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As David Davis resigned from his Brexit role, Twitter came alive and it was almost impossible to find anything positive to say about him, so here are a selection of some of the best Tweets on the subject. Enjoy, unless you are David of course.   David Davis. You’re leaving the cabinet. Let’s have a look at your best bits: pic.twitter.com/K4rLwIENhR— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 9, 2018 Brexit always made more sense as a protest position for a rabble of...

The pro-Brexit former housing minister appointed following David Davis’s resignation

A Tory backbencher has revealed that Theresa May could be on her way out after David Davis resigned as the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The Brexit secretary became the fifth cabinet minister to step down in under a year after Amber Rudd, Michael Fallon, Priti Patel and Damian Green vacated their positions. The succession of resignations has raised doubts over May's pledge to run a "strong and stable" government, and has led to rumours that her own position could be...

The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) has exited the cabinet with all attempts to appear united over Brexit in disarray. As reports emerge of Tory plots to oust Theresa May gathering pace, an opinion poll this weekend revealed that the majority of the British public would want a general election if the Conservatives dump their leader for a rival. So with confidence in the Tory leadership dissolving there are calls for a general election barely a...

This Government needs to start thinking of the lives of Britain’s workers – and their families – rather than internal Tory party bickering. GMB, the union for Jaguar Land Rover workers, has responded to the company’s warning they may have to close factories in the wake of a ‘bad’ Brexit. The UK's biggest carmaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, said its "heart and soul is in the UK". But without frictionless trade JLR said its UK £80 billion investment plans...

The Government must urgently reconsider the rollout of Universal Credit (UC) and heed the growing warnings about the damage the policy has caused, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has said. The call follows an intervention by the National Audit Office (NAO), who highlighted a series of inaccuracies made in an address by Esther McVey, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Jordan Marshall, IPSE’s Policy Development Manager, commented: “It’s extremely concerning that the Government continues to assert...

Another major business has signalled their fears for a Brexit deal that does not favour the UK. This time it is Jaguar Land Rover who has voiced concerns over the outcome of the UK withdrawal from the EU. The company is the UK’s largest carmaker and claim a Brexit deal could threaten £80bn investment plans for the UK, and may close factories, putting thousands of jobs at risk. Last year, the company made more than 600,000 cars, 20% of which...

In an unprecedented intervention, the National Audit Office (NAO) has accused a government minister of making false statements to MPs to downplay failings of a flagship Tory policy. There were calls for Esther McVey to resign after the Auditor General wrote in an open letter to complain that the Work and Pensions Minister had misrepresented their report on the suffering and cost of the government’s Universal Credit scheme. In April, McVey's Conservative colleague Amber Rudd was forced to resign after...

The Trump administration is forcing children as young as 3 years old to represent themselves in immigration courts, it has been revealed. According to the Texas Tribune immigrant children are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings. The revelation comes as the White House faces a major backlash over separating families at the border. It is believed that some 2,000-plus separated children are being asked to deal with court proceedings as they grapple with the ongoing trauma of being taken...