Lib Dems introduce no confidence legislation to solve Brexit impasse

Today Liberal Democrat Brexit Spokesperson, Tom Brake MP, will present a bill which would require the Prime Minister to resign should the House of Commons pass a motion of no confidence in her.

Speaking ahead of the Bill’s presentation, Tom Brake said:

As the Prime Minister continues to ignore Parliament’s rejection of her deal, it becomes increasingly clear how blinkered she has become.

With rumours of a fourth vote on the Prime Minister’s deal and no commitment from May that she will respect the indicative votes this week, it becomes clear that the House of Commons need increased powers to get us out of the Brexit impasse.

If the Prime Minister won’t listen to MPs, then MPs will need the power to ensure we have a leader in our country who does. The only credible way out of this mess is a People’s Vote, and I am introducing this Bill to try and ensure this becomes a reality.

Lib Dems: Tories failing to enforce national living wage

Responding to the research from the Living Wage Foundation showing that a worker on the Government’s new ‘national living wage’ would earn an annual salary worth £1,540.50 a year less than the real living wage, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson said:

If you are in work, you should be earning enough to live on.

It is unacceptable that more and more workers are struggling to make ends meet as the ‘national living wage’ set by this Conservative Government falls even further behind the real living wage.

The Government is also failing to properly enforce the minimum wage. It is so consumed by Brexit that since last July there has been no naming and shaming of employers that haven’t paid the minimum wage.

We haven’t even left the European Union and the Tory Government are already failing workers. Any suggestion that our hard-won employment rights will be safe if we leave the EU is clearly nonsense.