Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  Phillip Hammond new UK Defence Secretary; best-man business cards sinks Fox

  

  Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned after a week of pressure over his working relationship with friend and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty. Mr Fox was being investigated amid claims he broke the ministerial code.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Falklands’ government responds Argüello’s ‘poorly researched comments’ in Mexico

  

  The Falkland Islands government responded Friday to the Argentine ambassador to United Nations Jorge Argüello for his comments on the Falklands’ economy and self-sufficiency while in Mexico.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  UK support for the Falkland Islands strongest ever

  

  “We’ve always had support from the British Government before but now it is just so strong” said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sharon Halford this week on her return from the United Kingdom Party Conferences.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 23:37 UTC

  “UK pays Falkland Islanders to remain in the Islands and not migrate to Argentina”

  

  Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nation, Jorge Argüello, accused the United Kingdom of paying the Falkland Islanders to remain on the Islands during a conference Wednesday in Mexico’s Autonomous University, UNAM.

• Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 21:30 UTC

  UK unemployment at its highest since 1994 reaches 2.57 million

  

  Unemployment in Britain has jumped to its highest level since 1994, with young people hit hardest as private companies fail to make up for job losses in the public sector, piling pressure on the government to boost a stagnant economy.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 05:13 UTC

  UK Defence minister admits ‘mistakes’; PM Cameron decides Monday

  

  British Defence Secretary Liam Fox has apologised over his working relationship with his former flatmate and best man Adam Werritty. Fox said it was “a mistake to allow distinctions to be blurred between my professional responsibilities and my personal loyalties to a friend”.

• Saturday, October 8th 2011 - 08:16 UTC

  Moody’s downgrades 12 UK finance firms on fears BoE will not rescue weak banks

  

  Moody's has downgraded the credit rating of 12 UK financial firms including Lloyds TSB, RBS, Nationwide and Santander UK. The ratings agency said it now believed the government was less likely to support firms that got into trouble.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 16:39 UTC

  “UK will protect the Falklands as long as they want to remain British” says Defence chief Fox

  

  Britain will protect the people of the disputed Falkland Islands for as long as they want to remain British citizens, Defence Secretary Liam Fox said on Wednesday speaking at the annual conference of the ruling Conservative Party.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  UK relation with OTs (including Falklands) is based on ‘the choices of the peoples’

  

  The United Kingdom relationship with the Overseas Territories “is based on the choices of the peoples” said Monday British representative Philip Parham before the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization in response to several statements from Latin American delegates regarding the Falkland Islands and sovereignty discussions with Argentina.

• Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 21:33 UTC

  S&P tells UK to stick to plans to cut budget deficit if not credit ratings could be reviewed

  

  Britain's prized triple-A sovereign debt rating could come under pressure if the government strays from its path of public deficit cuts in the face of weaker growth, credit agency Standard & Poor's said on Monday.