Will Meakin-Durrant
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Parliamentary Reporter with @PA. Husband to @mjmkndur. He/Him. Tips to: [email protected]
City of Westminster, London
Joined February 2018
Storm Goretti has brought icy winds and cold rain to replace Monday’s snow (pictured) in Saffron Walden
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Temperatures in Saffron Walden remained below freezing throughout Monday morning and into lunchtime after snow fell overnight
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A brief break in the clouds over Stansted Airport in Essex teased yesterday’s winter solstice sunrise
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Even closer than the Brexit referendum - MPs tied 100-100 in their vote on the Lib Dems' UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) Bill.
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Expanded licensing powers for the Mayor of London will "create the conditions for London’s night-time economy to thrive", says @Miatsf
https://t.co/Gmk920UHJt
mylondon.news
It has also been confirmed the possibility of a tourist tax is in 'the remit of the Chancellor', Rachel Reeves, who will unveil her Budget on Wednesday
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"We are not wasting time," says former Lord Justice of Appeal Baroness Butler-Sloss. https://t.co/3fxEuYwkbS
nation.cymru
A former Cabinet minister has said she will not be “bullied” into silence over assisted dying, after Dame Esther Rantzen warned peers not to “sabotage democracy”. Baroness Therese Coffey has tabled...
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Peers took 4h44 to debate just 21 amendments to the assisted dying Bill - and there are now more than 1,000 to get through.
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Surrey County Council leader Tim Oliver has vowed to “review and strengthen” the organisation’s systems and culture “as per the recommendations”. https://t.co/TUHT4R8IOQ
careappointments.com
Officials from Surrey child services should appear before Parliament to answer to failings in their care of murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif, an MP has urged. Widespread condemnation of authorities...
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After the review into Sara Sharif’s murder, @WillForster last week described “constant management failures” at Surrey County Council. “I don’t have faith and trust that they’ll put this right,” he tells me.
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"We will meet the iron-clad fiscal rules, we will make public finances more resilient, we will reduce inflationary pressures and we will get the cost of borrowing down," says @JamesMurray_LDN ahead of next week's Budget. https://t.co/UlfDRCsHb1
nation.cymru
Treasury ministers have faced criticism for their “hokey cokey budget” teasers, amid fears speculation is behind sluggish economic growth. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said ministers of old “would be...
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“It’s the hokey cokey Budget – one minute it’s in, the next minute it’s out" Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said a minister of old "would be resigning for anything that was released", as @JamesMurray_LDN took questions about pre-Budget briefings.
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Peers debated assisted dying and the devolution settlement as they began line-by-line scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. https://t.co/mUl7cak0Ya
independent.co.uk
Peers began their line-by-line scrutiny of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on Friday.
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Benefit claimants risk falling victim to Government “mass fishing” exercises, as ministers receive new powers to look at bank account details to tackle fraud, says @SteveDarlingMP. https://t.co/OlBNaUAQrf
independent.co.uk
Several MPs urged the Government to consider widening the role of an independent person, whose job will be to keep ministers’ new powers in check.
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Hiding money away in British overseas territories has a knock-on effect for British families, a Labour MP has warned. https://t.co/XYKiSiFWVE
independent.co.uk
Phil Brickell will call for Whitehall clarity over ministers’ efforts to tackle financial secrecy in the British Overseas Territories.
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Labour backbenchers David Smith and Maya Ellis challenged Treasury ministers to consider tweaking their plan to bring farms into inheritance tax https://t.co/kVWNCgafLm
independent.co.uk
Exchequer Secretary Dan Tomlinson said the Government made ‘the right decision’ at last year’s budget to end a tax relief for farmers.
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Former Labour leader @JeremyCorbyn urged Home Sec @ShabanaMahmood to “look at the very serious problem of some trains operating without any staff on at all”. https://t.co/JPGqUbO7Sk
standard.co.uk
Jeremy Corbyn urged the Home Secretary to make the move in the Commons.
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Are ferry firms leaving island and river communities high and dry? @JoePJRobertson has tabled the Ferry Services (Integration and Regulation) Bill in an effort to bring boats more in line with buses and trains. https://t.co/IpIAI239n1
independent.co.uk
Tory MP Joe Robertson said the Isle of Wight’s 140,400 residents have little say over how Solent ferries are run.
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There are “no current plans” to ban VPNs, but “nothing is off the table when it comes to keeping children safe”, a tech minister has said. https://t.co/zxQptMTEZ3
independent.co.uk
Baroness Liz Lloyd warned there was ‘limited evidence on children’s use of VPNs’.
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Football fans have “ingenious ways” of breaking into grounds, a Labour peer has warned. https://t.co/BnuthKbCyE
independent.co.uk
Lord John Mann cited an ‘ingenious’ example from an Oxford United game.
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Peers gave the Licensing Hours Extensions Bill their backing at second reading, in a bid to ease the process of extending licensing hours for nationally important special events. https://t.co/KPtHkyiYsk ✍️ @Abbie_Llewelyn
independent.co.uk
Baroness Monckton is about to launch a pub in Brighton with her charity Team Domenica, which supports young people with learning disabilities.
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