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https://t.co/NlZChIIW4S pic.twitter.com/XaKswnqdhE— AIM (@AIM_UK) April 1, 2021“The government’s report on race and ethnic disparities published yesterday is, at best, a massive missed opportunity and from our perspective, it is a gut-punch to many in our community and our society who experience the reality of systemic prejudice on a daily basis,” the report added.“We need to recognise the problems in society and work together to fix them, rather than use carefully worded definitions and narrow
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Ross said: “If it was possible for him to come up north of the border that would be great, but I’m not putting any pressure on him.” He added: “He is also leading the UK effort against a global pandemic and I think people understand in this strange election campaign in terms of the restrictions that we’ve all got to deal with, that it may not be as easy as for the Prime Minister to come.”The move came as Downing Street issued a joint statement from the British and Indian governments cancelling
Holyrood election will again see a majority of MSPs returned who support independence. Her fellow Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has said that in those circumstances, the continued “refusal by the UK to even talk about this would be politically untenable”.
Ian Blackford said “we’ll see you in court” as he claimed the Conservative Government’s legal move to override Holyrood legislation trampled on the rights of children. But Boris Johnson said it a was “complete nonsense” to say that a UK government’s decision to refer two bills passed by Holyrood unanimously to the Supreme Court were political attack.
First Minister to give the go-ahead for a referendum, but Sturgeon said she believes UK Government discussions have moved on.
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Prime Minister and the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will join the campaign trail in a bid to boost the Tories flatline polling.
Boris Johnson has pledged to fix the work permit issue that could impact UK touring musicians and crew members post-Brexit.The PM’s Brexit trade deal, which was passed last December, failed to secure visa-free travel for UK artists and their crew as well as Europe-wide work permits.It is feared that acts will face huge costs for future live tours of the continent, which could prevent rising and developing artists from being able to afford to do so.It is also warned that thousands of jobs and
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Johnson insisted he was “Prime Minister of Scotland as well as the whole of the UK.” Asked about renewing the relationship with devolved leaders he told the Commons Liaison committee: “The role of the Prime Minister of the UK is to be the head of the UK”He added: “I’m very much in favour of the Council of the Isles, for instance, where we come together with representatives across the whole of the British Isles to talk about issues that matter to us.