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Boris Johnson Still Refusing to Restart Brexit Negotiations Despite Failure of the Clock

Here’s another look at today’s big Brexit news:

Brexit negotiators remained withdrawn on Tuesday, despite the ticking of the clock and a new offer from the European Commission to restart the collapsed talks.

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The Brexit negotiations continue to fascinate, infuriate, and exhaust millions of us, desperate to know what the outcome will be in the weeks ahead. When there is such intense uncertainty about something so enormously important, it can be strangely comforting to be accurate in numbers.

So how likely is a deal on a scale of one to ten? Adam Forrest has been asking the experts:

Boris Johnson urged by the British Jewish Board of Deputies to support post-Brexit protection for refugee children

Boris Johnson is being urged by one of Britain’s largest Jewish organizations and senior conservatives to endorse proposals guaranteeing unaccompanied refugee children in Europe the right to family reunification in the UK after it expires. the transition period.

It comes after the government’s flagship post-Brexit immigration bill suffered a series of defeats in the House of Lords, and its peers passed several amendments, including a proposal by Lord Alf Dubs on safeguards for those fleeing the persecution.

The government will find it ‘difficult’ to appoint BBC president without the approval of the deputies

It would be “difficult” for the government to appoint a new BBC president without the approval of the deputies, the outgoing head said.

Sir David Clementi, who resigned in February, said any candidate would have to appear before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee.

“It would be nice to have a president who was really interested in broadcasting and content,” he said.

“I find that a lot of people I talk to, with very strong views on the BBC, don’t actually spend a lot of time with the BBC.

“They wake up with Today and go to bed with Newsnight, but they don’t see much in between.”

Sir David added: “Regardless of your background, whatever your personal policy, they should leave that at the door.”

Boris Johnson Still Refusing to Restart Brexit Negotiations Despite Failure of the Clock

Brexit negotiators remained withdrawn on Tuesday, despite the ticking of the clock and a new offer from the European Commission to restart the collapsed talks.

The UK rejected Brussels’ proposals for further discussions in London this week after Boris Johnson accused the EU of being too harsh and demanded a “fundamental change of approach”.

Gove and Johnson express ‘hope’ for successful transition to Brexit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove have expressed their hopes for a successful Brexit transition period after speaking with 250 business leaders on Tuesday.

With the UK insisting that it might need to leave the bloc on “Australian-style” trade terms, rather than a broader deal, Johnson insisted the UK would prosper outside the EU.

The Prime Minister said: “Our job is to create the platform for dynamic companies like yours to compete and grow. But it is vital that everyone on this call takes seriously the need to prepare, because whatever happens, be it Canada or Australia: there will be a change.

“There is a great opportunity for this country and we want to help all of them seize that opportunity.”

Mr Gove said: “I am very grateful for the efforts that so many companies have made over the course of this year, both to help us deal with the Covid crisis and to prepare for the end of the transition period.”

“We know that this December 31st we will leave the customs union and the single market no matter what. It is in the law, and it is a fact that the EU and the United Kingdom accept as property, and that means that we must make sure that we are prepared “. . “

When a committee video clip starts to spread on social media, someone is likely on the verge of looking a bit silly.

In this case, Matt Warman, Minister for Digital Infrastructure, was asked about the government’s commitment to roll out fiber- and gigabit-capable broadband to all businesses in the UK by 2025.

Here are the fallout (with a ‘The Thick of It’ reference included for good measure):

The government has ‘taken its foot off the pedal’ to tackle the gender pay gap despite widening the chasm, warns Labor MP

The government has “taken its foot off the pedal” to address the gender pay gap despite the disparity in take-home wages for men and women on the rise, a Labor MP warned.

Stella Creasy, who introduced a bill to parliament on Tuesday that would allow women to ask their employer for data on a male colleague if they suspect they are taking home different wages for doing equivalent work, told The Independent that they lacked “will politics ”Within the government to address the problem.

What is peculiar about being a foreign minister is that his schedule often does not coincide with the immediate priorities of the rest of the government.

So as the Lords beat up the government over the Internal Markets Act, the prime minister grieves with Andy Burnham over funding for Greater Manchester and the Brexit talks continue, Dominic Raab has been talking to his Finnish counterparts about the change. climate.