Tag: Great Britain

• Wednesday, May 30th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  The City has “huge concern” over the Brexit political debate: “services sector forgotten”

  

  The City has “huge concern” over the Brexit political debate being dominated by tariffs and goods rather than the UK’s majority services sector, a shadow minister has said. Labor’s Jonathan Reynolds said that any deal which does not cover services “is clearly a very bad deal for the UK”, noting that there was a “fairly hard ball position being played by the EU”.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels raised Scottish concerns over Brexit

  

  Nicola Sturgeon has raised Scottish concerns over Brexit in a meeting with chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier. The first minister said they held a “constructive and positive discussion” during her trip to Brussels. She said she told Mr Barnier that the Scottish government believed the UK should remain within the customs union and single market after leaving the EU.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Ireland's abortion vote adds to PM May woes and strains relations with Ulster coalition ally

  

  Britain's leaders are facing increasing calls to take action to loosen abortion restrictions in Northern Ireland after the Republic of Ireland's landmark referendum in favor of doing so, but complex political realities may make quick action difficult.

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Brexit talks in Brussels lead to strong exchanges with Chancellor Hammond

  

  Chancellor Philip Hammond has criticized claims from European Union officials that Britain has a “fantasy” approach to Brexit negotiations. Mr Hammond insisted that talks with EU officials were “constructive” after reports from the continent that Britain was being “unrealistic” and little progress made in discussions in recent days.

• Monday, May 21st 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Foreign Secretary honors Argentine fallen during the Falklands conflict in Buenos Aires

  

  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Sunday laid a wreath to honor Argentine soldiers fallen while fighting the British in the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict. Johnson, who is in Buenos Aires for a Group of 20 meeting, visited the Monument of the Fallen Soldiers on Sunday along with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie.

• Monday, May 21st 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  UK and Spain discuss Brexit and Gibraltar in Madrid: “constructive meeting”

  

  Gibraltar was discussed in Madrid on Saturday during a wide-ranging meeting on Brexit between the UK’s Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington, and Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alfonso Dastis. Speaking after the meeting, Mr Lidington expressed confidence that a constructive agreement would be reached on Gibraltar’s post-Brexit relations with Spain and the wider EU.

• Monday, May 21st 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Commons report: “Moscow's Gold: Russian Corruption in the UK”

  

  The UK has been accused of turning a “blind eye” to Russia's “dirty money”, putting national security at risk. The House of Commons foreign affairs committee said London was being used to hide the “corrupt assets” of President Vladimir Putin and his allies.

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Theresa May nominates new Tory peers; government has suffered a series of defeats in House of Lords

  

  Downing Street has nominated nine new Conservative peers, including a number of former ministers, to sit in the House of Lords. Among those put forward for a peerage are former communities secretary Sir Eric Pickles and former trade and industry secretary Peter Lilley.

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  Harry and Meghan marriage: keeping the pomp but a new chapter for the monarchy

  

  Britain’s Prince Harry weds US former actress Meghan Markle on Saturday in a pomp-filled ceremony at Windsor Castle, a globally-watched event overshadowed in the build-up by her fractious family’s feuding.

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Falklands celebrates birth of Prince Louis donating £5,000 to the Royal Foundation

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has announced that on 3 May 2018, £5,000 was donated to the Royal Foundation in celebration of the birth of His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.