Media captionHeidi Allen wanted to go head-to-head with The Brexit Party leader Change UK leader Heidi Allen has called Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage “a coward” after he refused to take part in a live TV debate with her ahead of the European elections. Speaking to BBC Politics Live, Ms Allen, whose party backs remaining […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chief negotiator Olly Robbins will explore how quickly changes could be made to the political declaration Theresa May’s Brexit negotiator has gone to Brussels to explore the scope for changes to the agreement on the UK’s future relations with the EU. Olly Robbins is looking to see whether a […]
Image copyright EPA The UK should consider “decisively” increasing defence spending after Brexit, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. He told the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London the threats facing the UK had changed “markedly” since the Cold War. He said any extra money should be spent on “new capabilities and not simply plugging gaps”. […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chief negotiator Olly Robbins will explore how quickly changes could be made to the political declaration The prime minister’s chief Brexit negotiator, Olly Robbins, is travelling to Brussels to discuss changes to the political declaration on the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The move is intended to meet […]
Image copyright EPA The UK should consider “decisively” increasing defence spending after Brexit, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. He told the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London the threats facing the UK had changed “markedly” since the Cold War. He said any extra money should be spent on “new capabilities and not simply plugging gaps”. […]
Image copyright Getty Images Widening inequalities in pay, health and opportunities in the UK are undermining trust in democracy, says an Institute for Fiscal Studies report. The think tank warns of runaway incomes for high earners but rises in “deaths of despair”, such as from addiction and suicide, among the poorest. It warns of risks […]
Image copyright Getty Images Britain’s unemployment rate in the first three months of the year has fallen to 3.8%, the lowest rate since late 1974. The Office for National Statistics said unemployment rates had been falling for the past five years. For men the rate was 3.9% – it has not been lower since March […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Chief negotiator Olly Robbins will explore how quickly changes could be made to the political declaration The prime minister’s chief Brexit negotiator, Olly Robbins, is travelling to Brussels to discuss changes to the political declaration on UK’s future relationship with the EU. The move is intended to meet a […]
Image copyright EPA The UK should consider “decisively” increasing defence spending after Brexit, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. He told the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London the threats facing the UK had changed “markedly” since the Cold War. “We simply do not know what the balance of power in the world will be in […]
Media captionMichael Gove resists calls to set a deadline for the talks A cross-party Brexit deal will not get through Parliament unless it is subject to a fresh public vote, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer says. Talks between Labour and ministers over leaving the EU have been going on for a month with little […]
