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Montevideo, October 14th 2026 - 16:42 UTC

Tag: Brexit

  • Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    Shadow Chancellor sets out conditions for Labour's support to a Brexit deal

    John McDonnell said Labour would vote in favor of a Brexit deal that “protects jobs and the economy” but admitted it was “not the way it is at the moment”

    Brexit deal involving a customs union and a “close” relationship with the single market would win a majority in the Commons and have the backing of business, John McDonnell has said. The shadow chancellor said Labour MPs would vote in favor of a Brexit deal that “protects jobs and the economy” but acknowledged that was “not the way it is at the moment” under Theresa May’s strategy.

  • Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 08:49 UTC

    Foreign Office plans major embassy and staff expansion ahead of post-Brexit

    In comments ahead of a speech in London, Jeremy Hunt said Britain would form “an invisible chain linking the world's democracies”

    Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced on Tuesday announced a major expansion of Britain's diplomatic network around the world, five months before it leaves the European Union. For the first time, people from outside the civil service will be eligible to become ambassadors as the Foreign Office seeks to swell its numbers by almost 1,000.

  • Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

    UK Budget time: “Austerity coming to an end” announces Chancellor Hammond

    In a 70 minutes speech Mr Hammond said “we have reached a defining moment on this long, hard journey” after repairing the damage to the public finances

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has said the “era of austerity is finally coming to an end”, in his last Budget before Brexit. He spent a windfall from better public finances on more money for universal credit and bringing forward planned income tax cuts by a year.

  • Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 18:00 UTC

    Fitch cautious about UK as no-deal Brexit scenario looks inevitable

    Fitch envisions “an acrimonious and disruptive 'no deal' Brexit” which will impact the UK's economy negatively.

    The increased likelihood of a no-deal Brexit scenario has led ratings agency Fitch to envision serious damages to the United Kingdom's economy for future assessments, although it maintained Britain's long-term AA grade... For now.

  • Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

    A no Brexit deal will slow sharply UK economic growth, says think tank

    Expectations of a boost for public spending in next week’s Budget have been fuelled by PM Theresa May’s recent declaration that the end of austerity is in sight

    A no-deal Brexit could slam the brakes on the UK’s economic growth, wiping out Chancellor Philip Hammond’s hopes of boosting public spending, a think tank has said. If the UK fails to reach a withdrawal deal with the EU and moves on to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules next March, GDP growth can be expected to slow sharply from 1.4% this year to 0.3% in both 2019 and 2020, said the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr).

  • Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

    Falklands: Brexit and Argentina's plan for closer links with the Islands

    Minister Jorge Faurie and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt (Argentine Chancellery)

    Brexit brings a chance to strengthen ties between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the country's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said in London. Faurie met with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the pair discussed increasing trade and travel links between the Falkland Islands and South America.

  • Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

    Scotland's Sturgeon convinced a no deal Brexit, the most likely outcome

    Ms Sturgeon said the UK was getting into territory where the extension of Article 50 “couldn’t and shouldn’t be ruled out”.

    A no-deal Brexit may be the “most likely outcome” of the UK’s negotiations with the EU, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told MSPs. The First Minister said that while the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc are 95% agreed, there remains an “impasse” over the issue of the Irish border.

  • Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

    Lords furious with Brexit Secretary who refuses to attend and inform EU Select Committee

    The Committee was told that Secretary Raab will be unable to attend or give evidence to the Committee until after a deal with the EU has been finalized

    The House of Lords EU Select Committee has written to Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab urging him not to stand in the way of Parliamentary scrutiny, and to honor his previous commitment to give evidence to Committees “on a regular basis”.

  • Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    PM Theresa May wins the day and defuses Tory revolt on Brexit

    Over the weekend some Tory MPs suggested the PM would be fighting for her political life at the meeting and was on the edge of the “killing zone”.

    Prime Minister Theresa May has been applauded by Tory MPs at a meeting in which she sought to persuade her critics to get behind her in Brexit talks. The prime minister has been addressing all her MPs in Parliament, many of whom are seeking a change of approach. Asked by one MP what concessions she had made to the EU, she set out areas where the EU had itself given ground.

  • Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    Gibraltar prepared and confident on a Withdrawal Agreement from EU

    Picardo briefed peers on the latest developments in respect of Gibraltar and praised the work of PM May and her team in the wider Brexit negotiations

    Gibraltar will step up its contingency planning as from January 1, 2019, if there is no certainty of a Withdrawal Agreement and implementation period by that date, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told an influential House of Lords select committee. Addressing the EU Select Committee, he also signaled his hope that Gibraltar, the UK and Spain could salvage elements of the Gibraltar negotiations even in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit between the UK and the EU.