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Montevideo, May 5th 2024 - 05:35 UTC

Tag: United Kingdom

  • Thursday, August 9th 2018 - 06:38 UTC

    Pound falls below US$ 1.29 for the first time in almost a year

    Bank of England governor Mark Carney said on Friday the chances of a no-deal Brexit were “uncomfortably high”

    The pound has fallen below US$1.29 for the first time in almost a year on continuing worries Britain will leave the EU without a trade deal. Sterling also hit a nine-month low against the euro, and was down against the yen and Swiss franc.

  • Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 09:50 UTC

    UK farmers call to make food security a priority for a post Brexit scenario

    NFU president Minette Batters said government must show farmers and members of the public that our ability to produce food in this country is truly important.

    British farmers have called on the government to make food security a top priority on the day the country’s cupboards would run bare if households relied only on British produce. A long-term decline in self-sufficiency that has stagnated at around 60% in recent years means around three quarters of the shortfall is imported from the rest of the European Union.

  • Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

    UK “bottom of the league” when improving life expectancy

    The UK had the second lowest rate of improvement, with the increase falling from 17.3 weeks per year to 4.2 weeks per year across 2005/10 and 2010/15

    The UK has fallen to the “bottom of the league” when it comes to improving life expectancy, it has been warned. The country experienced one of the biggest slowdowns in increased life expectancy between 2011 and 2016, according to new analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:00 UTC

    “UK is and will remain a tier one military power”, after Brexit, Defense Secretary tells Washington

    “Britain leaving the EU has no impact in terms of the security and defense of Europe,” Mr. Williamson said in a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington

    British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson insisted on Tuesday that Britain's military will not be diminished after it leaves the European Union next year. “Britain leaving the European Union has no impact in terms of the security and defense of Europe,” Mr Williamson said in a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington.

  • Monday, August 6th 2018 - 07:45 UTC

    UK embassy in Uruguay co-organizes major agriculture academic competition

    Hackathon AGRO is an open competition for Uruguay teams of researchers, entrepreneurs and experts in Information Technologies, Agro and Business

    The British Embassy in Montevideo, Cuti, ARU and ANDE are co-organizing the third edition of Hackathon AGRO which will take place at Expo Prado 2018 on 14-16 September. Hackathon AGRO is an open competition for Uruguayan teams made up of researchers, entrepreneurs and experts in Information Technologies, Agro and Business.

  • Monday, August 6th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

    Brexit deal chances are “60 to 40”; Liam Fox blames EC intransigence

    Mr Fox told the paper that he had not thought the likelihood of no-deal was higher than 50-50, but the risk had increased

    Liam Fox says the chance of a no-deal Brexit is growing, blaming the “intransigence” of the European Commission. The international trade secretary and Brexiteer put the chance of failing to come to an agreement at “60-40”. He told the Sunday Times that Brussels' chief negotiator had dismissed the UK's Chequers proposals simply because “we have never done it before”.

  • Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:44 UTC

    Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is not a threat to Jewish life in Britain

    In an article for The Guardian Corbyn said anti-Semitism was a “real problem” that Labour was “working to overcome”

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said “people who dish out anti-Semitic poison need to understand: you do not do it in my name”. In an article for The Guardian he said anti-Semitism was a “real problem” that Labour was “working to overcome”. But he did not give in to demands to adopt all the examples of anti-Semitism cited by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).

  • Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:04 UTC

    The possibility of a “no deal Brexit is uncomfortably high”, wars Carney

    “People will have things to worry about in a no deal Brexit, which is still a relatively unlikely possibility but it is a possibility”, Carney said

    Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday Britain faces an “uncomfortably high” risk of leaving the European Union with no deal, comments that drove sterling to an 11-day low against the dollar.

  • Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:48 UTC

    Leading business group complains of “information void” on Brexit

    Stephen Martin, director-general of the IoD, said it was difficult to blame companies that had failed to prepare for the UK's departure

    Companies have been left in the dark over planning for Brexit amid an “information void”, a leading business group has warned. The Institute of Directors has called on the government to speed up guidance on what companies should expect if no deal on leaving the EU is reached.

  • Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 10:03 UTC

    Gibraltar has detailed contingency plans for all levels of Brexit

    A busy day at the Gibraltar frontier with Spain

    The Government of Gibraltar has, since 2016, been preparing for all possible outcomes in relation to the departure of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from the European Union. This is a perfectly sensible thing to do in view of the ongoing UK/EU discussions and the preparations for all eventualities announced by both sides.