Sleaze allegations will not hit Tories in by-elections, says PM
Boris Johnson has rejected suggestions that allegations of sleaze being levelled at his party could be reflected at the ballot box in upcoming by-elections.
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November 12, 2021 Swedish Fin Min Andersson handed task of forming new government
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson will have a shot at becoming the Nordic country’s first female prime minister after the speaker picked her on Thursday to try and form a government from a fragmented parliament.
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November 11, 2021 UK Brexit minister tells EU to ‘stay calm’ over threats to N Ireland deal
UK Brexit minister Lord David Frost has called on Brussels to “stay calm and keep things in proportion” if the UK goes ahead with threats to suspend parts of the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.
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November 10, 2021 Macron delays pension reform, unlikely before 2022 election
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that now was not the time to push ahead with pension reform, as a fifth wave of COVID infections took hold in Europe, leaving it highly unlikely he would see through a reform wanted to help create a more flexible labour market before next spring’s election.
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November 8, 2021 Biden faces fresh challenges after infrastructure victory
He has been here before. President Joe Biden doesn’t need to look any further back than his time as vice president to grasp the challenges that lie ahead in promoting his new $1 trillion infrastructure deal to the American people and getting the money out the door fast enough that they can feel a real impact.
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November 6, 2021 Article 16 ‘very much on the table’ in Brexit row, says Frost
David Frost, the UK’s Brexit minister, has said triggering article 16 to suspend post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland is “very much on the table”, as he met his EU counterpart in Brussels.
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November 5, 2021 UK government makes U-turn on corruption rule change as lawmaker quits
By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government made an embarrassing U-turn on Thursday on plans to overhaul the system for combating parliamentary corruption, with the lawmaker whose case had provoked the row quitting his job. Faced with unhappiness in his party and headlines accusing the prime minister and […]
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November 3, 2021 Boris Johnson to back bid to overturn Owen Paterson lobbying inquiry
Boris Johnson will tomorrow back an unprecedented bid to overthrow an independent inquiry that found the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson committed an “egregious” breach of lobbying rules.
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November 2, 2021 Australia prime minister attacks French leader’s credibility
Australian Prime Scott Morrison attacked the credibility of French President Emmanuel Macron as a newspaper quoted a text message that suggested France anticipated “bad news” about a now-scuttled submarine deal.
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November 1, 2021 Pakistan’s government reaches deal with Islamists to end protest
Pakistan’s government and an outlawed radical Islamist party reached an agreement to end a 10-day long, and at times deadly violent, rally calling for the closure of France’s embassy and the release of the party’s leader.
