Donald Tusk says ‘anything could be possible’ after EU agrees Brexit delay March 22, 2019 European Council president Donald Tusk said the extension of Article 50 agreed last night at the EU summit in Brussels meant any Brexit outcome was possible. Tusk told a press conference on the second day of the summit that the delay of the Brexit date until 12 April meant "anything could be possible: a deal, [...]
Business groups call on Theresa May to use Article 50 extension to avoid no-deal Brexit March 22, 2019 Business groups have called for Prime Minister Theresa May to use to the extension of Article 50 agreed last night to avoid a no-deal Brexit. EU leaders last night agreed to push the Brexit deadline back to 12 April from the previous date of 29 March. Read more: Goldman Sachs says no-deal Brexit has become [...]
Goldman Sachs says no-deal Brexit has become more likely March 22, 2019 Goldman Sachs said today that a no-deal Brexit has become more likely as the UK’s political crisis lurches on. The US investment bank also said the chances of Theresa May’s Brexit deal passing had fallen. Its predictions followed a decision last night by EU leaders to push the Brexit deadline back to 12 April from [...]
Midnight crisis: EU leaders offer two new Brexit delay deadlines March 22, 2019 European leaders debated late into last night in a bid to avert a no-deal Brexit on 29 March, with negotiators agreeing to give Theresa May one last shot at getting her deal through parliament. Read more: Editor’s Notes: A dose of rational optimism blew away the fog of Brexit The Prime Minister travelled to Brussels [...]
Countdown to Brexit: three market indicators to watch March 22, 2019 | City Talk The UK is due to leave the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2019. With politicians still struggling to agree the terms of withdrawal, investors in assets linked to the UK economy could be in for an uncertain time. UK investments have already underperformed their global peers since Britain voted to leave the EU, in [...]
Theresa May’s perverse migration stance will damage the UK’s economy March 22, 2019 One of the unexpected impacts of the Brexit vote has been a marked change in public attitudes towards immigration – for the better. Today, 45 per cent of Britons are positive about the impacts of immigration on the UK, while only 31 per cent are negative – roughly the reverse of the figures from three [...]
DEBATE: A third of voters would rather AI ran the country than politicians – so should robots move into Downing Street? March 22, 2019 A third of voters would rather AI ran the country than politicians – so should robots move into Downing Street? Takashi Sonoda, chief executive of internet of things company Uhuru, says YES. The idea that an artificial intelligence (AI) device could wholly take over the decision making at the top of the British government is pure [...]
Only a failing healthcare system would discourage patients from getting tested March 22, 2019 Health secretary Matt Hancock is facing backlash for sharing his personal testimony about health screenings. Writing for The Times, Hancock hailed predictive risk tests as a tool that “may save my life”, after discovering his increased risk of having prostate cancer. Yesterday, in the same newspaper, a host of medical professionals pushed back against the his [...]
EU agrees to delay Brexit until 22 May if MPs back Theresa May’s deal March 21, 2019 The EU has said it will agree to a short delay to Brexit only if MPs back Theresa May's withdrawal deal next week. A leaked EU document read: "The European Council commits to agreeing to an extension until 22 May 2019, provided the WA is approved by the HoC next week. Given that The UK does [...]
Tory Assembly member accuses Sadiq Khan of ‘tricking Londoners’ over housing targets March 21, 2019 A Conservative Assembly member has said Sadiq Khan's housing credibility is in "tatters" after he accused the mayor of double counting figures from previous years. Andrew Boff, a former mayoral candidate and Tories' housing spokesperson in the London Assembly, said Khan had failed to reach his housing target of 12,500 homes for the previous financial year because he had [...]