Image copyright New Waverley Edinburgh Image caption Queen Elizabeth House will accommodate almost 3,000 civil servants The new flagship UK government hub in Edinburgh will be named after the Queen, it has been announced. The building near Waverley Station will be known as Queen Elizabeth House when it opens in March 2020. The seven storey, […]
A no-deal Brexit could leave the next prime minister at the mercy of French president Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned. Mr Hammond said the French would be able to “dial up” or “dial down” at will the queues for goods going into the port of Calais. He said Paris would be able to […]
In recent days, the two candidates running to become the UK’s next prime minister, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, have squarely defended the demonstrators. Foreign Secretary Hunt, for instance, called on Beijing not to use the protests against a proposed Hong Kong law allowing for extradition of people to mainland China as a “pretext for […]
Media captionPhilip Hammond: “We can seek to persuade… but we can’t control” Philip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit. The chancellor told BBC Panorama that if the UK leaves without a deal, then the EU will control many of the levers – including what […]
The UK will stop hiding its “true impact” on the climate by revealing its consumption of carbon emissions from across the world, Jeremy Corbyn was due to pledge on Sunday. In an attempt to place his party at the forefront of the battle against the climate crisis, the Labour leader was due to say, is […]
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has moved to ease tensions with Tehran, saying the Iranian oil tanker being held by authorities in Gibraltar would be released if there was a guarantee it was not heading to Syria. The Grace 1 oil tanker was seized earlier this month by British Royal Marines off the coast of […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The suspect behind the leak of confidential memos from Britain’s Washington ambassador, which sparked a major diplomatic rift with the United States, has been identified, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. Last week, Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper published memos from Kim Darroch in which he described Donald Trump’s administration as “inept” and […]
Senior British politicians, including both the contenders to be the next prime minister, joined journalists on Saturday in criticising police for warning media not to publish leaked government documents, saying it was a “dangerous road to tread”. Last week, a newspaper published leaked memos from the United Kingdom‘s ambassador to Washington that provoked a serious diplomatic […]
Then on Thursday, Britain said that three Iranian vessels had tried to stop a British oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz. A British warship escorting the tankers had threatened the Iranian ships and driven them away without exchanging fire, the British Defense Ministry said. In apparent attempt to forestall a further escalation, Jeremy […]
Media captionJeremy Hunt says Iran wants to resolve tanker crisis Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the Iranian tanker detained by Royal Marines near Gibraltar could be released, if the UK is guaranteed the oil is not bound for Syria. The tanker, seized on 4 July, was suspected of breaking EU sanctions. Iran claimed the […]
