UK must adapt to automation or firms will suffer, MPs warn September 18, 2019 MPs have warned that British businesses could lose out to foreign competitors if the country fails to quickly adopt new technologies such as automation, and have called on the government to take action. Read more: Robot rollout: Number of businesses using automation doubles in 2019 Parliament’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee said the [...]
Australia and UK to enter trade talks ‘as soon as possible’ after Brexit September 18, 2019 Australia has agreed to begin negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK “as soon as possible” after Brexit – and financial services are high on the government’s hit list. The undertaking has been agreed during a visit by international trade secretary Liz Truss, who will meet senior politicians including trade minister Simon [...]
Brexit: UK ‘refusing to leave papers with EU negotiators’ September 17, 2019 Further details have emerged of the UK’s hardball tactics as an air of mutual mistrust continues to dominate Brexit talks while the clock runs down. Despite the European Union’s repeated calls for legally operable text to be presented by the UK before formal negotiations can resume, the UK has so far only shown the Northern [...]
Pannick stations: Battle lines drawn in Supreme Court case September 17, 2019 Supreme Court judges have been warned that their decision could pave the way for a future Prime Minister to “silence” parliament for longer periods, hinting at greater threats to the UK’s democracy. Today saw QCs Lord Pannick and Lord Keen set out the arguments for both sides of this constitutionally significant court case. Read more: [...]
Supreme Court live: Government QC outlines case for prorogation September 17, 2019 Please refresh this page manually for the latest updates. Follow this live blog as the UK’s highest court hears arguments for and against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial decision to prorogue parliament. For an explainer on everything leading up to this week’s court case, check out our article from earlier on today. We run through [...]
Corbyn is ‘Brexit by nature’, claims Swinson September 17, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn is “Brexit by nature”, Jo Swinson has said today, as she laid the blame for the 2016 referendum result at the Labour leader’s feet. Speaking at the Liberal Democrat party conference in Bournemouth, Swinson damned both sometime-coalition partners the Conservatives, and would-be ‘government of national unity’ partners Labour. Read more: Another former minister [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson still more popular than Jeremy Corbyn, says public September 17, 2019 Despite facing accusations of lying to the Queen, sacking 21 MPs from the Tory party and being embarrassed by an empty lectern in Luxembourg yesterday, Boris Johnson is still more popular than Jeremy Corbyn, according to pollsters. Yougov has found 38 per cent of Brits have a favourable view of the PM, compared to 54 [...]
Parliament prorogue: Supreme Court to preside over Brexit legal battle September 17, 2019 The Supreme Court will today hear a legal tussle over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament for five weeks as the countdown to Brexit continues. The UK’s highest court will hear appeals for two distinct legal cases brought in England and Scotland against Johnson’s move to suspend parliament until 14 October. Read more: [...]
No 10 plans to run down clock in Brexit face-off September 17, 2019 The UK will hold back from giving Brussels a written proposal for alternatives until as late as October, as the two sides try to out-manoeuvre each other in the final stages of Brexit talks. The European Union has repeatedly called for operable, legal text before it will consider reopening the Withdrawal Agreement and removing the [...]
Real lives will be ruined by the delay to the laws dropped with the prorogation of parliament September 17, 2019 The prorogation of parliament has been variously cast as an attempted coup or a smart move in delivering the referendum mandate. Either way, many among both the fans and the critics have overlooked the impact that the end of a parliamentary term can have on real people. For when parliament is prorogued, dissolved or dismissed, [...]