Around 160 requests a day were made in late 2017 to access pornography websites from computers within the Houses of Parliament, Britain’s Press Association (PA) reported on Monday. A total of 24,473 attempts were made since last June’s general election from devices connected to the parliamentary network, according to data obtained by a PA Freedom …
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January 8, 2018Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday granted royal assent to the Brexit bill, giving Prime Minister Theresa May the legal power to start negotiations with the European Union. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow announced that the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill was signed by the Queen after it was cleared by both chambers …
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March 16, 2017British finance minister Philip Hammond unveils his latest tax and spend plans on Wednesday in a budget expected to exude caution as the country prepares to trigger Brexit. Nicknamed "Spreadsheet Phil", Hammond's first budget statement last November was viewed as rather uninspiring by the British media and financial analysts. And the chancellor of the exchequer, …
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March 8, 2017British finance minister Philip Hammond unveils his latest tax and spend plans on Wednesday in a budget expected to exude caution as the country prepares to trigger Brexit. Nicknamed "Spreadsheet Phil", Hammond's first budget statement last November was viewed as rather uninspiring by the British media and financial analysts. And the chancellor of the exchequer, …
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March 8, 2017