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Rishi Sunak poised to copy Joe Biden’s plan for huge corporation tax rise

express– The Chancellor will deliver the next Budget on Wednesday and the expectations are as high as the stakes. After 10 years campaigning for fiscal prudence after the financial crisis, the Conservatives have suddenly found themselves presiding over the biggest borrowing binge since

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Europe’s economic recovery choices will leave EU lagging a year behind America

independent.ie– While the US rushes toward a blockbuster fiscal stimulus package to accelerate its recovery from the coronavirus crisis, much of Europe is pootling along in the slow lane. President Joe Biden’s $1.9trn (€1.57trn) stimulus bill, if congress passes the full amount, would take his administration’s spending this year to more than three times

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Alexei Navalny loses appeal against Russian prison camp sentence

theguardian– A Moscow court has rejected an appeal from Alexei Navalny that virtually guarantees the Russian opposition figure will be sent to a prison camp for two and a half years. In a widely expected ruling, the judge upheld a decision to imprison Navalny by reversing a parole handed down in 2014 for embezzlement in a […]

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Boris Johnson says he wants this lockdown ‘to be the last’

independent– Boris Johnson has said he wants the current nationwide coronavirus lockdown “to be the last”. But he almost immediately added that he could give no guarantee that he would not have to introduce restrictions for a fourth time, as ministers battle the coronavirus global pandemic. Mr Johnson is under pressure from Tory MPs and […]

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SNP cracks emerge over plans for Scottish independence vote – Veteran MP speaks out

express– The document, put together by Scotland Constitution Secretary Mike Russell, would effectively dare the UK Government to challenge another referendum in court. But Pete Wishart, who has been a Nationalist MP for 20 years said it would be “more likely” to happen next year in the latest showing of division within the party as […]

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Boris Johnson under pressure to end ALL lockdown rules despite worrying new data

Express– Tories worried about the impact lockdown is having on the economy and society have been calling for restrictions to be lifted as soon as possible to help the UK get back to normal. This morning it emerged the Government is planning to have given a jab to all over-50s by May, with senior backbenchers […]

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EU vaccine fiasco: Will the NI protocol be replaced due to the EU’s actions?

express– The EU caused a scandal on Friday when it decided without consultation to invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol as the bloc’s vaccine crisis goes form bad to worse. The EU has been struggling to procure vaccines for Member States following an issue with manufacturing at AstraZeneca, makers of the Oxford vaccine. […]

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Covid vaccine supply issues could see Dutch violence repeated in rest of EU

theguardian– In recent nights, rioters have poured on to the streets of 10 Dutch cities in what has been the closest Europe has come to open revolt against the coronavirus restrictions imposed across the continent. The violence, the worst in four decades, might be put down to the liberty-loving culture of the country but, perhaps […]

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Should everyone with a positive Covid test be given £500 to self-isolate?

independent– In response to the concerns that many people are failing to self-isolate for 10 days when they get Covid, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, has apparently been pushing for the government to give a one-off and automatic £500 payment to everyone who displays a positive test. The prime minister’s spokesperson says the government has “no plans” to adopt

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Tory leader in Wales to remain in job despite drinking in Senedd during alcohol ban

independent– The Welsh Conservative leader will keep his job despite being caught drinking with colleagues on parliament premises while an alcohol ban was in force. Paul Davies has been told he has the “unanimous support” of the Welsh Tory group to continue in his role as leader. It comes after an investigation into allegations that Mr […]