Tag: British Cabinet

• Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is on the job and Saturday will hold his first cabinet meeting

  

  Sir Keir Starmer's new cabinet will meet for the first time on Saturday morning - the first full day of Labour being in power, points out a BBC report. Rachel Reeves is the UK's first female chancellor, while Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is also among a record 11 women in the team of 25. Sir Keir appointed his cabinet on Friday after Labor's landslide election win, and in his first speech as PM said the work of change “begins immediately”.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Brexit talks stalled: EU/UK November 17 summit moved to end of the month

  

  Theresa May has told the British Cabinet that she will not agree a withdrawal deal with the EU “at any cost”. The Prime Minister said any agreement will be dependent on an “acceptable” framework for future relations in areas like trade and security, expected to be covered in a separate political declaration.

• Monday, July 31st 2017 - 07:46 UTC

  Open divisions on post-Brexit policy surface in the British cabinet

  

  Allowing free movement of people after Britain leaves the European Union would not “keep faith” with the Brexit vote, the international trade secretary said, underling divisions in the government over the issue. Liam Fox told the Sunday Times that senior government ministers had not reached a consensus on retaining free movement of people for a transitional period, a proposal outlined by finance minister Philip Hammond on Friday.