Hornby wants to build a Brexit model train that doesn’t work September 25, 2019 Toy train maker Hornby has said it regrets “not producing a Brexit-themed model” in a trading update issued to investors ahead of its AGM later today. “We regret not producing a Brexit themed model. Our new grasp of social media has shown us that people are passionate about sharing their views on the topic,” Hornby [...]
Hopes of US-China trade truce boosts stocks on Wall Street September 24, 2019 US stocks edged up today amid mounting optimism over trade talks between the US and China. The S&P 500 and Nasdaw Composite both rose by slightly over 0.5 per cent after trading opened. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 117 points, or 0.4 per cent, led by a rise in Apple’s share price following [...]
Boris Johnson hits out at ‘people who want to frustrate Brexit’ September 24, 2019 The Prime Minister has hit back against the Supreme Court’s ruling that his prorogation of parliament was unlawful, saying the decision has not made getting a Brexit deal “any easier”. Speaking from New York, Boris Johnson said he “strongly disagreed” with the judgement that prorogation was unlawful – but stressed “this is a verdict that [...]
Supreme Court ruling: What does it mean and what happens now? September 24, 2019 The UK’s Supreme Court has ruled Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament as unlawful – but what happens next? Is parliament back in business? Speaker John Bercow has said parliament will return from tomorrow morning. He emphatically said he was not recalling parliament, because the ruling was that prorogation had never happened. That means the [...]
HSBC wins court fight as Euribor fine gets scrapped September 24, 2019 HSBC has won a £27.9m EU court fight over Euirbor rigging. Europe’s second highest court annulled the multi-million pound fine for “insufficient reasoning”, despite agreeing that HSBC had infringed the law. Read more: Metro Bank share price sinks The fine was slapped on HSBC by EU antitrust regulators in 2016 over rigging the Euribor financial [...]
Bercow: Commons will sit tomorrow, after ‘explicit’ Supreme Court judgement September 24, 2019 Speaker John Bercow has said the House of Commons will return tomorrow morning, following the Supreme Court’s “explicit” judgement today. Standing on College Green outside parliament, the outgoing speaker said he had “instructed the House authorities to prepare not for recall, because prorogation was unlawful and therefore void, but the resumption of business” As a [...]
Parliament prorogation: Who is the Supreme Court’s Lady Hale? September 24, 2019 This morning, Supreme Court president Lady Hale delivered a withering verdict on Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament for five weeks, ruling that it was it was unlawful. “The effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was extreme,” she added. Hearing the case were 11 of the Supreme Court’s 12 Justices. It was Lady Hale [...]
Brexit: Bercow reconvenes MPs as Supreme Court rules PM’s prorogation unlawful September 24, 2019 Update: John Bercow has said parliament will resume business tomorrow morning The Supreme Court has ruled that Boris Johnson’s move to prorogue parliament for five weeks was unlawful. Supreme Court president Lady Hale told the court this morning that parliament had not been prorogued, leaving it to Speaker John Bercow to decide the next steps. [...]
Nearly 500 Lloyd’s of London workers report sexual harassment September 24, 2019 Almost 500 employees at Lloyd’s of London have suffered or witnessed sexual harassment over the past 12 months, according to a damning survey released today. Lloyd’s CEO John Neal described the findings as “truly terrible” as the survey, carried out by the Banking Standards Board on behalf of the insurer, found “the experience of women [...]