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European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

My "short" update on the progress of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. This is the legislation that gives Parliament's consent to allow the Government to enact Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, thereby beginning the process of our withdrawal from the EU.

Letter from Rail Minister - Southern Rail Compensation Scheme

Dear Colleague, I am writing to you today further to Chris Grayling’s letter of 2 December 2016, where Chris announced that tens of thousands of Southern rail passengers are to be repaid the equivalent of a month’s travel for the extraordinary disruption they have suffered. To qualify, customers m

Shoreham Citizen Advice

Last week, I caught up with staff at Citizens Advice based at the Shoreham Centre to hear about changes to their structures in Adur, Worthing and Mid Sussex.

Letter from Sarah Newton, Home Office Minister - Istanbul Convention

Dear Colleague, Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence  against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a key priority for both me, as Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism, an

Herald column February 23rd 2017

This week it is the turn of the House of Lords to start scrutiny of the Brexit Bill and I have never seen the place so packed.

Sky News - Abu Zakariya al Britani - 22-02-2017

A British man said by Islamic State to have detonated a suicide bomb attacking Iraqi forces in Mosul is former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ronald Fiddler. IS named the bomber as Abu Zakariya al Britani, and claimed the vehicle he was in had exploded in Tal Kisum village, south of Mosul. Ronald Fiddler