Vote Leave fined £40,000 for sending thousands of unlawful text messages March 19, 2019 Vote Leave has been fined £40,000 for sending out thousands of unlawful text messages in the run up to the 2016 EU referendum. The official pro-Brexit group sent 196,154 unsolicited messages promoting its aims, with most texts containing a link to its website, an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found. Read more: Angela [...]
‘Yellow vest’ protesters storm office of attorney general Geoffrey Cox March 19, 2019 A number of "yellow vest" protesters have stormed the office of the attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, demanding he be removed from his post. In a live video posted on Facebook, a group of people crowded around his office in Westminster where they were greeted by police who told them they were committing an offence by trespassing. [...]
Angela Merkel: I will fight for Brexit deal until the last minute of 29 March March 19, 2019 Angela Merkel has vowed to fight until the “last minute” of 29 March to secure a Brexit deal as the UK prepares to ask for its departure from the EU to be delayed. The German Chancellor said she was waiting to see the details of Theresa May’s proposals for an extension to the negotiating period, [...]
Downing Street confirms Theresa May will ask EU for an extension to Article 50 March 19, 2019 Theresa May's spokesperson has confirmed that the Prime Minister will write to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, to ask for a delay to Brexit. Last week the lines coming from No 10 was that a short extension to Article 50 – the mechanism that allows the UK to leave the EU – [...]
Business investment could take years to bounce back from Brexit, says top economist March 19, 2019 One of Britain’s top economists has said the UK's slowdown in business investment is attributable to Brexit and warned that it may only bounce back gradually over several years. Yet Brexit has only played a small part in Britain’s sluggish productivity growth, Sir Charlie Bean, speaking as a committee member of the Office for Budget [...]
‘London, please deliver’: EU leaders react to possible Brexit delay following John Bercow ruling March 19, 2019 EU leaders have hit back at the "unacceptable" uncertainty around Brexit stirred by John Bercow's decision to block a third meaningful vote on Theresa May's withdrawal agreement. France's Europe minister Nathalie Loiseau said an extension to Article 50 – the mechanism that allows the UK to leave the EU – without an "objective or strategy" would be [...]
Theresa May gathers cabinet after Bercow deals fresh blow to her Brexit deal March 19, 2019 Theresa May is set to push on with her deal despite Commons speaker John Bercow threatening to derail the process yesterday. Read more: 'Constitutional crisis' as Bercow blocks another vote on May's Brexit deal Today Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay suggested a vote could occur next week despite Bercow saying “substantial changes” must be made to [...]
Is the proposed ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm just another example of nanny state regulation? March 19, 2019 Is the proposed ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm just another example of nanny state regulation? Daniel Pryor, head of programmes at the Adam Smith Institute, says YES. When the government wants to treat TV ads for fruit juice like soft porn, you know something has gone horribly wrong. There’s no legal definition of [...]
Corbyn fails yet again to grasp the magic of competitive markets March 19, 2019 It is not the worst thing that Jeremy Corbyn has ever said. But it’s certainly one of the most revealing. A year ago, the Labour leader was explaining why he wanted to leave Europe’s Single Market while staying in the customs union – a stance memorably described by my fellow think tanker Kristian Niemietz as [...]
‘Everyday economy’ neglected by government’s industrial strategy, MPs warn March 19, 2019 Retail, hospitality and steel sectors are being neglected by the government’s industrial strategy, a group of MPs have warned. A report published today by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee is calling on ministers to publish an “action plan” on how they will boost productivity in the ‘everyday economy’. The MPs also demanded the [...]