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Suella Braverman goes head to head with Elton John over heated 'gay' migrant row

In an interview, Suella Braverman said that operational evidence suggested people seeking asylum were purporting to be homosexual to 'game our system'. Her comments have not gone down well with Elton John who expressed concern over the statement.

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whenever we hear _ custodian at the school. peter, whenever we hear stories - custodian at the school. peter, | whenever we hear stories about school shootings in the us, the peston —— question i have seen from so many parents today is why can't children go to school and come back safe? it is the same thing we're hearing from president biden, we have heard he has made comments about how more laws should be pushed through, what specifically did he say? through, what specifically did he sa ? ~ ., through, what specifically did he sa ? ~ . ., , through, what specifically did he sa? . ., ., say? well, we have tragically heard this several — say? well, we have tragically heard this several times _ say? well, we have tragically heard this several times from _ say? well, we have tragically heard this several times from president i this several times from president biden and as you imply your question, we have been here so many times before, that question on the lips of parents, why does this keep happening? again, that is the question the president has posed and he is again putting pressure requesting that congress pass more laws but much tougher laws than i have previously been passed to specifically ban assault weapons. military style weapons. now, there were some bipartisan legislation passed last year in congress that so many people here say doesn't go fast

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takes to look after people who make it here? look, i was listening to nadhim zahawi, the education secretary, on peston the other night, and he said we've got to do our bit. he was talking about an uncapped number of people coming in through the community sponsorship scheme. i think the british public are way ahead of politicians on this. i think they know we've got to do our bit, and we're not currently doing it. two million people on the move, less than a thousand visa applications have even been processed. there are apparently 22,000 that are still in the system that they haven't even started on, and that's before you even look at people who don't have family members here in the uk. lisa, thank you very much for giving us lots to think about over the next couple of days — if this announcement does come. thank you, lisa, great to have you. well, it's interesting, adam, ministers were meeting this afternoon to think about, to discuss, to try to make decisions about this sponsorship scheme — what the speed of it should be, what the scale of it should be, what the eligibility should be. and, as lisa was suggesting, i did a bit of digging around today on the existing sponsorship scheme, and i think it's only taken about 500 or 600 people in the last five years, and it is very onerous. lots of paperwork, safeguarding

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Lockdown end: Boris Johnson told Easter is target date to reopen British economy


| UPDATED: 09:43, Thu, Feb 18, 2021
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Steve Baker, Deputy Chairman of the Covid Recovery Group, argued the Government should follow its advice and open up the country for Easter. He added that the most vulnerable in the country, who account for the most deaths from coronavirus, are forecast to be vaccinated by March meaning the rest of the country should return to normal. It comes amid fears Boris Johnson will reveal his intentions to reopen pubs and restaurants last in moves that echo the last lockdown in a move many have argued would only further cripple the industry.

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EU rebuffs Britain's call to reset their post-Brexit relationship


EU rebuffs Britain's call to reset their post-Brexit relationship
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The European Union rebuffed Britain's call to reset the two sides' relationship, saying Britain needs to honor the promises it made on Northern Ireland as part of the Brexit deal.
In a letter to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, European Commission vice president Maros Sefcovic gave a cool response to Britain's request to delay the implementation of border checks on some goods entering the province, saying that measures the U.K. previously signed up to "urgently need to be fully and faithfully implemented."

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UK braces for weeks of 'high deaths' as Vallance defends lockdown | Politics | News


| UPDATED: 07:56, Thu, Jan 14, 2021
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The Government's top scientist has said that the high coronavirus death toll will not “reduce quickly” as the UK Government looks at rolling out new tighter Tier 6 restrictions across the country in order to force down the number of new infections. Speaking to ITV's Peston, Sir Patrick said: "I'm afraid we're in a period of high death numbers that's going to carry on for some weeks, it's not going to come down quickly even if the measures that are in place now start to reduce the infection numbers.

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Boris Johnson shuts down Peston as he denies ECJ influence on UK 'under no circumstances'


| UPDATED: 17:06, Thu, Dec 24, 2020
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Robert Peston challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he confirmed a Brexit trade agreement had finally been struck with the European Union. Mr Peston suggested the UK had to agree to a series of concessions to secure a deal, suggesting some key promises on the influence of European institutions may have been diluted. Mr Johnson insisted both sides had to agree to reach common ground as he insisted the negotiators had kept firm on the UK's red-lines regarding the jurisdiction the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will have on British courts from January 31.

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