Media captionFlood warnings across England and Wales remain in place on Sunday Areas across the UK are still at risk of flooding after persistent heavy rain on Saturday led to flood warnings. Downpours eased on Sunday, but 30 flood warnings remain in place for England, mostly in Yorkshire, and five for Wales. One of the […]
Hundreds of UK bankers at JP Morgan and dozens from Goldman Sachs are on standby for relocation to EU offices by 29 March, regardless of parliament’s vote to delay Brexit. The exodus is likely to be replicated across the Square Mile as investment banks, almost all of which are foreign-owned, put in place emergency measures […]
Dozens of flood warnings are in place across the Midlands and the north of England, with water levels in various areas likely to remain high throughout Sunday and possibly even Monday. The Environment Agency has 29 acute warnings for areas where flooding is expected, requiring “immediate action”, down from 34 earlier. Environment Agency (@EnvAgency) With […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Fifty people were killed at two mosques in New Zealand Two people have been arrested for abusing a UK taxi driver in connection with the New Zealand mosque attacks. The driver was working in Rochdale when he was threatened just after midnight, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. A 34-year-old […]
The UK has licensed the sale of £75m of telecoms hacking equipment to scores of countries, including several that have launched brutal crackdowns on political dissidents. The revelation has alarmed human rights groups which question whether UK-made technology is being used by autocrats to target their opponents. Since 2015, when the figures were first separately […]
Image copyright Phil Coomes The government has announced that most imports into the UK would not attract a tariff in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Under a temporary scheme 87% of imports by value would be eligible for zero-tariff access. At the moment 80% of imports are tariff free. Tariffs would be maintained to […]
Media captionTheresa May and Jeremy Corbyn address MPs after her Brexit deal is voted down again Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit. MPs voted down the prime minister’s deal by 149 – a smaller margin […]
UK exports continue to increase despite a challenging global outlook, new figures from the ONS reveal. On the whole British exports grew by 2.7% to £636bn. International trade statistics for 2018 show that the UK is the second fastest growing goods exporter among the top five economies, just behind China. The latest ONS statistics show […]
<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Europe Politics The U.K.’s Brexit deal with the EU has been rejected by U.K. lawmakers in another landmark defeat for British Prime Minister Theresa May. May’s Brexit deal was defeated for the first time back in January but she had hoped last-ditch tweaks, specifically on the contentious Irish border issue, […]
If you enjoyed the last two years and want more of the same, vote for Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Trade negotiations begin after the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) is passed, so why don’t those wanting a softer Brexit just vote for the WA and argue about trade later? The Political Declaration, which does talk about trade, […]
