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Corrocoat and StormMeister comment on Brexit, while MPs propose amendments to vote on May's deal
MPs have begun proposing amendments to the prime minister's amended deal, that is scheduled to be subject to a vote on the 29th of January
May scraps fee that would make EU citizens pay to stay in UK
During Theresa May’s statement to MPs today, she announced that the controversial fee that EU citizens would have to pay to achieve “settled status” has been scrapped. Under previous plans, millions of EU citizens currently living in the UK would have been expected to pay a fee of £65 each.
May sets out Brexit plan following loss on deal vote
The Prime Minister Theresa May has this afternoon been outlining her plans for reopening negotiations with the EU after her deal was rejected last week
Release of social care green paper remains imminent
In the March 2017 budget, the Conservative government said it would publish a green paper on social care, for public consultation. This followed the decision in July 2015 to postpone the introduction of a cap on lifetime social care charges and a more generous means-test that had been proposed by the “Dilnot Commission” and accepted in principle by the then-coalition government.
Gove: No-deal Brexit means “considerable turbulence” for farmers
At the Oxford Farming Conference earlier this year, the environment secretary, Michael Gove, told farmers and food producers alike that they faced turbulence that would be “considerable”, were the UK to leave the EU without a deal
No confidence motion defeated by 325 votes to 306
The government has survived the no confidence motion called by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn by a margin of 19 votes. Although 306 MPs voted for the motion, 325 voted against. Immediately following the vote, prime minister Theresa May invited the leaders of the parliamentary parties to talks this evening.
MPs debate no confidence motion
MPs have spent the afternoon debating Jeremy Corbyn's no confidence motion in the government, with the vote scheduled in for 7pm this evening