Tag: United Kingdom

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 09:00 UTC

  British minister resigns and calls for the public to have a fresh say on Brexit

  

  Jo Johnson has quit as Britain's transport minister and called for the public to have a fresh say on Brexit. The MP, who is Boris Johnson's brother but voted Remain in the referendum, said the deal being negotiated with the EU “will be a terrible mistake”.

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Brexit dead end: reigniting the armed conflict in Ireland?

  

  It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit two years ago to claim that the Irish border would not be a problem. In fact, it may lead to a catastrophic ‘no deal’ Brexit in which the United Kingdom crashes out of the EU without an agreement of any kind.

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 06:05 UTC

  UK's economy best third quarter in two years: warm weather and the World Cup

  

  A spike in consumer spending driven by warm weather and England's surprise run to the semifinals of the soccer World Cup helped the British economy post its best growth in nearly two years during the third quarter, official figures showed on Friday.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Brexit and Article 50 to be referred to the European Court of Justice

  

  The European Court of Justice will be asked if the UK can unilaterally stop Brexit after the UK Government was refused an appeal by Scotland’s highest court. The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled in September to refer the question of whether the UK can unilaterally revoke its Article 50 request to leave the European Union to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) after a case brought by a cross-party group of politicians.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Armistice centenary: Theresa May will lay wreaths in Belgium and France

  

  Theresa May will lay a wreath at the graves of the first and last UK soldiers killed in World War One as she travels to France and Belgium to mark the Armistice centenary. The prime minister will be joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel for the commemorations on Friday.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Stamps on centenary of the end of WWI issued by BAT and SG

  

  The British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marked the centenary of the end of World War I with new stamps. The issue honors members of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition who served in the war.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Brexit talks stalled: EU/UK November 17 summit moved to end of the month

  

  Theresa May has told the British Cabinet that she will not agree a withdrawal deal with the EU “at any cost”. The Prime Minister said any agreement will be dependent on an “acceptable” framework for future relations in areas like trade and security, expected to be covered in a separate political declaration.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Blair calls for a second Brexit referendum: the great nations of Europe must stick together

  

  Leaving the European Union without a deal would be “absurd” and the whole process of Brexit can still be stopped, Tony Blair has claimed. The former prime minister said the British people should be given the chance to vote again on whether to remain in the EU because otherwise they faced either a “pointless” or a “painful” version of Brexit.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Lobbying in UK to impose a price-hiking “meat tax” to prevent 6.000 deaths annually

  

  A price-hiking “meat tax” could prevent almost 6,000 deaths per year in the UK and save the economy more than £70 million in avoided healthcare costs, say researchers Globally, meat taxes could save an estimated 220,000 lives by 2020 and reduce healthcare costs by £30.7 billion, a study has found.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Pro-Brexit campaign and insurance company face fines of £135,000 over breaches of data laws

  

  Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and an insurance company owned by its founder Aaron Banks face total fines of £135,000 over breaches of data laws. It follows an Information Commissioner investigation into the misuse of personal data by political campaigns.