead to a “British-style revolution”. “With inflation so high, we need to look everywhere and under every stone and sofa cushion for supply-side reforms that will make products and services cheaper, facilitate business and ultimately boost the economy and “They will reduce the cost of living,” he said. he told the deputies. “So this board is the El Dorado of the reformers in terms of supply and of course I mention the treasure trove of opportunities that this post represents. “Underlines unnecessary and disproportionate EU regulations on consumer goods, such as those governing the power of vacuum cleaners, why should this concern His Majesty’s government?” Mr Rees-Mogg added: “We will continue to work with departments to reduce at least λί 1 billion in business costs from the EU bureaucracy to ensure greater freedoms and productivity. “Ensuring that we have the right regulation is vital, excessive and unnecessary regulations that burden businesses or distort market results, reduce productivity, raise prices and negatively affect everyone’s cost of living.” Andy Gregory22 June 2022 14:45 1655904671
Government to set up public control panel to show EU law reforms, says Rees-Mogg
A dashboard will be made available to the public to show on a quarterly basis how much EU legislation has been reformed, said Jacob Rees-Mogg. In a statement to the Commons, the Minister for Opportunities for Brexit and Government Efficiency said: “As we maximize the benefits of Brexit and make the United Kingdom the most reasonably regulated economy in the world, we need to reform the EU legislation we have retained in our statutes. “Only through the reform of this EU legislation that is maintained will we finally be able to get rid of the almost 50 years of EU membership.” He continued: “I am pleased to announce that today we are publishing a valid list of more than 2,400 pieces of legislation covering more than 300 sub-policy areas. “This directory will be available on gov.uk via an interactive dashboard. It will be updated on a quarterly basis so that the public can count down to EU legislation that is maintained as the government reforms it. “ He added: “Publishing this board offers the public a real opportunity. “We can change everything in it now.” Andy Gregory22 June 2022 14:31 1655903881
Julian Assange’s extradition is part of the government’s “increasingly totalitarian tendency,” warns his wife
As Dominic Raab speaks to the public about the decline of European human rights law in the UK, Julian Assange’s wife, Stella Morris, has warned that Priti Patel’s decision to send Wikileaks founder to the United States to deal with accusations of espionage are part of the government “increasingly totalitarian inclination”. Writing for The Independent, he condemned the interior minister for “unacceptable” calls from Europe’s leading human rights organization, doctors and journalists to stop his extradition to the United States. Ms Morris, a lawyer and activist, said the interior minister had “rejected calls from representatives of the Council of Europe and the OSCE [Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe]almost two thousand journalists and three hundred …
