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Is Boris Johnson’s prorogation legal? Why Scottish and English judges don’t agree – and why it matters 0
- BUSINESS
- September 14, 2019
In the distant past, parliament would meet when the monarch wished it. But the UK constitution has moved on from those days – at least in that the Queen exercises her power to prorogue parliament only on government advice. But events of the past few weeks have prompted questions about whether the prime minister can
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How will Boris Johnson’s digital team impact the tech sector? | Startups 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- September 11, 2019
Boris Johnson’s cabinet cull dwarfed the record set by Harold Macmillan in 1962. The ministers with digital portfolios were not exempt from the purge, but the most significant appointment for the tech sector may be in Johnson’s new team of advisers. The digital overhaul started at the very top of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Amber Rudd: Work and pensions secretary resigns and quits Tories as Boris Johnson’s government plunged into further chaos 0
- BUSINESS
- September 7, 2019
Amber Rudd has resigned from the cabinet and from the Conservative Party, in a disastrous blow to Boris Johnson’s authority. The cabinet minister said she was resigning due to Boris Johnson’s “purge” of the party. She also said that she plans to run as an independent candidate in a future general election. We’ll tell you what’s
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Can MPs fight back against Boris Johnson’s prorogation? Here are the options 0
- BUSINESS
- August 30, 2019
The word prorogation is on everybody’s lips in the UK. The Queen has accepted Boris Johnson’s request to suspend parliament for over a month. It is the prime minister’s boldest gambit to date. Can MPs fight back in September? Parliament returns on September 3. Prorogation is due to commence in the second week of September,
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Leading Eurosceptic MP rejects position in Boris Johnson’s cabinet | Politics 0
- BUSINESS
- July 25, 2019
The high-profile Eurosceptic rebel Steve Baker has rejected a job on Boris Johnson’s frontbench, saying he did not want to repeat the “powerlessness” he felt as a junior minister before he quit over objections to Theresa May’s deal. Baker, the vice-chair of the hard Brexit European Research Group and close ally of the newly promoted
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