Tag Archives: MPs

PARIS: A new law will impose on-the-spot fines for harassment of women in the streets of France, a minister said, as the sex scandal engulfing Hollywood honcho Harvey Weinstein encouraged French women to tell their stories. The legislation is being piloted by 34-year-old Marlene Schiappa, a feminist and early supporter ...

LONDON: Tories furious at the election fiasco will demand changes to her leadership style and concessions on key policy areas including Brexit. In a sign of the task ahead, the weakened leader must appease both those who believe voters have rejected a hard Brexit, and others demanding she plough on ...

LONDON: Britain could join the United States and take military action against the Syrian regime if it is asked to do so, the Boris Johnson has suggested. The Foreign Secretary said it would be “very difficult to say no” if Donald Trump’s administration asks the UK for help in tackling ...

LONDON: “Unscrupulous” companies have been accused of trying to scare business owners into thinking their taxes will rise in order to make a profit. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said “scaremongering” rating agents are manufacturing reports about business rates going up while “cynically” promising to help firms win an appeal against ...

BRADFORD MPs have today made calls on the Government to recognise Palestine as an independent state and do more to push for peace. Imran Hussain, Labour MP for Bradford East, told the House of Commons it has to do this before illegal Israeli settlements makes having two states impossible. He backed ...

BRADFORD: A group of more than 35 cross-party MPs, led by Bradford West MP Naz Shah, have written to a senior Pakistani figure calling for greater support for the diaspora community. The group has written to the Prime Minister of the Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) territory, Farooq Haider Khan, urging ...

LONDON: The Speaker of Britain’s House of Commons said he was “strongly opposed” to allowing Donald Trump to address members of parliament during the US president’s state visit later this year. John Bercow said such a speech was “not an automatic right, it is an earned honour” – and one ...

As the second of a two-day debate gets underway, the 143 word bill is expected to swiftly pass the vote in the lower parliament. Prime Minister Theresa May could begin the process to leave the European Union next month. British MPs were due to spend several more hours on Wednesday ...

LONDON: Facebook should verify its content to prove to users articles are not fake news, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee chairman has told. It is one of the measures MPs will consider as part of an inquiry into the spread of fake news on the internet which is being ...

LONDON: The British government was accused of covering up a failed test of its nuclear weapons deterrent last year, just weeks before lawmakers voted to renew the system. Prime Minister Theresa May refused to say whether she knew about the reported malfunction of an unarmed missile when she urged MPs ...