Tag: United Kingdom

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Irish backstop is “part and parcel” of the UK's Brexit deal and stands as it is

  

  The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier says the Irish backstop is “part and parcel” of the UK's Brexit deal and will not be renegotiated. Speaking at the European Parliament, Mr Barnier said it was a “realistic solution” to preventing a hard border.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  UK car industry on “red alert”: Brexit uncertainty had done enormous damage

  

  Investment in the UK car sector almost halved last year and output tumbled as Brexit fears put firms on “red alert”, the industry's trade body said. Inward investment fell 46.5% to £588.6m last year from £1.1bn in 2017, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Barclays is transferring €190bn of assets from London to Dublin

  

  Barclays is moving €190bn (£166bn) of assets to Dublin because it “cannot wait any longer” to implement its Brexit contingency plan. The High Court, which has approved the move, says the move involves 5,000 clients. However, few jobs in London are expected to be affected.

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Poland and Germany inclined to strike a renewed Brexit deal with Britain

  

  The Polish Prime Minister and senior German politicians have urged Brussels to strike a Brexit deal with Britain in the first sign of divisions within the European Union over its blanket opposition to offering fresh concessions to Theresa May.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  US farm lobbies want a post-Brexit UK food quality standard lowered

  

  United States lobby groups for agriculture and pharmaceutical firms want UK standards changed to be closer to those of the US in a post-Brexit trade deal. The meat lobby wants the sale of growth hormone-fed beef, currently banned in the UK and EU, to be allowed in the UK.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Parliament instructs PM May to renegotiate Brexit's Irish border backstop

  

  British lawmakers on Tuesday instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to demand that Brussels replace the Irish border arrangement known as the “backstop”, in a last-ditch attempt to renegotiate an exit treaty that the European Union says it will not change.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  France rejects any EU/UK renegotiation deal and calls for credible proposals

  

  France on Tuesday rejected any renegotiation of the EU-UK divorce deal and urged Britain to make credible proposals after British lawmakers passed a motion instructing their government to secure changes to a key element of the deal.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Representative in London is retiring after forty years service

  

  After forty years in the service of the Falkland Islands, Sukey Cameron, the Falklands Representative in London is to retire in October. The Penguin News chatted with Ms Cameron about her long and distinguished career.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:19 UTC

  EU quotas for farming produce post Brexit trigger controversy

  

  The European Union on Monday adopted quotas for farming produce it will accept from third countries after Britain leaves the bloc and acknowledged this could happen before it has concluded talks with them on the subject.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Mrs. May willing to support amendments but insists in no delay for the Brexit withdrawal date

  

  The United Kingdom government will support a backbench amendment to the Brexit deal that calls for the planned Irish backstop to be replaced by “alternative arrangements”. Tory MPs will be told to vote for Sir Graham Brady's proposal when the Commons votes on a series of amendments to Theresa May's plan on Tuesday.