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Tag: British Prime Minister Theresa May

  • Monday, January 23rd 2017 - 12:21 UTC

    PM May scheduled to announce an ambitious port-Brexit industrial strategy

    The government will be “stepping up to a new, active role,” Mrs. May said. The plan will be launched at the first regional cabinet meeting, in NE England.

    British Prime Minister is to unveil a new, more interventionist, and industrial strategy on Monday, designed to boost the post-Brexit UK economy. The government will be “stepping up to a new, active role,” Mrs. May said. She will launch the new strategy at her first regional cabinet meeting, to be held in the north-west of England.

  • Friday, January 20th 2017 - 11:34 UTC

    Falklands reacts and prepares for implications of Theresa May Brexit speech

    Lawmaker Michael Poole said MLAs had watched and read PM’s Brexit speech and “helpfully it provided more detail in relation to UK’s negotiating approach.”

    The United Kingdom's intention to leave the single market as outlined in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech on Tuesday has generated some concerns for the Falkland Islands Government, but a Member of the Legislative Assembly indicated this week they are still confident all will be well for the Islands under post- 2019 arrangements.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 06:42 UTC

    HSBC and UBS preparing to move abroad when UK leaves the EU

    Statements from the two banks come just after UK Prime Minister Theresa May outlined the UK government's Brexit negotiating strategy

    Two of the largest investment banks in the City of London have confirmed that some staff will definitely have to move abroad when the UK leaves the EU. HSBC's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, told Bloomberg he was preparing to move 1,000 staff from London to Paris. And Axel Weber, boss of Swiss bank UBS, told BBC “about 1,000” of its 5,000 London jobs could be hit by Brexit.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 06:26 UTC

    Lagarde anticipates “pain” as UK prepares departure from the European Union

    Lagarde welcomed PM May speech on Tuesday saying that Britain wanted to leave the single market, for providing clarity.

    The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned the UK there is still likely to be “pain” ahead as Theresa May prepares to trigger the UK's departure from the European Union. Christine Lagarde told the BBC the Brexit process would be complicated.

  • Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

    Scotland “undoubtedly” closer to an independence referendum

    Ms Sturgeon, in a BBC interview, agreed that another vote on independence was “all but inevitable”.

    First minister Nicola Sturgeon said that plans to take the UK out of the EU's single market brought a second Scottish independence referendum “undoubtedly” closer. She was speaking after Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her government's thinking on Brexit.

  • Tuesday, January 17th 2017 - 17:08 UTC

    Hard Brexit: UK to leave the single market and Parliament will vote on the final deal, pledges PM May

    In a long-awaited Tuesday speech, PM May also announced Parliament would get a vote on the final deal agreed between the UK and the European Union.

    Prime Minister Theresa May has said the UK “cannot possibly” remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean “not leaving the EU at all”, but at the same time promised to push for the “greatest possible” access to the single market following Brexit.

  • Monday, January 16th 2017 - 08:39 UTC

    Theresa May cover girl for the American April edition of Vogue

    Downing Street sources denied the photo shoot which took place at PM's country retreat in Chequers, was in any way timed to coincide with May's trip to the US

    British PM Theresa May is to turn cover girl as she features in a fashion spread for the American edition of Vogue, Downing Street has confirmed. The 60-year-old PM secretly posed for renowned celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz in a shoot which is due to be featured in the magazine's April edition.

  • Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 07:32 UTC

    Pound continued to slump on Tuesday; Dollar recoups waiting for Trump's media conference

    The pound continues to probe the downside as PM Theresa May's plans for Brexit come under increasing scrutiny.

    The British Pound slumped lower on ongoing Brexit worries on Tuesday, while the US Dollar recouped some of its recent losses as investors wait for President-elect Donald Trump's first press conference Wednesday. While Trump's Twitter account has been active since he won the keys to the White House and given clues to his policies, Wednesday's press conference will give Trump the platform to explain his tax and spending plans.

  • Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 07:19 UTC

    The German Lady replies to PM May: “no negotiations based on cherry picking”

    Merkel repeated that there must be no negotiations based on “cherry picking” of the Union’s four freedoms of movement for capital, goods, services and people.

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stepped up pressure on Theresa May over Brexit by saying that the European Union must consider limiting UK access to the single market if it fails to accept free movement of EU citizens. The chancellor repeated her mantra that there must be no negotiations based on “cherry picking” of the Union’s four freedoms of movement for capital, goods, services and people.

  • Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:06 UTC

    PM May names veteran diplomat as envoy to EU: overcomes mini Brexit turmoil

    Tim Barrow, political director at the Foreign Office, will take up the post next week following the abrupt departure of Ivan Rogers

    Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a senior career diplomat as envoy to the European Union on Wednesday to replace an ambassador who quit with a scathing resignation letter that exposed frustration among officials over her strategy. . Tim Barrow, political director at the Foreign Office, will take up the post next week following the abrupt departure of Ivan Rogers, who told staff in his resignation letter they should “speak the truth to those in power”.