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Legislation which will enable hundreds of people born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory to obtain British citizenship is being scrutinised by MPs in the UK Parliament. The Nationality and Borders Bill, tabled in July in the House of Commo...

A global agreement on minimum corporate tax rates has approved an exclusion for the island’s international insurance industry. Curtis Dickinson, the minister of finance welcomed the carve-out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developm...

Amendments to ensure that sitting Members of Parliament cannot sit on the Casino Gaming Commission were given the green light in the Senate. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the previous legislation had implied that MPs ...

Reforms to help the unemployed find a way back to work were given the green light by the Senate. The Financial Assistance Amendment Act, tabled in the Senate by senator Arianna Hodgson, will introduce the creation of employment plans for the able-bod...

An amendment designed to ban three and four-wheeled vehicles used for guided tours from national parks was backed by the Senate yesterday. The move by Marcus Jones, an Opposition senator, came as the Upper House debated the Motor Car (Liveries) Act, ...

A talk about a “wealth tax” to help pay for the devastation caused by Covid-19 was one of the events attended by the Opposition leader at the UK Conservative Party conference this week. Cole Simons said it was important to examine how other countries...

The Senate has passed legislation which will allow more long-term residents of the island to obtain permanent residency. The amendments opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unmarried parents of Bermudian children who have...

Higher mandatory health insurance premiums were approved by the Upper House yesterday. Senators approved the Health Insurance Amendment Act introduced to the chamber by Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister. Marcus Jones, an Opposition senator,...

Bermuda’s environment got extra protection from imported pests after senators approved new legislation yesterday. The Invasive Alien Species Act was designed to combat the importation, breeding, sale and intentional cultivation of problem plants and...

Frontline professionals should be forced to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Opposition said yesterday. Scott Pearman, the acting leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, said that the Government’s campaign was “not working” and appealed for to...