News Flashcards

Question

Current ni parliament structure

Answer 1

27 sinn fein, 24 dup, alliance. 17, up 9 and officla opposition sdlp with 7

Answer 2

Agreed to protect confidential jorunalistic matterail collected in bulk date collected through hacking devices Legal challenge achieved this Aa

Answer 3

Hunting act 2004- hol postpone by a year and so passed a year later

Answer 4

128 times 2021- 22

Answer 5

Truned back on [promise to cancel student tuition fees

Answer 6

2021 chesham and amersham by election protest against hs2

Answer 7

62 in july 2022 crisis

Answer 8

Coughlan v minister for cabinet office 2022- sc cabinet office does have authority for pilot schemes voter id

Answer 9

More than 100mps earned over 10k a year as landlords 83 tories 18 lab Renters refrom bill

Answer 10

Critical mass In l=over 300 cities Draw attention as to how unfriendly city is to ccling- london apr 2024 Not formalised more social movement in meetinga t area

Answer 11

Furlough scheme covid both tuc and cbi consulted

Answer 12

20% between march and April

Answer 13

2024 greens and snp coalition broke down

Answer 14

Collapse np green coalition apr 2024 Hamza yousef resign Yousef wanted to reduce climate targets- greens unhappy, kicked them out Labour and con party both tabled confidence motion- believes will loose

Answer 15

Gaza protests in uni uk- oxford cambridge Participation- infomral

Answer 16

-electoral system -london mayor 40%, low turnout for important position, from sv -minor parties- council elections -greens won record number- 181 -workers party of britain- 4 -reform uk- 2 -wep- 1 But just local elections, when people want togive message unhapppu with them

Answer 17

May 2024 Reform- won 17% vote Con- won 17.5% Blackpool osuth by election But by election-

Answer 18

Ms Elphicke defected to labour Mp for dover and disagree with immigration policy

Answer 19

40bb Criminalised homelessness Inc sir ian duncan smith

Answer 20

Welsh la and plaid cymru collapsed as plaid cymru pulled out as first minister failedt o pay back 200k donation to his leadership campaign from a company convicted of envrionmetal offences0 lack of judgement

Answer 21

Mps back bill that woudl see death by dangerous cycling to become a law

Answer 22

Yougov poll may 2024 14% unaware voter id needed

Answer 23

- Can vote in the issle of man- 55% 2006, 46% 2016- overall decreased But 75% 16 and 17yo truned out for scottish independence referendum

Answer 24

Post office and horizon palriament inquiry Previously investigated by teh beis (business and trade comm) comm and the jsutice committee

Answer 25

Sara champion Child safety bill 2015 Ammendment put in by minister in diff legal framwork but credited her

Answer 26

Safety of rwadna (asylum and immigration bill) passed parliamenyt, ignored hol ammendments Bishops of Chelmsford and Derby both voted in favour of an amendment from Lord Anderson on determining safety. This required the Government to consult with the Independent Monitoring Committee in future; if the Committee did not agree that Rwanda was safe, the country would be deemed not to be so. It was passed by 240 to 211. MPs rejected the amendment 312 to 237, however, and the Bill was passed unamended. Lords spiritual repetedly ammend, how safety of rwanda determined and modern slavery victims protected

Answer 27

Rayner call sunak a pint size loser

Answer 28

European research gorup euroskeptics asked to con on brexit

Answer 29

May 2019 gavin williamson sacked as defence secretary by theresa may after pm believed he was the source of a leak from. A nat security councl meeting, disputed but reisgned anyway

Answer 30

Kier starmer in scotland- green energy projects in scotland- where hq of great british energy, snp and con cost jobs whilst greens not far enough But sunak said that punish fly tippers by add poits to driving licences

Answer 31

Vaughan gething motion no confidence- issued by welsh con, largest opposition party, over controversial 200k donation to leadershp campaign from a amn convicted of environ offences

Answer 32

The Liberal Democrats have said they would increase taxes on social media giants and companies like Amazon and Google to fund mental health professionals for all England's state schools, if they win the general election. The new workforce would be paid for by tripling the amount such companies pay in what is known as the Digital Services Tax.

Answer 33

Lab con and lib dem pledge not raise vat

Answer 34

The Conservatives have promised to raise the tax-free pension allowance via a "Triple Lock Plus" if they win the general election. Under the plans, the personal allowance for pensioners will increase at least 2.5% or in line with the highest of earnings or inflation.

Answer 35

Conservatives plan to force all 18-year-olds to carry out a form of national service if they win the next election. Under the plans, 18-year-olds would be given a choice between joining the military full-time for a year or spending one weekend a month for 12 months volunteering in their community.

Answer 36

Lower voting age 16 supported lib dem

Answer 37

2016-2017 Whether power invoke article 50 (sets out how country can leave ) to start process for uk to leave eyu lay with exec or parliament Parliament did need

News Flashcards

(63 cards)