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Tory report says DfID could be folded into Foreign Office and aid spending redefined.
Multibillion foreign aid budget should be spent to advance Britain's 'political and commercial interests', Boris Johnson says
11/02/2019
Former foreign secretary backs controversial call for a huge de-facto cut in overseas aid spending.
Turkey is losing its champion in Europe, just as the president distances himself from the EU – and democracy.
Fake news handed Brexiteers the referendum – and now they have no idea what they're doing
18/01/2017
'Would we have won without immigration? No. Would we have won without...the NHS? All our research and the close result strongly suggests no. Would we have won by spending our time talking about trade and the single market? No way'
UK refuses request from Brussels for Northern Ireland presence for second time.
The Irish Government believes the office would be a reflection of the EU's 'ongoing support' for the peace process.
The UK position 14 months ago is in sharp contrast to the flat rejection of an EU office in Belfast under Boris Johnson's government.
Ministers’ letter confirms border control posts at ports of Belfast, Warrenpoint and Larne.
Trust British consumers to choose whether to buy US chlorinated chicken, Tory minister says
09/06/2020
But consumers may not be given information about US meat.
"Our approach is going to be achingly pragmatic," the Cabinet Office minister said.
The last chance to save us from a no-deal Brexit has now slipped by. Here’s what we lost today
01/07/2020
The negotiations which will set our relationship with our closest neighbours for the next generation are being rushed in a reckless game of chicken.
‘Asia is taking us to the cleaners’: Emily Thornberry destroys new trade deals in the Commons
21/10/2021
"This is now the third Asia-Pacific agreement in a row where more than 80 per cent of the projected growth in trade has gone to exporters in those other countries," she said.
‘I want to awaken you to an opportunity’, Penny Mordaunt tells US audience – after Joe Biden slammed the brakes on talks.
Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds said the move was a “sorry indication of the lack of progress" the government has made on the US trade deal.
Brexit: Inside Portsmouth's new £25m ‘white elephant’ border control post sitting empty after government’s inspection U-turn leaves city council absorbing ‘phenomenal cost’
05/07/2022
PORTSMOUTH’S newly built £25m, two-acre border control post has been dubbed a ‘white elephant’ by port bosses following an ‘appalling’ government U-turn.
Huw Edwards praised the interview, saying it is a fact that the UK *did* have a veto and Turkey's hopes of joining the EU are "more remote than ever".
Penny Mordaunt has repeated her notorious false claim that the UK was unable to stop Turkey joining the EU – insisting the veto would not have been used.
Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt has again repeated a false claim she made during the 2016 referendum campaign that the UK wouldn't have been able to block Turkey from joining the EU.
Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?
‘What bus?’: Brexit denial begins
26/11/2022
Lord Moylan has claimed Vote Leave never claimed Turkey was imminently going to join the EU.
‘Suicidal treachery’: Tory grandee’s stark warning to Boris Johnson allies over Brexit revolt
20/02/2023
Ex-Foreign Office minister says plotters will ‘push party into oblivion’.
Rishi Sunak has been warned that some of his ministers may resign over his post-Brexit deal with the EU if it jeopardises Northern Ireland’s place in the union.