Theresa May has ordered the Conservative party’s chief whip to suspend an MP who allegedly used the 'N-word' at an event during a discussion about Brexit.
Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot in Devon, reportedly said sorry for causing offence with her use of the word, after a string of opposition politicians accused her of racism.
However, the prime minister decided to suspend the whip from Morris after saying the remarks were shocking and unacceptable.
Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, called in a tweet for the prime minister to take disciplinary action. She said, “I'm absolutely appalled by this. I assume PM will take appropriate action?”
Whether Theresa May’s attempt to relaunch her premeirship will work is anyone’s guess, but her unlikely appeal to Labour and other parties to “come forward with your own views and ideas” is at least an acknowledgement that the embattled prime minister will need help to deliver Brexit.
However her offer to give EU citizens in the UK "settled status" after Brexit has been described as being "far short of what citizens are entitled to".
MEPs, including European Parliament chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt sais the proposal is a "damp squib".
Cabinet Office minister Damian Green said the "basic rights" of EU citizens living in the UK would be "preserved".
He urged Mr Verhofstadt to "read our proposal", which the UK government insists would allow about three million EU citizens to stay on the same basis as now. EU migrants who had lived in the UK for five years would be granted access to health, education and other benefits.
But the prime minister's proposals would be dependent on EU states guaranteeing Britons the same rights.The leaders of the four political groups who have signed the joint letter account for two-thirds of the votes in the European Parliament.
