Tag: Andrea Leadsom

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Countdown week for PM May; leader of the House resigns unconvinced of fourth Brexit deal proposal

  

  Prominent Brexit supporter Andrea Leadsom resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Wednesday, piling pressure on the British leader after a new Brexit gambit backfired and fuelled calls for her to quit.

• Friday, May 11th 2018 - 06:00 UTC

  “Lords should not undermine the will of the majority” that voted for Brexit

  

  Peers should not undermine the will of those who voted Brexit, a senior minister has said after the UK Government suffered 14 defeats over key legislation. Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said the Lords has made significant improvements to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which transfers EU law into UK law, linked to devolution.

• Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 23:36 UTC

  “Increasingly likely” Sterling would drop further in the event of a Leave vote, warns Bank of England

  

  The Bank of England has warned that uncertainty about the EU referendum is the “largest immediate risk” facing global financial markets. The bank said there were “risks of adverse spillovers to the global economy” from the 23 June vote and it was “increasingly likely” that sterling would fall further - perhaps sharply - in the event of a leave vote, the Bank added.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  Senior UK banker admits conspiring to defraud by manipulating the Libor rate

  

  A senior banker from a UK bank has admitted conspiring to defraud over manipulating the Libor lending rate. The banker, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is the first person in the UK to plead guilty to the offence.