Tag: United Kingdom

• Saturday, September 16th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  UK at highest alert following the bomb in the Tube which caused 29 injured

  

  The United Kingdom terror threat has been increased to its highest level as police continue the hunt for the person behind the Friday underground bombing in south-west London. The prime minister said the threat was now critical, meaning an attack is expected imminently, after a device was detonated at Parsons Green station.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 08:31 UTC

  Juncker: “Britain will regret voting for Brexit”; Farage: “Thank God we are leaving”

  

  Britain will soon regret voting for Brexit, but the European Union will move on, the European Commission president has insisted. In a speech setting out the future direction of the bloc, Jean-Claude Juncker said the UK’s exit would be a “sad and tragic” moment, but it was “not the be all and end all”.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:03 UTC

  Fourth round of UK/EU Brexit negotiations postponed until 25th September

  

  The next round of Brexit talks has been postponed by a week to “allow more time for consultation”. The fourth round of UK-EU negotiations, due to begin on 18 September, will start on the 25th instead.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 09:05 UTC

  Falklands' Prado stand: Argentina puts pressure on Uruguay and UK embassy

  

  Uruguay has requested that the Falkland Islands stand at the Great Britain pavilion in the country's main agriculture and industrial show, Expo-Prado, be withdrawn, following an emphatic statement and disappointment from Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas question dispute.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 17:19 UTC

  EU Withdrawal bill passed first Parliamentary test, but real battle is still ahead

  

  The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first Parliamentary test. MPs backed the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290 in a Monday late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a “power-grab” by ministers.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

  May reaffirms UK's Gibraltar sovereignty commitment in National Day message

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has said the United Kingdom will stand by Gibraltar for as long as Gibraltarians wish to remain British, reaffirming the double lock sovereignty commitment as the Rock celebrated a historic National Day.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 19:23 UTC

  Scottish minister wants greater involvement in the UK Brexit process

  

  Scotland's Brexit minister has called for a “radical shift” in how the UK government deals with the devolved nations. Michael Russell urged greater involvement from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations in the Brexit process claiming Scottish ministers have not been consulted on several key papers.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 18:18 UTC

  Tony Blair calls for introduction of new immigration policy that “reasserts control”

  

  Ex prime minister Tony Blair has called on the UK government to introduce a new immigration policy which “reasserts control”. When he was prime minister, Mr. Blair's government - unlike most EU countries - did not apply transitional controls on migrants from eastern Europe, but in a Sunday Times article he said “times were different”.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

  Thousands participated in London's People's March for Europe

  

  Thousands of protesters in favor of the UK staying in the European Union have marched in Westminster. The People's March for Europe took a route through central London before a rally in Parliament Square. The march came ahead of MPs voting on Monday on a bill that will overturn the act that took the UK into the EU and end the supremacy of EU law in the UK.

• Sunday, September 10th 2017 - 09:19 UTC

  UK's response to Hurricane Irma has been “found waiting”; several Caribbean islands devastated

  

  Britain's response to Hurricane Irma has been “found wanting”, the heads of two parliamentary committees have said. Many of those affected in the UK's overseas territories in the Caribbean are still in “grave need”, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat and Labour MP Stephen Twigg said.The UK has stepped up its relief effort, with three RAF aid flights sent to the area.