Raab condemns ‘forced closure’ of pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper
The Foreign Secretary said China must uphold its commitments to freedom of the press.
The Foreign Secretary said China must uphold its commitments to freedom of the press.
The move comes after five editors and executives were arrested and assets were frozen by authorities.
However, the deputy Irish premier ruled out abandoning it altogether, saying all of the ‘realistic alternatives’ have been rejected by Unionism.
Race is an important issue for the monarchy after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused an unnamed member of the royal family of a racist comment.
Ken Skelton was responsible for assessing convicted terrorist Usman Khan’s risk of reoffending.
The European Research Group said the agreement should be replaced as it has had a ‘profound and negative effect’.
The UK’s future outside the EU’s single market and customs union got off to a quiet start on New Year’s Day.
ERG chairman Mark Francois said waving goodbye to the EU and 2020 is a ‘marvellous example of a buy one, get one free’.
They concluded that the agreement ‘preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law’.
The Prime Minister has insisted that the UK will not regress on workers’ rights and environmental protections.
The agreement has been criticised by figures in the fishing industry.
MPs and peers will be called back to Westminster on December 30 to vote on the deal.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Tory MPs to back the deal struck with Brussels on Christmas Eve.
A Christmas Eve deal is expected to maintain tariff and quota free trade between the UK and EU.
Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen appear poised to reach a historic deal.