The first 100 days.

Early moves on small boat crossings - Yvette Cooper 3 hours ago
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp08vyg436jo

"Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has set out the first steps towards setting up a UK Border Security Command, which the government hopes will reduce small boat crossings in the English Channel.

Work to recruit an "exceptional leader" to head the body will begin on Monday, with the government preparing a bill to create counter-terror powers aimed at tackling organised immigration crime.

The Home Office says the command leader - expected to be appointed within weeks - would draw together work of intelligence agencies, police, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force"

Very early days, they also have to start making connections with safe countries so that those arriving not deemed to be refugees can be returned. And enough officers to carry out the assessments including huge backlog, no easy answers there.

Whitewavemark2

Originally it was £28 billion, but the Tories scuppered that so in February it was reduced to 15 billion - I assume that it remains the same.

The £2.5bn as far as I understand is for investment in green transition in Port Vale - Tata is expected to meet them with similar I think.

Port Talbot?

It will be the first test

Tat seem to be making all the right noises, but these things are never straightforward

Thanks, I really am keeping everything crossed on this one succeeding.

Originally it was £28 billion, but the Tories scuppered that so in February it was reduced to 15 billion - I assume that it remains the same.

The £2.5bn as far as I understand is for investment in green transition in Port Vale - Tata is expected to meet them with similar I think.

I meant the total green infrastructure commitment they had made?

To Tata,? It was £500million.

But the Tories had no plan for investment or growth. That £500 million was just to keep people in jobs if Tata would play ball.

Wyllow3

David49

“Labour has budgeted £2.5bn - but as an investment for green energy/growth, to ensure a quicker transition to the new green technology.”

That’s a drop in the ocean, we have very little renewable industry, the vast majority is imported, we don’t even build our own nuclear power stations, much much more is going to be needed.

that figure is not expected to cover it all!

Private investment is expected, always clear that it was to be a partnerships, and discussions already have been underway.

The CBI supported Labour and Reeves has been busy meeting leaders in finance and business for some time now.

Don't we all want our solar panels and wind turbines made as much as possible in the UK? There are a few firms but this would be a boost both for green energy and jobs.

Do you know how much the Tories had pledged?

France has gone to the left!😃

David49

“Labour has budgeted £2.5bn - but as an investment for green energy/growth, to ensure a quicker transition to the new green technology.”

That’s a drop in the ocean, we have very little renewable industry, the vast majority is imported, we don’t even build our own nuclear power stations, much much more is going to be needed.

that figure is not expected to cover it all!

Private investment is expected, always clear that it was to be a partnerships, and discussions already have been underway.

The CBI supported Labour and Reeves has been busy meeting leaders in finance and business for some time now.

Don't we all want our solar panels and wind turbines made as much as possible in the UK? There are a few firms but this would be a boost both for green energy and jobs.

There's definately a feeling that the grown-ups are back!

Yvette Cooper - Home office

To set a a new border command post within weeks, who will report directly to Cooper.

Cooper has said that there will substantial additional resources.

Cooper is due to speak to the head of Europol this week and will make contact with her European counterparts at the upcoming summit.

David49 yes very true. Scary though. I don’t think there’s enough competence in government to make this work well.

Answering myself, nationalist parties 40% vote share, loyalist parties 43%, Alliance (who I believe have no known position) 15%.

Well.

“Labour has budgeted £2.5bn - but as an investment for green energy/growth, to ensure a quicker transition to the new green technology.”

That’s a drop in the ocean, we have very little renewable industry, the vast majority is imported, we don’t even build our own nuclear power stations, much much more is going to be needed.

The Sinn Fein victory is going to be interesting. They won’t, of course, take their seats in the Commons. That feels to me like a significant proportion of NI voters won’t have anyone there to advocate for them, which seems problematic if you didn’t vote Sinn Fein (I’m assuming those who did are okay with the non-attendance).

And I am also assuming Sinn Fein will start to seriously push for a re-unification referendum before the end of this Parliament, even though Benn said today the conditions weren’t met - I don’t know how many votes Sinn Fein received, off to Google madly, unless anyone knows?

Hilary Benn - Northern Ireland. Met the SF first minister O’Neil.

O’Neil said that she was unhappy at the Tory cuts over recent years.

Benn warned the Irish government that they have consistently received more per capita (25%) than other areas of U.K., and must now begin to look for ways to raise their own funding to fill the gap.

John Healey - Defence minister.

Meeting his counterpart in Ukraine, and other top officials.

He assured them that te U.K. will continue to give strong support to Ukraine.

We need to be looking at our close neighbour esp if France goes right wing today.

Siope

Pleased to see Simon Harris reiterating his expectations of a more productive and positive relationship between Irish and UK governments, and confirming they would support the UK if (as, hopefully) it begins to negotiate a revised agreement with the EU.

Yes so am I . It is due for renewal next year I think, so I expect talks will soon be underway.

I am hoping and expecting closer trade ties, I don’t see how growth can easily happen without these closer ties.

Pleased to see Simon Harris reiterating his expectations of a more productive and positive relationship between Irish and UK governments, and confirming they would support the UK if (as, hopefully) it begins to negotiate a revised agreement with the EU.

That’s really important Whitewavemark2, I just wish we were in control of at least part of the UK steel production instead of it all being at the mercy of Tata. If Port Talbot does close, even temporarily, we will have lost a vital industry.

Wales

Tata Steel.

Jonathan Reynolds The Business secretary is undertaking talks with Tata Steel.

The talks will centre around job loses, which are inevitable as the old technology is replaced with green technology. Reynolds is keen that job loses are managed

The Tories contributed 500 million towards managing the job loses.

Labour has budgeted £2.5bn - but as an investment for green energy/growth, to ensure a quicker transition to the new green technology.

What a sensible set of answers!!