Tag: UK

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  Europe's centre parties take significant electoral defeat

  

  Europeans turned their backs on traditional center-left and center-right candidates in Sunday's elections for the European Parliament, according to provisional results and their projections.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  UK divided by Brexit: Labour leader says no agreement possible with PM May's crumbling government

  

  Britain's withdrawal from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday after the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch talks dead due to Prime Minister Theresa May's crumbling government.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Theresa May agrees to step down in early June, says chair of the 1922 Committee

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out a timetable for her departure in early June after the latest attempt to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament, the chairman of a powerful Conservative committee said on Thursday.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Mrs. May faces a 1922 Committee challenge demanding she steps down

  

  Theresa May flies back to London on Thursday morning to once again face colleagues seeking to oust her, as she struggles to find a way to pass her Brexit deal. Returning from Paris, where she joined world leaders pledging to boost internet safety on Wednesday, she will meet with rank-and-file Conservative Party members who want her to set a roadmap for quitting.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  The US “Sage of Omaha” wants to invest in the UK despite Brexit uncertainty

  

  Warren Buffett has said he wants to invest more in the UK and other parts of Europe, despite uncertainty over the UK's future relationship with the EU. The US investment guru said he would like his firm, Berkshire Hathaway, to be better known across the Atlantic.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  Bombardier selling its Northern Ireland operations: 3.600 jobs on the line

  

  The aerospace firm, Bombardier, is putting its Northern Ireland operation up for sale as part of a reorganization of the business. The Canadian aircraft manufacturer employs about 3,600 people across several locations in Northern Ireland.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Labour deputy leader has called for a “confirmatory ballot” on Brexit

  

  Labor's deputy leader has stepped up calls for his party to promise a referendum on any Brexit deal in its European elections manifesto. Tom Watson urged party members to message Labor's ruling national executive committee to call for a “confirmatory ballot” pledge.

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  UK approves “non-core” Huawei 5G data network despite warnings of security risk

  

  The UK government has approved the supply of equipment by Chinese telecoms firm Huawei for the UK's new 5G data network despite warnings of a security risk. There is no formal confirmation but the Daily Telegraph says Huawei will build “non-core” components such as antennas.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  Mrs. May to face an unprecedented no-confidence challenge from Tory grassroots

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to face an unprecedented no-confidence challenge - from Conservative grassroots campaigners. More than 70 local association chiefs - angry at her handling of Brexit - have called for an extraordinary general meeting to discuss her leadership.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  UK's employment and hiring remains strong in the three months to February

  

  Unemployment in the UK fell by 27,000 in the three months to February to 1.34 million, official Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show. The number of people in work was also virtually unchanged at a record high of 32.7 million, with a jump of 179,000.