UK MPs Back Plans For 8 June Poll
A UK general election will be held on 8 June after MPs backed Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap poll. The House of Commons backed the PM by a margin of 522 votes to 13, above the...
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SNP MPs To Abstain In Commons Vote
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have already said they support the move. SNP MPs will abstain in the House of Commons vote on whether there should be a snap general election, the party's leader at...
May Says It Strengthens Brexit Hand
General election 2017: May says it strengthens Brexit hand The move is set to be authorised by MPs in the House of Commons later. A snap general election will help the UK make a success of Brexit and...
UK MPs Ready To Approve Snap Poll On 8 June
Theresa May’s plan for a snap general election on 8 June is set to be authorised by MPs later. The early poll is expected to secure the two-thirds Commons majority it requires to go ahead, with...
Apologies To Oppong Nkrumah Over ”increment In Transport Fares Unfortunate and Unfair’ Publication
Rainbowradioonline.com has taken note of a concern raised by the Deputy Minister of Information and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah over a story published some few weeks...
Theresa May To Seek Snap Election
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced plans to call a snap general election on 8 June. She said Britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum. Explaining...
Thousands On 50p-A-Week Housing Benefit
More than 7,500 households have lost their housing benefit and instead receive a nominal 50p a week because of the welfare cap, the BBC has found. A Panorama survey of hundreds of councils shows at...
Brexit Committee Warns of Impact of No Deal Being Reached
MPs have warned about the risks of the UK and EU failing to reach a Brexit trading agreement, urging ministers to work out how much "no deal" would cost. The Brexit committee said Theresa May's claim...
NHS Tax Plan From Former Health Secretary Alex Neil
Former health secretary Alex Neil has said a separate "health tax" should be introduced in Scotland to pay for essential improvements to the NHS. The proposal was one of the recommendations in a...
Chancellor Hammond Leading UK Trade Mission To India
Chancellor Philip Hammond will lead a business delegation to India next week to drum up trade as the UK begins the process of leaving the EU. He will be joined by international trade minister Mark...
I Apologised Out of Respect – Ayariga
Bawku Central MP Mahama Ayarga has said he apologised to parliament out of respect for his colleague members, even though he disagrees with the outcome of the Ghartey committee report. According to...
Britain Ready To Make Concessions In EU Talks, Finance Minister Says
British Finance Minister Philip Hammond said Wednesday that Britain would need to be ready to make concessions during the lengthy negotiations that will precede Britain officially leaving the bloc....
Age Is Not Important In Governance, Experience Is – Tony Blair
Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair has shot down arguments that Africa needs to set a limit to the term of office for its leaders and determine the age range at which people can become...
Brexit As An Opportunity For Africa?
As British Prime Minister Theresa May is slated to trigger formal Brexit talks, African nations are gearing up for negotiations of their own. But it's not all doom and gloom since Brexit could work...
Sturgeon and May Fail To Break Impasse On Scottish Independence Vote
The leaders of Britain and Scotland met for talks Monday, but failed to resolve their differences over a new push for Scottish independence as the U. K. prepares to leave the European Union. U.K....
Gov’t Budget Estimates Inconsistent
The Minority in Parliament has accused government of shortchanging Ghanaians in the implementation of its campaign promises. According to the Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson,...
NDC Shoots Down Kwesi Botchwey As Party Leaders Tears Each Other Apart
The lockdown orders given by the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, to ensure sanity in the party after its humiliating defeat in the 2016 polls, has...
Shooting At UK Parliament
A police officer has been stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. Commons Leader David Lidington told MPs the “alleged assailant...
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness Dies Aged 66
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister, has died aged 66. It is understood he had been suffering from a rare heart condition. The former IRA leader turned...
Veteran Northern Irish Politician Martin McGuinness Dies Aged 66
Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister, died Tuesday of a rare health disease. He was 66. A key figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, McGuinness had been...