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15 Jan

We’re deeply concerned about the government’s plans to cut workers’ rights enshrined in EU law, including the 48-hour working week. A thread. 1/

@KwasiKwarteng

Everything you need to know is in the Cabinet. In 2018 new business secretary @KwasiKwarteng co-authored a pamphlet with @DominicRaab @pritipatel & @trussliz arguing that Brits were “among the worst idlers in the world.” 2/
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Titled 'Britannia Unchained', the pamphlet argued for tearing up rules which protect workers and the environment, Euroscepticism, and lower tax rate; saying that the UK’s culture “rewards laziness” and that “too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work”. 3/

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12 Jan

With Covid raging across the country, important issues are sliding down the news agenda. So let’s talk about scrutiny: a thread. 1/

@Keir_Starmer

First up: freedom of movement (FoM). Less than a year ago, Labour leader @Keir_Starmer said he would ‘bring back, argue for, challenge’ the elimination of EU FoM. As made clear on #Marr, that position has now changed. 2/ mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Without an opposition ‘arguing for’ FoM, the Govt has carte blanche to make UK workers the least competitive in Europe. And, whether or not you think supporting FoM is an electable position (as internationalists, we do), restricting immigration will hurt our economy. 3/

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6 Jan

@SamuelMarcLowe

In today's Future Relationship with the EU Committee, the future of financial services was of key concern. From @SamuelMarcLowe: "My view earlier in the year was that if there was a deal it would increase the likelihood of financial services equivalence being granted..." 1/

@SamuelMarcLowe

"But that doesn’t seem to be the case. I believe the EU will grant [equivalence] in areas where it is beneficial for it to, but otherwise it's not in the mood to grant access to the UK above what it usually grants to 3rd countries." @SamuelMarcLowe 2/

@SamuelMarcLowe

"My view is that in the long run the EU’s aim is to have all customer-facing financial operations targeted towards EU customers to be based in the EU. This is going to be a slow leakage of economic activity that would otherwise take place in the UK." @SamuelMarcLowe 3/

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6 Jan

@CSBarnard24

At today's Future Relationship with the European Union Committee - we're hearing from @CSBarnard24 that the deal has a slightly "alice in wonderland quality" about it - nothing really appears quite as it first looks. If you compare to what we had until 1 Jan, it falls short. 1/

@CSBarnard24

For example, there's a statement that the dispute resolution mechanisms doesn’t apply, but if you plough on until the end you see that some chunks of the DSM are actually incorporated over non-regression provisions. @CSBarnard24 2/

@SamuelMarcLowe

From @SamuelMarcLowe: "the premise of this agreement [is] to remove tariffs & do v little to remove barriers to trade and services. If you’re prioritising the economic status quo and economic integration with Europe then of course this deal is going to disappoint you." 3/

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31 Dec 20

⭐️ What We Learned ⭐️

1: 2020, a thread. Like everyone, B4B faced countless curve-balls in 2020. Here are some things we learned, that helped us increase our influence in the toughest year we have lived through /

2: Act quickly: As Covid fears grew, we had a contingency plan ready by March 2, long before lockdown was a threat. By March 12, work from home was a thing, and on March 15 we closed the office completely /

3: Put the team first: In a crisis, you need the team more than ever. We got our staff from overseas back home early, trialled work-from-home early, put health (inc mental health) and working policies in place early, so everyone was clear what was happening /

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30 Dec 20

MPs are now debating the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill.

You can see what's happening as if you were in the House of Commons using the new annunciator website: now.parliament.uk

(We appreciate this is possibly for political geeks only)

SNP amendment defeated ayes 60 noes 362

The House of Commons has approved the programme motion for the EU (Future Relationship) bill - the debate will conclude at 2:30pm

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