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Uplifting Secretary Michael Gove said the government would continue to talk to the EU about the Northern Ireland Protocol, but did not rule out a unilateral UK action to drop inspections.
Mr Gove said: “We will talk to the EU, but nothing is on the table”, adding that it is important that we are “ready to leave”.
Asked about the EU’s threats to start a trade war, Mr Gove told Sky News: “There are some participants who will say certain things. And that’s good, I will not criticize them. Boris and Liz, they are negotiating a duo that I believe in. “
This comes when Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the United Kingdom “will not shy away” from taking action on the Northern Ireland Protocol after Boris Johnson said the situation was “very serious now”.
EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said that “renegotiation is not an option”, but Ms Trus rejected that “current EU proposals fail to properly address the real problems affecting Northern Ireland and in some cases would take us back”.
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The Lib Dem leader was surprised by the lack of focus on the cost of living in the Queen’s speech
Sir Ed Davy said he was surprised that the Queen’s speech had done less to tackle the cost of living crisis after the Conservatives lost hundreds of seats on the council last week.
The leader of Lib Dem told Sky News: “I expected that after the people said during the local election results that they were not satisfied, the government would take some action, but there was nothing about the cost of life.
Sir Ed called on the government to fund VAT cuts through an unforeseen tax on the “super profits” of oil and gas companies.
“When these oil and gas companies make huge profits that they never expected to make, they make huge profits, and it’s fair to ask them to pay the money to help the people who have to pay those bills,” he said.
Asked about the government’s apparent willingness to violate the Northern Ireland Protocol, Sir Ed said it would be an “absolute disaster” for ordinary people.
He added: “So that Michael Gove and Boris Johnson and others can think that the trade war is the right way to deal with the cost of living crisis, the economic crisis, I don’t know which planet they live on.”
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Michael Gove tells people to “calm down” with a scout accent as he rules out an emergency budget
Michael Gove said there would be no emergency budget this summer – insisting the issue was not “not a big deal”, despite the growing cost of living crisis.
In a bizarre interview with the BBC, the cabinet minister used a Liverpool accent to ask people to “calm down” due to the lack of additional financial support before the autumn budget.
There is confusion over Boris Johnson’s remarks that more aid will be revealed in the coming days before the Treasury Department rules out additional short-term financial measures.
“The prime minister has emphasized that we are constantly looking for ideas to alleviate the pressure on people facing incredibly difficult times – but this is not an urgent budget,” Mr Gove told BBC Breakfast.
My colleague Adam Forest has more:
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The Queen’s speech will allow the government to “take advantage” of Brexit opportunities
Raising Secretary Michael Gove said the Queen’s speech would allow the government to “take advantage” of Brexit opportunities.
“There are more than 20 bills that we hope will become law,” Mr Gove said, adding: “There are also measures that ensure that we can enjoy some of the freedoms and flexibility that are beyond the long term. the EU gives us.
“To use, for example, some of the money the government spends on industry to support some of the small and medium-sized enterprises that are the engine room of the economy.
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The cost of living: The leader of Lib Dem wants more VAT cuts
Liberal Democrat leader Edward Davy has said wider VAT cuts will put money back in people’s pockets.
Speaking to Sky News this morning, he said: “A wider reduction in VAT is the way forward, I would not limit it to energy bills.
He added that the two-and-a-half percent VAT rebate “would give the average family an extra £ 600 a year”, as he also proposed doubling the rebate for warm homes.
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The cost of living: Michael Gove says the government is trying to “protect the most vulnerable”
Raising Secretary Michael Gove said the government was taking steps to “protect” the people most vulnerable to the cost of living crisis.
“We are trying to protect those who are most vulnerable. We have already taken steps, such as reducing the municipal tax for people, especially municipal tax groups, who tend to be at the bottom of the income spectrum, but we are also reviewing a number of things we can do for both short. term and long-term.
“For example, in the Queen’s speech yesterday, there are steps we are taking to protect people who rent, both in the private sector and in social homes, to ensure that we can have security and them.
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Shadow Justice Minister criticizes government for inciting “cultural war”
The shadow justice secretary attacked the government for inciting a “cultural war” while criticizing the queen’s speech for not doing more to deal with rising costs.
Labor MP Steve Reed described Tuesday’s speech as “30 or more measures, all very, very small, few focusing on the cost of living crisis”.
He told the government: “They seemed more interested in starting cultural wars because they think the divided country is good for the Conservative Party.
“It was not enough for me to believe that we have such a subtle speech of the queen at a time when the country is facing such a monumental crisis.
Claiming that the economy was “lost to Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson”, Mr Reed called on the government to increase lending and investment.
He said: “If they had kept up the pace we saw in Labor, the Chancellor would have spent £ 30 billion more each year instead of having to go to the people to rob them of their taxes.”
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“Nothing off the table” according to the protocol, Gove says
Michael Gove said the government would continue to talk to the EU about the Northern Ireland Protocol, but did not rule out unilateral action by the United Kingdom to drop inspections.
“We will talk to the EU, but nothing is on the table,” he told Sky News, adding that it was important to be “prepared to leave.”
Asked about the EU’s threats to start a trade war, Mr Gove said: “There are some participants who will say certain things. And that’s good, I will not criticize them. Boris and Liz, they are negotiating a duo that I believe in. “
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Michael Gove says the government is working to tackle the cost of living crisis
The prime minister made his comments in a debate on the Queen’s speech in the Municipalities on Tuesday, leading to proposals that ministers prepare an urgent budget.
However, Mr Gove told Sky News: “There will be no emergency budget. Sometimes the words of a prime minister or a minister are interpreted too much.
“The prime minister is right. We will talk more and do more to help people with the cost of living challenge we are currently facing, but this is not an emergency budget. This is part of the work of the government.
“Last night, the prime minister convened a group of ministers – we were all working on some of the things we could do to help. These policy initiatives will be announced by the various departments in due course when they are finalized.
“This is part of a process for a government that always and everywhere thinks about how we can help and how we can provide support, both short-term and long-term.
Boris Johnson’s claim that ministers will say more “in the coming days” about the help they can give people to deal with the cost of living crisis has been “over-interpreted”, said Community Secretary Michael Gove.
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ICYMI – Reforms in rents and social housing will put an end to damp and dangerous homes, says Michael Gove
The new legislation, announced in the Queen’s speech, will put an end to tenants living in “damp, dangerous and cold homes”, according to the housing secretary.
Tuesday’s schedule for new laws included a tenant reform bill that Michael Gove said was a “new deal” for people hiring in England.
The bill will expand the standard for decent homes to 4.4 million privately rented households in a bid to cope with the conditions facing 21 percent of the sector, which currently lives in homes of unacceptable quality, the Department said. leveling, housing and communities (DLUHC) I said.
My colleague Patrick Daly has more:
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Lib Dem leader says prime minister fails to deal with cost-of-living crisis in queen’s speech
Sir Ed Davy said Boris Johnson had provided “nothing” to tackle the cost of living crisis in the Queen’s speech on Tuesday.
The Lib Dem leader said he was “very disappointed” with the announced policies and attacked Mr Johnson for providing “drama” instead of solutions.
He said: “There are millions of families and retirees who are already really struggling, knowing that it will get worse in the autumn, when energy bills rise again.
“The prime minister literally did not offer anything yesterday.
“The insolence of the prime minister while pushing …
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