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But UK government insists end of transition period on December 31 "enshrined in law".
Dominic Raab says move will last for an "initial period" of 30-days as part of measures to fight outbreak of coronavirus.
Chancellor says UK government will be "always guided by the science".
Health minister Nadine Dorries has become the first MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus, and is now self-isolating after meetings at Westminster and Downing Street last week. Ahead of the budget announcement, the UK government has pledged to dedicate extra financial support to tackling the impact of Covid-19. Elsewhere, nearly 60 universities in the US have closed down to combat the spread of the virus, and Italy continues to enforce an unprecedented national lockdown.
The approval of the new power station contradicts the government's own planning authority, and is estimated to create 400% more greenhouse gas emissions than if it was not built at all.
Robert Jenrick pledges to "take the fight to the anti-Semites".
The UK government will make a donation of £1m to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation to help them preserve the site, writes communities secretary Robert Jenrick.
After three long years, two elections and a fractured country in its wake, the Withdrawal Agreement Bill has been backed by MPs and the UK is set to leave the EU on 31 January 2020 if it passes further votes. The bill also lays out the terms of the transition period in which the UK government with negotiate its future relationship with the European Union, which will end in December 2020.
Money can’t buy you love, but when you have neither the challenges are boundless. Now those who have suffered because of austerity are trying to change the system.
UK could leave without a deal in December 2020, Boris Johnson confirms.