British MPs

Prime Minister's Questions: 27 February 2019

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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MPs put questions to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Key Points: 
  • Conservative Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) asked about access to Emergency Services in rural areas.
  • Conservative MP, Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) asked about provisions forbuildings with flammablecladding in his constituency.
  • Conservative MP Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) asked the Prime Minister to confirm that the UK would leave the EU.
  • Conservative MP, Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) asked about Cabinet meetings leaking to the press.

Prime Minister's Questions: 27 February 2019

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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MPs put questions to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Key Points: 
  • Conservative Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) asked about access to Emergency Services in rural areas.
  • Conservative MP, Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) asked about provisions forbuildings with flammablecladding in his constituency.
  • Conservative MP Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) asked the Prime Minister to confirm that the UK would leave the EU.
  • Conservative MP, Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) asked about Cabinet meetings leaking to the press.

Prime Minister sets out dates for Brexit votes

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
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The latest statement from the Prime Minister on Brexit next steps

Key Points: 
  • She said that following the EU Summit in Egypt, she had met with the leaders of every EU state to explain the UK's position.
  • The Prime Minister also announced the publication ofa Government paper on the readiness for no-deal.
  • Prime Minister, Theresa May made three further commitments to the House:
    "First, we will hold a second meaningful vote by Tuesday the12th March at the latest.
  • The PrimeMinister's botched deal provides no certainty or guarantees for the future and was comprehensively rejected by this House.

Churchill Management Group's President, Randy Conner, Ranked #1 in Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors - CA: Los Angeles

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Churchill Management Group's President, Randy Conner, was ranked #1 on Forbes Magazine's recently released list of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors CA: Los Angeles.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Churchill Management Group's President, Randy Conner, was ranked #1 on Forbes Magazine's recently released list of Best-In-State Wealth Advisors CA: Los Angeles.
  • In compiling its list, Forbes Magazine evaluated over 25,000 advisors based on industry experience, assets under management, compliance records, and approach to working with clients.
  • "At Churchill Management we believe that close personal attention and a commitment to building wealth over the long term is key to helping clients achieve their personal and financial goals," said Randy Conner, President of Churchill Management Group.
  • *FORBES TOP 250 WEALTH ADVISORS FOR 2018 & FORBES BEST IN STATE WEALTH ADVISORS 2019 ranking is for Randy Conner of Churchill Management Group ("CMG").

Hayley J. Gladstone joins the Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins

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Thursday, February 21, 2019
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CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Hayley J. Gladstone has joined McDonald Hopkins LLC as Counsel in the firm's Executive Compensation and Governance Practice.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Hayley J. Gladstone has joined McDonald Hopkins LLC as Counsel in the firm's Executive Compensation and Governance Practice.
  • Based in the firm's growing Chicago office, Gladstone brings nine years of executive compensation and employee benefits experience to the group, which advises public and private companies, startups, entrepreneurs and executives across a variety of industries.
  • Gladstone also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations, graduating cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Founded in 1930, McDonald Hopkins is a business advisory and advocacy law firm with locations in Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Miami, and West Palm Beach.

Wide reforms needed to secure future for high streets and town centres

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Thursday, February 21, 2019
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Wide reforms needed to secure thriving future for high streets and town centres in face of changing consumer behaviour

Key Points: 
  • High streets and town centres must adapt, transform and find a new focus in order to survive
    Business rates are stacking the odds against high street retailers.
  • Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Clive Betts MP commented:
    In recent years, high streets and town centres have faced extremely challenging times.
  • Dated planning policy must be reformed to reflect the needs of modern high streets and town centres.
  • At a local and national level, government must create a framework that allows high streets and town centres to thrive.

Opposition questions Government on legally binding backstop changes

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Shadow Solicitor General asks question in the Commons

Key Points: 
  • Shadow Security Minister and Shadow Solicitor General, Nick Thomas-Symonds, asked an urgent question on legally binding changes to the Northern Irelandbackstop arrangement.
  • The backstop also provides for a UK-wide customs union with the EU, covering all goods (except for fish).
  • This is controversial with some MPs and the House of Commons voted in January for the Government to consider 'alternative arrangements' to the backstop.
  • The Solicitor General at the Attorney General's Office, Robert Buckland, responded to the question and stated:
    "..On the 12th February, the Prime Minister set out ways in which legally binding changes to the backstop could be achieved.

Speaker pays tribute following the death of MP Paul Flynn

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Newport West MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84

Key Points: 
  • The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has made a statement following the death of Paul Flynn, the Labour MP for Newport West.
  • Flynn was a Member of Parliament for over thirty years, having first been elected in the 1987 General Election.
  • In this time, he sat on many different select committees and was a Shadow Health Spokesperson from 1988 to 1989.
  • Paul will be greatly missed by his wife of the last 34 years, Sam, and by the wider family.

Speaker pays tribute following the death of MP Paul Flynn

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Newport West MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84

Key Points: 
  • The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has made a statement following the death of Paul Flynn, the Labour MP for Newport West.
  • Flynn was a Member of Parliament for over thirty years, having first been elected in the 1987 General Election.
  • In this time, he sat on many different select committees and was a Shadow Health Spokesperson from 1988 to 1989.
  • Paul will be greatly missed by his wife of the last 34 years, Sam, and by the wider family.

Shadow Trade Secretary asks about replicating agreements after Brexit

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Thursday, February 14, 2019
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Barry Gardiner pushes the Government on trade agreements

Key Points: 
  • Shadow International Trade Secretary, Barry Gardiner, asked the Government an urgent question on the progress the UK has made in replicatingtrade agreements between the UK and those countries with whom the EU has a trade agreement.
  • The Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr Liam Fox, responded to the question and stated that"As a Memberof the EU the UK currently participates in around 43 trade agreements withover 70 countries."
  • The Trade Secretary confirmed agreements hadbeen made with a number of countries and further such agreements would be made leading up to Brexit.
  • Shadow International Trade Secretary, Barry Gardiner,replied to the Secretary and commented on a 'risk matrix' document which was leaked in the media.He went on to say that the"Department for International Trade looks as if it has inadequate resources, focussed on the wrongpriorities set by incompetentMinisters."