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Brexit update: Vote on Theresa May's deal set for next week

MPs are set to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Tuesday 15 January after it was postponed last month. Theresa May cancelled Parliament’s vote on her EU Withdrawal Agreement in December just a day before it was set to go ahead due to “deep and widespread concern” over the Northern Ireland backstop. 200 MPs have signed a letter to the PM...

Fashion

MPs scold Missguided CEO for missing sustainability enquiry

MPs have criticised Missguided CEO Nitin Passi after he failed to attend a government-led enquiry into the sustainability of the UK fashion industry. Earlier this month, the chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Mary Creagh, wrote to the five leading online-only retailers - Asos, Amazon, Boohoo, Missguided, and PrettyLittleThing - to...