Sinn Féin and the SDLP have rejected the possibility of Stormont having a say over what kind of backstop may emerge if there is a ‘no deal’ Brexit Proposals being worked on by the British government are said to include some kind of role for MLAs. Sinn Féin and the SDLP said they oppose this. Earlier the parties, along with ...

Theresa May’s claim that austerity is coming to an end is as likely as her winning Strictly Come Dancing, Labour has said. The prime minister told the Conservative Party conference that, after a decade of economic sacrifices, the end was in sight. But shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the words “lacked credibility”. He said children’s services faced a £2bn budget ...

EU negotiator reportedly believes speech could signal room for Brexit compromise Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, has taken Theresa May’s failure to namecheck Chequers in her Tory conference speech as a sign that she may be ready to dump the plan and get realistic, according to sources in Brussels. In her speech in Birmingham, May spelled out her vision ...

Six-month programme aims to increase diversity and follows calls for greater involvement Britain’s leading Muslim organisation has launched a scheme to train women for leadership positions in mosques and community bodies. Twenty women have embarked on the six-month intensive programme run by the Muslim Council of Britain, aimed at equipping them for leadership positions. As well as one-to-one mentoring, the ...

speech is Theresa May’s third as Conservative leader Theresa May is closing the Conservative conference with a promise that Britain’s post-Brexit future is “full of promise” and that her party remains “on the side” of hard-pressed families. The PM will tell the Tory faithful the country’s “best days lie ahead of us”. She will also announce that fuel duty will ...

By Taslim Ahammad: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a business approach that contributes to sustainable development by delivering economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders. CSR research has blossomed in this new millennium due to the increasing concern expressed by policy makers about corporate social responsibility. The pressure applied on businesses to demonstrate high ethical standards; and for developing ...

MEPs attack adoption of skills-based policy and end to freedom of movement Senior EU figures have attacked Theresa May’s post-Brexit immigration planwith the president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signalling that he expects a row with the British prime minister at an upcoming “moment of truth” summit. As May sketched out her plans to end freedom of movement and ...

Chancellor also says UK may soon have to tax internet firms such as Amazon and Google Philip Hammond has warned the Treasury’s austerity programme will come under attack from what he called “populists and demagogues” among Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters, but claimed it would retain the backing of the British people. The chancellor said he would withhold funds to protect the ...

Fatema Miah: Our ecology is essential for our living; provides vegetation, photosynthesise carbondioxide into oxygen. Our Climate experts now have thought about to put a price on our ecology to compensate to the vaulnebles and those most effected. Our ecology has come under threat, and there have been damages caused to our ecology diversity vastly  since our western modernised Industrialisation ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The passport manufacturer De La Rue is set to announce it will challenge the government over its decision to manufacture new blue British passports in France. The company will formally launch an appeal against the decision to award the £490m contract to the French-Dutch firm Gemalto on the grounds that it believes it had the best offer ...