UK ministers accused of ‘buying DUP votes’ BelfastTelegraph.co.uk SNP MPs have accused the UK Government of “buying DUP votes” by allocating cash to help Belfast following a major city blaze while failing to provide funding for Glasgow, also hit by fires this year. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/uk-ministers-accused-of-buying-dup-votes-37475377.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37428326.ece/12989/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_1abb26d8-5887-45a7-94a8-c9fa3d3d2b5b_embedded237650805 Email SNP MPs have accused the UK Government of “buying DUP votes” by allocating cash to help Belfast following a major city blaze while failing to provide funding for Glasgow, also hit by fires this year. The Chancellor announced £2 million to help the Northern Irish city recover after the historic Banks Building was gutted in August, leaving several businesses unable to trade. However his Budget contained no similar … [Read more...] about UK ministers accused of ‘buying DUP votes’
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UK ministers accused of ‘buying DUP votes’ with cash for Belfast
UK ministers accused of ‘buying DUP votes’ with cash for Belfast BelfastTelegraph.co.uk SNP MPs have accused the UK Government of “buying DUP votes” by allocating cash to help Belfast following a major city blaze while failing to provide funding for Glasgow, also hit by fires this year. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/uk-ministers-accused-of-buying-dup-votes-with-cash-for-belfast-37475377.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37428326.ece/12989/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_1abb26d8-5887-45a7-94a8-c9fa3d3d2b5b_embedded237650805 Email SNP MPs have accused the UK Government of “buying DUP votes” by allocating cash to help Belfast following a major city blaze while failing to provide funding for Glasgow, also hit by fires this year. The Chancellor announced £2 million to help the Northern Irish city recover after the historic Banks Building was gutted in August, leaving several businesses unable to trade. … [Read more...] about UK ministers accused of ‘buying DUP votes’ with cash for Belfast
UK Government will not want to move away from backstop commitments – Varadkar
UK Government will not want to move away from backstop commitments – Varadkar BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said he has “every confidence” that the UK Government will honour its commitment to the so-called Northern Ireland “backstop” in Brexit negotiations. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/uk-government-will-not-want-to-move-away-from-backstop-commitments-varadkar-37449035.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37449033.ece/80867/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_117b7c1f-bf7b-438b-8894-80c3bdc74971_1 Email Irish premier Leo Varadkar has said he has “every confidence” that the UK Government will honour its commitment to the so-called Northern Ireland “backstop” in Brexit negotiations. The Taoiseach stressed that British officials have committed to the agreement, which would guarantee no return to a hard border with the Republic, “in principle and in writing”. Speaking in … [Read more...] about UK Government will not want to move away from backstop commitments – Varadkar
MP’s ‘real concern’ at disparity in health service between Northern Ireland and UK
MP's 'real concern' at disparity in health service between Northern Ireland and UK BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The health service is taking a “sticking plaster” approach to cancer treatment in Northern Ireland, a campaigner said. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/mps-real-concern-at-disparity-in-health-service-between-northern-ireland-and-uk-37445212.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37445209.ece/dd237/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_cc91cc43-e97e-4768-85b8-be601b17c602_1 Email The health service is taking a “sticking plaster” approach to cancer treatment in Northern Ireland, a campaigner said. Melanie Kennedy, 41, from Bangor, Co Down, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and crowd-funded to pay for drugs privately. She met an influential Westminster committee of MPs on Monday and its chairman expressed shock at disparities in treatment between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. Ms Kennedy … [Read more...] about MP’s ‘real concern’ at disparity in health service between Northern Ireland and UK
Brexit summit: Prime Minister ‘ready to consider’ extending UK’s transition out of EU
Brexit summit: Prime Minister ‘ready to consider’ extending UK’s transition out of EU BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Theresa May has indicated she is ready to consider extending the UK’s transition out of the EU for an additional year to the end of 2021. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/brexit-summit-prime-minister-ready-to-consider-extending-uks-transition-out-of-eu-37432236.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37432232.ece/1b01b/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_c23ef6b1-0127-4b7e-8f70-fb08f750b681_1 Email Theresa May has indicated she is ready to consider extending the UK’s transition out of the EU for an additional year to the end of 2021. If agreed, the change would mean the UK remaining within the single market and customs union and subject to EU rules and regulations for almost three years after the official date of Brexit in March 2019 and more than five years after the referendum vote to leave. Mrs May was … [Read more...] about Brexit summit: Prime Minister ‘ready to consider’ extending UK’s transition out of EU