Tag: United Kingdom

• Saturday, July 7th 2018 - 07:06 UTC

  Scotland says people 'require' a vote on the final outcome of Brexit

  

  Voters must be given a say on the final outcome of Brexit talks between Britain and the rest of the European Union, a senior member of the Scottish Government has said. Mike Russell, the Constitutional Relations Secretary in Nicola Sturgeon’s cabinet, said that people “require” such a ballot.

• Friday, July 6th 2018 - 10:48 UTC

  Theresa May and split cabinet hold summit to agree on Brexit White Paper

  

  Theresa May says her cabinet has “a great opportunity - and a duty” to agree a blueprint for the UK's future relationship with the EU. Before Friday's crunch Chequers meeting she said she wanted “ambitious new trade deals” and an agreement “in the best interests of the UK and the EU”.

• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  Two British citizens critically ill after exposure to nerve gas Novichok

  

  Two British citizens are critically ill after they were exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 06:52 UTC

  Sinn Fein remembers London that the Irish border issue is still pending

  

  Theresa May’s government is more focused on its “internal negotiation” than talks on addressing the Irish border issue, Sinn Fein’s vice president has claimed. Michelle O’Neill said any return of physical infrastructure at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after Brexit would be a security threat and have “serious implications” for business.

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

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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  UK government to publish details of the fishing industry after Brexit

  

  The UK government is to publish details of how it wants to manage the fishing industry after Brexit. Ministers promised the UK would “take back control of our waters” when it leaves the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 08:16 UTC

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

  

  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.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 07:51 UTC

  British Chamber of Commerce says firms running out of patience with Brexit talks

  

  Firms are running out of patience over the lack of progress in the Brexit talks, a major business organization has warned Theresa May. The British Chambers of Commerce has published a list of 23 “real-world” questions that it says urgently need answers as the UK's EU exit approaches.

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 20:47 UTC

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

  

  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.