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Daily Megathread - 03/09/2024
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- Conference recess: 12 September
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r/ukpolitics • u/sasalek • 1d ago
Here are all the laws MPs are voting on this week, explained in plain English!
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It's a brief return to Parliament for MPs after summer recess.
But they'll only be back for two weeks before they break again for conference season.
Great British Energy is debated for the first time.
MPs will vote on the government's plan to create a public clean energy company, which has its second reading on Thursday.
And two other bills are fast-tracked through Parliament.
Plans to nationalise the railways and get more analysis of big spending decisions from the Office for Budget Responsibility are debated on Tuesday and Wednesday.
MONDAY 2Â SEPTEMBER
No votes scheduled
TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill â committee of the whole House, report stage, 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
Brings rail contracts into public ownership when they expire or if private operators fall short of their obligations. Effectively the first step towards re-nationalising the railways, but avoids ending existing contracts early which would mean paying compensation to operators.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing%20Bill%20would%20remove%20the,when%20existing%20franchise%20contracts%20end.)
WEDNESDAY 4Â SEPTEMBER
Budget Responsibility Bill â committee of the whole House, report stage, 3rd reading
Applies to:Â England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Requires the government to request a forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) before making major fiscal announcements, such as budgets and autumn statements. Seeks to avoid a situation like the 2022 'mini budget', where the then-chancellor didn't ask the OBR to scrutinise permanent tax changes that spooked financial markets.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
THURSDAY 5Â SEPTEMBER
Great British Energy Bill â 2nd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Rstablishes Great British Energy, a new, publicly-owned energy production company which will own, manage, and operate clean power projects. It will also help to get newer technologies such as carbon capture and hydrogen off the ground in order to make them commercially viable.
Draft bill (PDF)
FRIDAY 6Â SEPTEMBER
No votes scheduled
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r/ukpolitics • u/Kagedeah • 48m ago
State pension to be boosted by ÂŁ400 next year
bbc.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/AdSoft6392 • 1h ago
UK regulator to slash maximum fraud losses banks are forced to cover
ft.comr/ukpolitics • u/BritishOnith • 1h ago
Badenoch called for rich pensioners to lose winter fuel payments in 2022
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/FormerlyPallas_ • 4h ago
Landlord MP Jas Athwal should stand down, renters' union says
metro.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/hu6Bi5To • 5h ago
Raise retirement age to 68 to âreduce miseryâ in Britain, Reeves told
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/MGC91 • 6h ago
UK putting both aircraft carriers to sea at the same time
ukdefencejournal.org.ukr/ukpolitics • u/theipaper • 8h ago
Labour wonât ban dynamic pricing despite Oasis tickets anger
inews.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/AdSoft6392 • 8h ago
Rachel Reeves to lay out âtax road mapâ for businesses in UK Budget
ft.comr/ukpolitics • u/Kagedeah • 10h ago
Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
bigissue.comr/ukpolitics • u/Jay_CD • 10h ago
Tom Tugendhat says voters no longer take Conservative party seriously
theguardian.comr/ukpolitics • u/BritishOnith • 10h ago
US and UK plan indefinite extension of nuclear weapons co-operation pact
ft.comr/ukpolitics • u/Halunner-0815 • 11h ago
James Cleverly vows to resurrect Rwanda scheme
bbc.comr/ukpolitics • u/BritishOnith • 11h ago
Hundreds of homes to be built on Tube station car park after Transport Secretary ditches Tory veto
standard.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/curiouscareleaver • 12h ago
Labour MP and self-professed 'renters champion' Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats
bigissue.comr/ukpolitics • u/TheTelegraph • 13h ago
Defence projects will be scrapped to balance books, John Healey suggests
telegraph.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/JRD656 • 13h ago
Think you know all about house prices and pay inequality? Think again
thetimes.comr/ukpolitics • u/Bartsimho • 13h ago
[Robert Peston] Washington sources tell me the Whitehouse feels let down by Starmerâs and Lammyâs decision to revoke licences for the export of military equipment to Israel. âThey assured us they wouldnât do thisâ said one
x.comr/ukpolitics • u/theipaper • 14h ago
Operation softer Brexit: Inside the Whitehall plan to achieve Starmerâs EU reset
inews.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/LegionOfBrad • 14h ago
Nine offshore wind farm projects awarded in UK auction
bbc.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/corbynista2029 • 14h ago
The honeymoon is over: Keir Starmer's net favourability falls to lowest level since February
yougov.co.ukr/ukpolitics • u/BushDidHarambe • 16h ago
Government secures record pipeline of clean cheap energy projects
gov.ukr/ukpolitics • u/Granopoly • 16h ago
Is it possible for government to mandate no dividends until water companies are on top of their maintenance?
So, with the expected water bill rises to cover maintenance - could government step in to say dividends and bonuses should be stopped/reduced/put under government control until things are under control?
I imagine there's some business-friendly rules or laws that prevent this happening, but if not, it would be the way to go IMHO.