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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 00:50 UTC

Tag: Great Britain

  • Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

    Lord Hague to the rescue of Theresa May warns Brexiteers ahead of Friday meeting

    Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Lord Hague said that any minister who chose that moment to quit would show they were not fit to hold high office in the first place

    Former Tory Party leader William Hague has issued a blunt warning to Cabinet Brexiteers not to push their demands for a clean break with the European Union too far. Ahead of crunch Cabinet talks at Chequers on Friday, Lord Hague said Parliament could force a “watered-down” Brexit on the Government if ministers fail to agree a compromise plan on Britain’s future customs relationship with the EU.

  • Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

    UK bans online adverts targeting junk food for children

    In its ruling ASA banned Cadbury's use of a storybook titled The Tale Of The Great Easter Bunny on its website, which featured children hunting for eggs.

    Cadbury, Chewits and Squashies sweets have become the first companies to have online adverts banned under new rules targeting junk food ads for children. The Advertising Standards Authority said the companies did not do enough to prevent under-16s seeing the content.

  • Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 08:16 UTC

    Unite, Labor's biggest single donor does not discard a referendum on the Brexit deal

    The and a poll of its members suggested a majority backed a referendum on the Brexit deal and also remaining in the EU

    The leader of Britain's biggest trade union says he will fight for another EU referendum if his members want one. Unite's Len McCluskey, a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn, said policy would be decided by a vote at the union's conference on Tuesday.

  • Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 20:47 UTC

    Tension for the Brexit: Theresa May will meet with Angela Merkel and leaders of the EU

    May's visit to the German capital is framed by a period of growing tensions between London and Brussels

    The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will visit Berlin and the Netherlands in the coming days to meet with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch authorities before assembling her government to finally decide what commercial relationship her country wants with the European Union (EU) in the future, commented her spokesman on Monday.

  • Friday, June 29th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

    The Protocol x Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is live

    FCTC announced that with UK's ratification, the necessary number of Parties to the Protocol has been reached for its enter into force in 90 days.

    On 27 June 2018, the conditions for the entry into force of the first legally binding instrument adopted under the WHO FCTC were met, paving the way to eliminate illicit trade of tobacco products

  • Friday, June 29th 2018 - 08:11 UTC

    UKSR gets into top five internationally for its high standards

    Doug Barrow (center), director UKSR said, 'we are absolutely delighted in this recognition of the high levels of service we provide to our owners and operators on a 24/7 basis

    Consistent high performance by the UK Ship Register has seen it rise four places in the world under standards set by the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
    It means the UKSR is now fifth under an assessment based on the total number of inspections and detentions by the Paris MoU and is effective from next month. These are based on the total number of inspections and detentions over a certain length of time.

  • Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

    UK government under pressure to increase defense budget to 3% of GDP

    The defense committee repeated its call for the Government to raise defense spending from the NATO minimum of 2% of GDP to 3% – around £60 billion a year

    The British government must increase spending on the armed forces if Britain is to maintain its defense relationship with the United States, MPs have warned. The Commons Defense Committee said without further investment, UK forces would struggle to maintain “interoperability” with the US military, diminishing their usefulness as allies.

  • Monday, June 25th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

    Brexit debate in the streets of London: tens of thousands march for, and against leaving the EU

    The protest is part of a “summer of action” by campaign groups designed to increase pressure on Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.

    Tens of thousands of people have marched on Saturday in central London to demand a final vote on any UK exit deal, on the second anniversary of the Brexit vote. Organizers of the People's Vote march say Brexit is “not a done deal” and people must “make their voices heard”. Meanwhile, hundreds attended a pro-Brexit counter-protest. It came as senior Cabinet ministers, including Liam Fox and David Davis, insisted the UK is prepared to walk away from talks without an agreement.

  • Monday, June 25th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

    EU imposes retaliatory tariffs on US goods: bourbon, motorcycles, orange juice

    European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said duties imposed by the US on the EU go against “all logic and history”.

    The European Union (EU) has introduced retaliatory tariffs on US goods as a top official launched a fresh attack on President Donald Trump's trade policy. The duties on €2.8bn worth of US goods came into force on Friday. Tariffs have been imposed on products such as bourbon whiskey, motorcycles and orange juice.

  • Saturday, June 23rd 2018 - 09:09 UTC

    Scotland withdraws consent to any further Brexit legislation until “devolution system is fixed”

    Scottish First Minister accused the UK government of “ripping up” the devolution settlement. (GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT—AFP/Getty Images)

    Holyrood will not give consent to any further Brexit legislation until the “broken” devolution system is fixed, Scotland's Brexit Minister has said. Michael Russell added the Scottish government no longer trusted UK ministers after they pushed through the Brexit bill last week. He was speaking as Nicola Sturgeon held talks in Guernsey with UK Cabinet Minister David Lidington.