Tag: Brexit

Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 09:17 UTC
Trump manages to unite the UK political system in praise of the healthcare system

United States president Donald Trump has sparked a backlash from UK politicians by attacking the National Health Service. In a tweet criticising US Democrats pushing for a universal health system, he said “thousands of people are marching” in the UK because the NHS is “going broke and not working”. This was believed to be a reference to a Save the NHS march on Downing Street on Saturday, demanding more funding.
Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 08:55 UTC
EU draft proposes strict conditions for UK in the post-Brexit transition period

The European Union wants to be able to restrict the UK's access to the single market if there is a dispute after Brexit, a leaked document suggests. The power to suspend “certain benefits” would apply during the post-Brexit transition phase before the final arrangements come into force.
Monday, February 5th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
India industry flexes its muscle in UK: extends a hand to post-Brexit

More than a hundred business leaders, parliamentarians, government representatives, and other influential figures gathered in the British Houses of Parliament for a unique event aimed at highlighting the major success stories of UK-India economic cooperation.
Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 11:00 UTC
China pledges support for “Global Britain” and praises the “golden era” in relations

British Prime Minister Theresa May left China on Friday with deals worth more than 9.3 billion pounds, at the end of a three-day trade mission where President Xi Jinping pledged to upgrade their “golden era” in relations.
Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar cannot be the whipping boy of Brexit Garcia tells EU

In an address to a Brussels think tank, the (Germany's Liberal Party) Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia has declared that it would be manifestly unfair to use Gibraltar as a whipping boy who was made to suffer the consequences of Europe‘s wider disagreements with the United Kingdom.
Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 09:22 UTC
Theresa May three-day visit to Beijing to prop post-Brexit trade and her leadership

British Prime Minister Theresa May was starting a crucial trade visit to China on Wednesday as she admitted the two countries will not always see eye-to-eye in sensitive areas like steel over-capacity and intellectual property rights.
Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 08:55 UTC
UK economy expands 0.5% in fourth quarter and 1.8% for the whole of 2017

The UK economy expanded at a slightly faster pace in the fourth quarter on services and manufacturing output, but the full-year growth was the weakest in five years, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics showed. GDP grew 0.5% sequentially in the fourth quarter, while the rate was forecast to remain unchanged at 0.4%.
Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 10:16 UTC
PM May leadership questioned by Tories divided over Europe

Prime minister Theresa May has been warned the UK risks disaster unless she “sees off hard Brexiteers” in her own party amid continuing Tory divisions over Europe. Ex-minister Anna Soubry said the PM must not let what she said were 35 MPs dictate the terms of the UK's EU exit.
Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 07:00 UTC
EU rules for post-March 2019: UK abides but will not be involved in making them

The European Union has set out its demands for the temporary transition period after the UK leaves in March 2019, and EU wants the UK to continue to follow its rules but not be involved in making decisions.
Monday, January 29th 2018 - 10:41 UTC
Euro-skeptic Tories fear real danger of a “dilution of Brexit”; point to Hammond

The UK is heading towards “a dilution of Brexit”, former cabinet minister Theresa Villiers has said. The Conservative MP, writing in the Sunday Telegraph said there was “a real danger” the UK will sign up to an agreement with Brussels which could “keep us in the EU in all but name”. Her comments come amid growing Tory party rifts over Brexit.