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Business secretary questioned by Brexiter MPs, speaker and Labour after government scraps ‘sunset clause’Kemi Badenoch has come under fire from furious Conservative backbenchers, the opposition and the Commons speaker after defending the government’s U…
Business and trade secretary answers urgent question in Commons on retained EU lawSir William Cash, chair of the European scrutiny committee, used his follow-up to his urgent question to say that Kemi Badenoch has declined three times to appear before …
Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch says retained EU law bill will help businesses cut costsTrades unions have warned that workers’ rights are in peril after the government unveiled new plans to scrap EU rules on working hours as part of its drive to cut “un…
Justin Welby says bill is ‘morally unacceptable’ and rules on protection of refugees are not ‘inconvenient obstructions’. This live blog is closedIn the House of Lords peers are just starting to debate the second reading of the illegal migration bill.S…
Women’s rights groups and trade unions write to business secretary over worker protection bill Women’s rights groups and trade unions have written to Kemi Badenoch to plead for her not to scrap the new worker protection bill, saying the new laws are ba…
Guidance for England also likely to tell teachers to inform parents when children question their gender identityThe government is considering issuing guidance to single-sex schools in England saying that they cannot be legally obliged to take transgend…
Redefinition of sex as ‘biological sex’ in Equality Act would enable single-sex restrictions against trans peopleKemi Badenoch is considering changing the Equality Act to allow organisations to bar trans women from single-sex spaces and events, includi…
Hailed by Tory MPs as a Brexit benefit, CPTPP membership actually turns the UK into a willing pawn in Washington’s geopolitical gameTory MPs hailed the UK’s entry last week into the Indo-Pacific trading bloc as a major step on the road to re-establishi…
Comments threaten to worsen already tense relationship between senior ministers and civil servantsPolitics live – latest updatesKemi Badenoch has cast doubt on her department’s projections for how much the Asia-Pacific trade deal the UK government has …
PM also refused to say what he would do if inquiry into Dominic Raab found justice secretary bullied officialsThe UK government has announced a £57m funding package to support Northern Ireland charities and community organisations facing a financial cr…