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Tag: United Kingdom

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 09:02 UTC

    Senior Tories support PM May and the removal of any plotter cabinet minister

    Mrs. May received the backing of senior backbenchers to remove any ministers who were found to be plotting against her.

    Theresa May has issued a warning to her Cabinet ministers that none of them is “un-sackable”. The Prime Minister’s comment comes after she was forced to upbraid senior colleagues after an outbreak of vicious briefing against Chancellor Philip Hammond.

  • Friday, July 21st 2017 - 08:49 UTC

    Brexit second round with EU ends with “fundamental disagreements”

    Mr. Barnier said the first round of talks had been about organization, this week had been about presentation, and the “third round must be about clarification”.

    The second round of Brexit talks has ended with “fundamental” disagreements remaining between Britain and the European Union on citizens’ rights and a stand-off over the so-called “divorce bill”.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2017 - 23:46 UTC

    Following days of leaks and 'backbiting', Theresa May calls for responsibility from the cabinet

    “There is a need to show strength and unity as a country and that starts around the cabinet table,” the Prime Minister told ministers.

    Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May has urged senior ministers to come together and keep the details of their meetings private in an effort to halt the leaks emanating from government officials. May made the plea Tuesday after a week in which British media has been awash with stories quoting unnamed cabinet sources as well as constant speculation over her leadership.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2017 - 17:04 UTC

    England targeting a “smoke-free generation” by 2022

    The plan is to cut smoking rates among adults to 12% or under by 2022, from 15.5% at present. Smoking among 15-year-olds should also drop from 8% to 3%

    England can become “smoke free”, ministers have said, as they announced plans to cut the number of smokers. Unveiling its new Tobacco Control Plan, the UK Government set out a range of targets aimed at adult smokers, teenagers and pregnant women.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2017 - 16:13 UTC

    The Frigate “Libertad” arrives at Southampton next week

    Frigate ARA Libertad will be calling Southampton, on July 26th.

    On 26th July the Frigate ARA Libertad will arrive at Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Terminal, Eastern Docks, Berth 38, in Southampton, where the Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano will welcome the crew of 27 officers, 187 non-commissioned officers and 61 training officers. In her role as Ambassador of the seas, the vessel carries a message of peace, friendship and a will to build bridges with the world.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2017 - 09:29 UTC

    UK ex top diplomat warns of “disastrous consequences” of Brexit

    Lord Kerr, UK’s ex permanent representative at EU from 1990-95, said that when he drafted Article 50, he thought it would only ever be used by a dictatorial regime

    The author of the European Union’s Article 50 has issued a call for Brexit to be halted, warning that its “disastrous consequences” are becoming clearer every day. Lord Kerr of Kinlochard was among more than 60 prominent figures in Scotland who signed a joint letter warning that Brexit has seriously damaged the UK’s international reputation and calling for a “UK-wide debate about calling a halt to the process”.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2017 - 09:14 UTC

    France's Macron overtakes UK in the league table of global “soft power”

    The future of the UK’s “soft power” will depend on whether Brexit results in the creation of a “global Britain”, as the UK Government hopes

    The election of Emmanuel Macron as president has helped propel France to the top of a league table of global “soft power”, while Britain’s score has decreased partly as a result of Brexit. But despite losing points for government stability, enterprise and favorability measured in worldwide polls, the UK hung on to second slot, thanks to the US tumbling from first to third following the election of Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 22:41 UTC

    UK and London lose ground as preferred destinations for Chinese millionaires

    The survey found around half of those millionaires quizzed were mulling a move abroad. Pollution, education and the falling value of Yuan, were all reasons given.

    The UK has slipped down the list of preferred destinations for Chinese millionaires considering moving overseas, a report suggests. While the US remains the favorite place to settle, Canada now ranks second pushing Britain into third spot.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 11:05 UTC

    UK consumers will no longer suffer surcharges for card payments

    In 2010 alone UK consumers spent £473m on such charges, according to estimates by the Treasury. It follows a directive from the European Union

    British consumers are no longer to be charged extra for paying by debit or credit card, the government has said. From January next year, businesses will not be allowed to add any surcharges for card payments. The worst offenders currently are airlines and food delivery apps, and small businesses which typically add a fee for cards.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 09:18 UTC

    Deeper slowdown for UK economy ahead, anticipate business research centers

    Consumer spending has been a key driver of UK economy, but household spending has come under growing pressure from higher inflation and sluggish wage growth.

    The UK economy is on course for an even deeper slowdown as consumer spending and business investment take a hit from uncertainty surrounding the Brexit negotiations, new research has found. Britain’s GDP is expected to drop from 1.8% growth last year to 1.5% in 2017 and to 1.4% in 2018, according to PwC’s UK Economic Outlook.