Source: www.theguardian.com - Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Labour’s national executive committee meeting to decide the party’s manifesto pledge on a second referendum for the European elections 10.02am BST An additional 12 Labour MEP candidates have signed up to a pledge to campaign for a second Brexit referendum and to campaign for Remain if a public vote is called, the Press Association reports. They bring the total number of signatories to 34 out of the party’s 70 candidates across Britain. The new signatories are: Claude Moraes MEP (London), Alvin Shum (East of England), Clare Penny-Evans (North East), Erica Lewis (North West), Claire Cozler (North West), Emma Turnball (South East), Lubna Arshad (South East), Simon Burgess (South East), Rachael Ward (South East), Eloise Todd (Yorkshire & the Humber), Martin Mayer (Yorkshire & the Humber) and Alison Hume (Yorkshire & the Humber). 9.55am BST Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, was speaking to the Today programme from Africa, where he is currently on a five-day, five-nation tour. This is what he said about his main goal. There is a central purpose [to the visit] which is to change the motor of our relationship with African countries from one based on aid to one based on enterprise and prosperity. I’m a big supporter of the 0.7% [aid] target and there are many African countries where that is desperately needed, like the DRC with its Ebola outbreak. But there
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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Labour’s national executive committee meeting to decide the party’s manifesto pledge on a second referendum for the European elections 10.02am BST An additional 12 Labour MEP candidates have signed up to a pledge to campaign for a second Brexit referendum and to campaign for Remain if a public vote is called, the Press Association reports. They bring the total number of signatories to 34 out of the party’s 70 candidates across Britain. The new signatories are: Claude Moraes MEP (London), Alvin Shum (East of England), Clare Penny-Evans (North East), Erica Lewis (North West), Claire Cozler (North West), Emma Turnball (South East), Lubna Arshad (South East), Simon Burgess (South East), Rachael Ward (South East), Eloise Todd (Yorkshire & the Humber), Martin Mayer (Yorkshire & the Humber) and Alison Hume (Yorkshire & the Humber). 9.55am BST Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, was speaking to the Today programme from Africa, where he is currently on a five-day, five-nation tour. This is what he said about his main goal. There is a central purpose [to the visit] which is to change the motor of our relationship with African countries from one based on aid to one based on enterprise and prosperity. I’m a big supporter of the 0.7% [aid] target and there are many African countries where that is desperately needed, like the DRC with its Ebola outbreak. But there
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