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Theresa May calls for business people to attend government’s scientific adviser group

Former Tory prime minister Theresa May has reportedly told prime minister Boris Johnson that business-minded experts should be added to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage). May told the 1922 committee of backbench Tory MPs that she is keen that more business-minded people appeared at the meetings to give scientists more of an understanding about the […]

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UK car industry could be hit with tariffs whether or not Brexit deal is achieved

UK car manufacturers could be hit hard with tariffs whether or not the government succeeds in getting a Brexit deal. The European Commission (EC) has rejected proposals for components from Japan and Turkey used on UK car production lines to be considered British. According to a letter to the car industry from Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator […]

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Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill passes – with Tory critics choosing to abstain

Boris Johnson’s controversial Brexit bill has cleared its final Commons hurdle – with Tory critics choosing to abstain. Former prime minister Theresa May and two ex-attorney generals, Geoffrey Cox and Jeremy Wright, were among 21 Conservatives who did not vote for the UK Internal Market Bill at third reading on Tuesday evening. While some, including […]

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LORD HESELTINE: ‘I find Mrs May mystifying… she was against Brexit but launched herself into backing it’

Tory grandee Lord Heseltine is not afraid to think, and say, the unthinkable when it comes to Brexit – even if it rattles his party’s top brass. TIM WALKER speaks to one of British politics’ biggest beasts In the company boardrooms, on the streets of the deprived inner-cities and addressing the Tory faithful as their […]