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| Four EU states shun Cameron's benefits plan - politics live | Four EU states shun Cameron's benefits plan - politics live |
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| The BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been told that Britain is to put forward details to give the UK’s supreme court more powers to make it harder the European courts to overturn British laws. | |
| Speaking on the Today programme about the tip off, she said the legally tricky idea would be proposed alongside the deal being negotiated with Brussels as another way of trying to placate Tory Eurosceptic MPs. | |
| Kuenssberg has been told that David Cameron will be “working the phones” to share details of the courts idea with MPs, including Boris Johnson, thought to be flirting with the idea of backing the out campaign. | |
| Sources expect No 10 to start sharing details of Supreme Court sovereignty plan today - | |
| One of the options would be to declare that the UK supreme court vested with powers akin to those of the German constitutional court, which has the right to assess whether legal acts by the EU’s institutions remain within the scope of the powers of the EU. | |
| Nick Watt pointed out Cameron first floated this idea in a speech at Chatham House in November after Johnson had outlined in a private plea to the prime minister to his calls for an assertion of parliamentary sovereignty. | |
| 8.38am GMT | 8.38am GMT |
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| TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said leaving the EU would put at risk workers’ rights such as paid holiday and parental leave. | TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said leaving the EU would put at risk workers’ rights such as paid holiday and parental leave. |
| She urged the EU to provide more jobs and strengthen protection for workers otherwise many will vote to leave, PA reports. | She urged the EU to provide more jobs and strengthen protection for workers otherwise many will vote to leave, PA reports. |
| Ahead of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, she said: “It won’t be politicians or business leaders who decide the referendum. It will be working people and their families. And yet the debate so far has just been about benefits to business. | Ahead of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, she said: “It won’t be politicians or business leaders who decide the referendum. It will be working people and their families. And yet the debate so far has just been about benefits to business. |
| “Leaving the EU would risk lots of the rights at work we all rely on - like paid holidays and breaks, parental leave, health and safety, and equal treatment for part-time workers. | “Leaving the EU would risk lots of the rights at work we all rely on - like paid holidays and breaks, parental leave, health and safety, and equal treatment for part-time workers. |
| “People will only vote to stay in the EU if it offers them more and better jobs, with a stronger voice for workers, and fair growth at its heart. That’s what I’ll be putting to President Juncker today.” | “People will only vote to stay in the EU if it offers them more and better jobs, with a stronger voice for workers, and fair growth at its heart. That’s what I’ll be putting to President Juncker today.” |
| Meanwhile, a Guardian editorial urges Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is due in Brussels, to put his qualms about Europe aside and restate Labour’s position on Europe. | Meanwhile, a Guardian editorial urges Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is due in Brussels, to put his qualms about Europe aside and restate Labour’s position on Europe. |
| Mr Corbyn is by instinct more Eurosceptic than his party. In this respect he is out of step not just with most Labour MPs, but also with most trade unions and most Labour voters. Since becoming leader he has, however, recognised that this is not the issue on which to pick a fight with the party. This has been to his credit and to Labour’s benefit. Now is not the time to change that approach. However much the Conservative party deserves censure for its Europe policy, and the EU merits criticism for its economic failings, from this week on, Europe is not a Tory cause but a national one. | Mr Corbyn is by instinct more Eurosceptic than his party. In this respect he is out of step not just with most Labour MPs, but also with most trade unions and most Labour voters. Since becoming leader he has, however, recognised that this is not the issue on which to pick a fight with the party. This has been to his credit and to Labour’s benefit. Now is not the time to change that approach. However much the Conservative party deserves censure for its Europe policy, and the EU merits criticism for its economic failings, from this week on, Europe is not a Tory cause but a national one. |
| 8.27am GMT | 8.27am GMT |
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| Welcome to Politics live where we will be focusing on the build-up to Thursday’s crucial summit to reform Britain’s relationship with the EU. | Welcome to Politics live where we will be focusing on the build-up to Thursday’s crucial summit to reform Britain’s relationship with the EU. |
| David Cameron is facing fraught final stages to secure a European deal on the eve of summit. | David Cameron is facing fraught final stages to secure a European deal on the eve of summit. |
| The prime minister said he had “extra mile” to go to persuade eastern European leaders to agree to proposed reforms and is also battling to keep his party together as Eurosceptic ministers get ready to speak out. | The prime minister said he had “extra mile” to go to persuade eastern European leaders to agree to proposed reforms and is also battling to keep his party together as Eurosceptic ministers get ready to speak out. |
| Here’s a roundup of how things currently stand: | Here’s a roundup of how things currently stand: |