Minister has ‘every confidence’ US will approve Mandelson
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Minister has ‘every confidence’ US will approve Mandelson
Cabinet minister Darren Jones says he has “every confidence” that Lord Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US will be approved by Donald Trump's team.
There were reports in a number of newspapers on Sunday that the Trump administration could be considering not granting approval to Lord Mandelson's new position.
The chief secretary to the Treasury also distances the government from comments made by Sir Sadiq Khan where the Mayor of London warned over 'resurgent fascism' ahead of Trump’s inauguration.
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Sir Sadiq Khan has launched a public consultation on his controversial plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street. The Mayor of London announced the proposal to pedestrianise a 0.7-mile stretch of the popular shopping district in September and has said the plans would “unlock the true potential” of the famous street which had “suffered in recent years”.
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Yvette Cooper says the rules around illegal immigration and people-smuggling haven't been respected "for far too long". The home secretary, who hosted 40 foreign counterparts at the Border Security Summit in London, adds they have agreed "new law enforcement cooperation" and "intelligence sharing" to "go after these vile criminal gangs and tackle this terrible trade in human beings". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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