He called the policy "immeasurably cruel", and said the language used by the government was not "dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".Įarlier today, the DUP announced that its MPs will vote against the Stormont brake when it comes to the Commons on Wednesday.īut what actually is it, and why has it been agreed as part of the Windsor Framework? It comes after sports presenter Gary Linekar was taken off-air for making over comments he made on his personal Twitter account about the government's small boat policy. Home Office minister Robert Jenrick said the government wants to do everything it can to support the victims of human trafficking but there are disagreements on how that should be done. Home Secretary Suella Braverman responded by saying people making such analogies have "already lost the argument".Įlsewhere in the session, Labour shadow Home Office minister Jess Phillips repeated her criticism of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, saying a tweet he sent about accessing the modern slavery system "will be an absolute delight to traffickers". What seems to be happening is, the longer he is in as prime minister the less of an impact Boris/partygate is having," he said.Ĭonservative MP Aaron Bell has said comparisons between the government's asylum policy and 1930s Germany are a "grotesque slander against the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust".Īppearing in the House of Commons, the MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme said he supported the Illegal Migration Bill, adding that those making such comparisons are "appallingly ill-informed". "He (Mr Sunak) may be pulling the Tory party up. While he said he still expected the Conservatives would lose seats in May, he would not expect the losses to be as great as if the elections had been held a few weeks ago. In contrast, Lord Hayward said that recent council by-election results suggested something of an upturn in the Tories' fortunes under Mr Sunak. Boris's polling is far worse than is the case for Rishi." "People have moved away from Boris in numbers. "He is a serious negative for most people," he said. Lord Hayward suggested Mr Johnson's determination to contest allegations that he lied to parliament would not go down well with voters. In a pre-election presentation for journalists, he said that while voters had not forgotten the partygate scandal, it was having a "diminishing" impact on perceptions of the Conservatives. Lord Hayward, a Conservative peer, said the party was not "out of the woods" but there were signs of progress ahead of crucial council elections in England next month. Rishi Sunak appears to be "pulling up" the Tories in the polls, while Boris Johnson remains a "serious negative" for most voters, according to an elections expert. The material will be published on the committee website." "The committee intends to publish this as soon as is practicably possible. The committee confirmed it received the evidence at 2.32pm today.Ī spokesman added: "The committee will need to review what has been submitted in the interests of making appropriate redactions to protect the identity of some witnesses. It is expected to be published on Tuesday.īut Sky News understands Mr Johnson would like the committee to publish the material as soon as possible. However, it is understood it is unlikely Mr Johnson's defence will be published today as clerks and lawyers need time to comb through it. Mr Johnson is due to appear in front of the committee to give oral evidence on Wednesday but they said he could submit written evidence before and it would be published for the public to see. The cross-party group of MPs is investigating whether he misled parliament over denials in parliament about parties held in Downing Street while COVID restrictions were in place. There was no reason to believe this announcement was going to hit," Keefe, Bruyette & Woods' head of equity trading RJ Grant told Insider on Thursday.Earlier today, it was confirmed Boris Johnson had submitted his official partygate defence to the Privileges Committee. "Part of the problem is Silicon Valley had been telling investors up until a couple weeks ago that their guidance was intact. The multi-pronged announcement caught investors by surprise. The implosion at SVB Financial happened after the company lowered its guidance, announced a $2.3 billion capital raise, and said it lost $1.8 billion as it sold off more than $20 billion worth of US Treasuries that it bought when interest rates were near record lows. The KBW Bank Index fell 7.7%, its biggest decline since June 2020. The decline picked up steam throughout the trading day as shares of SVB Financial plunged as much as 62%. Mega-cap banks like JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo all fell more than 5%, while the regional banking sector sank by as much as 8%. Bank stocks were crushed on Thursday after implosions at Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate Capital sent "shock waves" through the rest of the sector.
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