Tag: Jeremy Hunt

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:11 UTC

  UK cabinet minister tells hardliners: “it's Brexit or no Brexit; Support PM May”

  

  There will be no Brexit at all unless Theresa May is supported, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned saying it was not about a choice between “this Brexit and that Brexit”. He was speaking as leading Brexit campaigners issued demands for Mrs May before agreeing any payments to the EU, including ending the European court's jurisdiction the moment the UK leaves.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

  Ex top officer calls Brexit a “catastrophe”; proposes a new party “The Democrats” with the Remainers

  

  UK government ministers have been put under pressure by David Davis’s former chief of staff at the Brexit department after he asked a serious of pointed question about how leaving the EU will affect their patches. James Chapman, who also worked for George Osborne and as political editor of the Daily Mail, has revealed his belief that Brexit would be a “catastrophe”.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 07:24 UTC

  PM May's office denies freedom of movement will continue once UK leaves EU

  

  Suggestions that freedom of movement will continue after the United Kingdom leaves the EU are wrong, Downing Street has said. Last Friday, Chancellor Philip Hammond warned full controls could take “some time”, prompting speculation free movement may continue in all but name after the UK leaves in March 2019.

• Tuesday, September 4th 2012 - 23:55 UTC

  PM Cameron reshuffles cabinet but keeps unpopular Osborne as Chancellor

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron reshuffled his ailing coalition government on Tuesday, but kept unpopular finance minister George Osborne and foreign minister William Hague in their jobs.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 05:03 UTC

  Outrage in Britain over the empty seats at the London Games stadiums

  

  Organisers fought to quell growing public outrage over empty seats across venues at the London Olympic Games where China has laid down an early marker with a world record win in the pool and a commanding early lead in the medals table.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 23:30 UTC

  UK deploys more troops to help secure the London Olympics

  

  The UK government will deploy the 1,200 troops who were put on stand-by last week to help secure the London Olympics, a British minister said as security arrangements were tweaked to make up for a private firm's failure to recruit enough guards.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 16:22 UTC

  World Travel Market 2011 will have a strong Olympics tourism emphasis

  

  UK Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt will open World Travel Market (WTM) 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry – the final WTM before the 2012 London games.