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Now playing Next United Kingdom Boris Johnson faces judgement of British MPs following critical report Politicians likely to vote later on report which said former Prime Minister should have been suspended from Parliament for 90 days had he not already resigned as an MP 19/06/2023
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Now playing Next world news The UK pledges attack drones and more missiles to Ukraine, but no jets On his European tour aimed at drumming up more military support for his country, President Zelenskyy also obtained aid from France and Germany, but no planes. 16/05/2023
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Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Slippery promise of 'control' steers the UK's radical migration policy Perhaps the real reason we face a permacrisis is that some people benefit from it, including the politicians who like to present complex and nuanced issues in this simplified way – as problems that they can offer to "control", Rob McNeil writes. 07/04/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom Sunak's Brexit deal clears Commons vote despite Tory revolt The House of Commons voted 515-29 to back a key portion of The Windsor Framework, designed to resolve a trade dispute between the UK and Northern Ireland. 22/03/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom Northern Ireland Democratic Unionists will vote against EU trade plan Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says his Democratic Unionist Party will vote against the UK government's new trade plan for Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the EU. 20/03/2023
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