Tag: United Kingdom

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:51 UTC

  Last year was the fifth warmest for UK in over a century

  

  Last year was the fifth warmest for the UK in records dating back more than a century, the Met Office has confirmed. Figures show the UK climate is warming, with average temperatures over the last decade around 0.8C above the 1961 to 1990 average, while the country has also seen 8% more rain and 6% more sunshine.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 14:20 UTC

  “Some children in UK start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words”, claims Education Secretary

  

  Britain's Education Secretary Damian Hinds says it is a “scandal” that some children still start school unable to speak in full sentences or read simple words. Children who start school behind their peers rarely catch up - “the gap just widens”, Hinds will say in a speech pledging halve the number of pupils starting school behind in early talking and reading skills by 2028.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  “Rethink devolution” as a result of Brexit, Westminster and Scotland coincide

  

  The UK government “must rethink devolution” as a result of Brexit, a group of MPs have recommended. The process of leaving the EU has sparked a series of clashes between UK government ministers and their counterparts in Scotland and Wales.

• Monday, July 30th 2018 - 06:27 UTC

  UK Commons blasts tech giants for fake news: they act irresponsibly and must be regulated and accountable

  

  Fake news has plunged democracy into crisis with voters being systematically manipulated by campaigns of hate and disinformation, a Commons committee has warned. In a blistering attack, MPs rounded on tech giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, for acting “irresponsibly” over data collection and called for new laws to make them accountable for the content on their sites.

• Monday, July 30th 2018 - 06:16 UTC

  Support for second Brexit referendum increases; PM May's approval ratings plunge

  

  The proportion of voters who favor a referendum on the final terms of any Brexit deal has overtaken those who do not for the first time, while UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s approval ratings have plunged, according to opinion polls.

• Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:07 UTC

  Theresa May on summer holiday but first off to Austria to lobby for her Brexit White Paper

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May is to hold Brexit talks with the Austrian chancellor this Friday before heading off on her summer holiday in Italy and Switzerland. Mrs. May will also attend a music festival in Salzburg as a guest of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 06:14 UTC

  UK paper on Brexit defines London's commitment to British Overseas Territories

  

  The United Kingdom Government published on Tuesday its latest paper on Brexit entitled “Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union”.Chapter 1/11 refers to Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas Territories and states the UK government “will continue to engage and keep these jurisdictions informed as the Bill is developed”.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 05:51 UTC

  Theresa May takes personal control of EU withdrawal negotiations

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has informed Parliament that she is taking personal control of EU withdrawal negotiations, with new Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab “deputizing” for her in talks.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2018 - 05:20 UTC

  Ecuadorean president visits UK; speculation about a deal on Julian Assange's future

  

  Ecuador has said its president will not discuss the future of Julian Assange during a visit to the UK. Lenin Moreno was scheduled to speak in London and later travel to Scotland to the University of Edinburgh. He will also address businessmen interested in investing in Ecuador.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 06:35 UTC

  Some eight million of UK “just managing families” no better off than in 2003

  

  Millions of “just about managing” families are no better off today than those in 2003, new research from the UK's Resolution Foundation indicates. The remarkable income stagnation for so many reveals that the British economy has been failing to generate income for people over many years despite record levels of people in work.