Tag: Chris Leather

• Wednesday, February 8th 2017 - 10:28 UTC

  British government manages to avoid conditions to the Brexit bill

  

  The British government has seen off an attempt to add conditions to its Brexit bill as a Conservative rebellion was avoided. MPs rejected a bid by Labour's Chris Leslie to force the government to consult Parliament on the deal struck with the EU before it is finalized. It came after ministers pledged that a “meaningful” vote would be offered.

• Monday, October 18th 2010 - 03:53 UTC

  Oxfam: land grabbing and food-price volatility, main challenges to tackle hunger

  

  UN countries began to find common ground on some important and deep-seated problems contributing to global hunger, at a meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome.