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What the papers say – January 31

Monday’s papers are led by Boris Johnson’s policy blitz and Brexit bill.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson to try to regain control with Brexit bill and policy blitz

PM hopes to move on from parties scandal with plans to make it easier to scrap EU laws and tackle cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Fears of ‘bonfire’ of EU laws behind parliament’s back under new plans to seize ‘Brexit freedoms’

Move marks the two-year anniversary of UK leaving EU, to cut ‘red tape’ – provoking ridicule, as queues lengthen at Dover

The Independent UK

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Ryder Architecture sees sales jump 25% despite pandemic and Brexit challenges

The Newcastle practice, which has bases around the world, also opened a new office in Manchester last year

Birmingham Post

UK travellers: could the new Brexit rules catch you out?

Holidaymakers with up to 12 months left on a passport could be stopped from taking an EU trip

The Guardian - UK

Brexit: Shoppers face less choice and higher prices as food suppliers ditch UK over new red tape

Some suppliers ‘cannot be bothered to fill in the additional paperwork’ and have decided to stop sending goods to the UK

The Independent UK

Liz Truss says government won’t stop DUP from suspending Brexit checks

Unionist ministers have pledged to halt inspections in Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

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France reissues legal threat over post-Brexit fishing row

Minister Clement Beaune said Paris was ‘not 100% satisfied’ following a wrangle over Channel trawling rights.

The Independent UK

Coin experts issue warning after 'not so rare' Brexit 50p sells for £650 on eBay

10million 'Brexit' fifty-pence-pieces entered circulation on January 31, 2020, after Britain triggered the transition period, marking its first step away from the the European Union

Daily Mirror

50p Brexit coin sells for £650 - and there are millions more in circulation

The special coin has sold for more than a THOUSAND times its original value, due to the message that is inscribed on its front with many more of the Royal Mint special edition out there

Edinburgh Live

National insurance hike not necessary or justified, says former Brexit chief

Lord Frost is the latest senior Tory to call on the Government to abandon the national insurance rise in response to the cost of living crisis.

The Independent UK

Truss and Sefcovic discuss Northern Ireland Brexit row in ‘constructive’ talks

A joint statement said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and the European Commission’s Maros Sefcovic will meet again next week.

The Independent UK

Dover blames queues on spike in freight traffic not Brexit

Frustrated drivers disagree, saying Brexit checks and Covid paperwork were behind delays on port approach

The Guardian - UK

Cadwalladr reports on Arron Banks’ Russia links of huge public interest, court hears

Banks is suing Guardian journalist for defamation over Brexit backer’s ‘covert relationship’ with Russia

The Guardian - UK

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From Brexit ultras to net zero sceptics: what the Tory factions want

A guide to the gripes and wishes, some overlapping, of various parts of the Conservative parliamentary party

The Conversation

Boris Johnson and 'Partygate': he who lives by the Brexit sword, dies by the Brexit sword

Boris Johnson’s time as the United Kingdom’s prime minister is under immediate threat. Johnson, who likes a classical analogy, will know that civil servant Sue Gray’s imminent report into the “Partygate” scandal is the bureaucratic equivalent of the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head.

Wales Online

Partygate: Boris Johnson clings on despite demand to 'in the name of God, go'

Former Brexit secretary David Davis warned Tories the party faces ‘dying a death of 1,000 cuts’ if MPs do not swiftly oust the Prime Minister

The Independent UK

David Davis says Tory party could ‘die death of 1,000 cuts if Boris Johnson stays on as PM’

Tories would be in for a ‘year of agony‘ if PM is not ousted soon, the former Brexit secretary said

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The Independent UK

Partygate: Boris Johnson clings on despite demand to ‘in the name of God, go’

Former Brexit secretary David Davis warned Tories the party faces ‘dying a death of 1,000 cuts’ if MPs do not swiftly oust the Prime Minister.

Evening Standard

Tories warned by David Davis that party faces ‘death of 1,000 cuts’ if Boris Johnson not ousted

Former Brexit secretary told the Prime Minister to quit on Wednesday shortly after one of the party’s newest MPs defected to Labour.

The Independent UK

Tories warned party faces ‘death of 1,000 cuts’ if Johnson not ousted

Former Brexit secretary David Davis told the Prime Minister to quit shortly after one of the party’s newest MPs defected to Labour.

ABC News

Boris Johnson remains defiant vows to fight any no confidence motion as Conservative MP implores him to stand down

Even as his former Brexit minister tells him to resign and a Conservative MP defects to Labour, British PM Boris Johnson maintains he will fight any no confidence motion put forward.

The Conversation

Boris Johnson polling is now so bad that it makes sense for Conservative MPs to get rid of him

Things just keep getting worse for Boris Johnson. On the same day that one of his MPs defected to the Labour party, former Brexit minister David Davis stood up in parliament to call for Johnson’s resignation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK’s Johnson Defies Calls to Quit as Ouster Bid Gathers Pace

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied calls to resign in a feisty performance Wednesday in Parliament — but it may be too little to prevent a push by his Conservative Party's lawmakers to oust him over a series of lockdown-flouting government parties. Pressure on the prime minister grew as one…

The Guardian - UK

Arron Banks may have been ‘used and exploited’ by Russia, court hears

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr gives evidence as she defends her reporting on multimillionaire Brexit backer

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