Priti Patel blames Facebook and TikTok for increase in migrant Channel crossings June 6, 2021 Priti Patel has demanded that social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok remove posts that “glamourise” illegal migrant Channel crossings. The home secretary has written to a swathe of online giants to demand they “put an end to the exploitation of your platforms by criminals involved in organised immigration crime”. Her letters came after it emerged [...]
Brussels to break down Northern Ireland barrier to UK medicines, sources say June 4, 2021 Brussels is eyeing Northern Ireland’s barriers to British medicine supplies, looking to remove them in a bid to ease Brexit border negotiations, according to reports. The Northern Ireland Protocol has been wreaking havoc on negotiations, but the European Union is expected to offer an ‘olive branch’ in London on Wednesday, The Telegraph first reported. [...]
Post-Brexit: UK inks £21bn trade deal with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein June 4, 2021 The UK has inked a new trade deal with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which will see some tariffs on British exports, which were as high as 277 per cent, slashed. The deal is the first the three European countries have dedicated chapters to digital trade and small businesses. “Today’s deal will be a major boost [...]
Exclusive: Government set to take ‘gentle’ approach to get people back to the office June 4, 2021 The government is set to take a “gentle” approach in getting people back to the office this summer, with working from home advice also expected to be scrapped on 21 June if the roadmap goes ahead as planned. Government sources told City A.M. that ministers will not take a hardline approach to get people back [...]
UK-Norway trade deal set to be done by Saturday with tariffs slashed on British agriculture June 3, 2021 The UK and Norway are set to strike a £20bn trade deal within the next two days, with both sides very close to an agreement. A source close to international trade secretary Liz Truss told City A.M. the deal will likely slash Norwegian tariffs on British agricultural exports, like beef and cheese, and provide more [...]
Joe Biden to visit the Queen at Windsor Castle in his first overseas trip June 3, 2021 Joe Biden will meet with the Queen next week at Windsor Castle after he finishes at the G7 meeting in Cornwall. Biden’s first overseas trip will be to the UK for the three-day G7 summit, before he visits Belgium and Switzerland. The US President and his wife Dr Jill Biden will meet Queen Elizabeth at [...]
Rishi Sunak prepares to chair G7 finance ministers summit in London June 3, 2021 Rishi Sunak will tomorrow chair the first day of this year’s G7 finance ministers summit in London, with a global taxation deal set to be on top of the agenda. The chancellor has said his major priorities for the two-day summit will be an agreement on a global tech tax and to urge other G7 [...]
Boris Johnson’s Spamalot: Conservative Party fined £10,000 over nuisance emails June 3, 2021 The Conservative Party has been fined £10,000 for sending dozens of marketing emails to people who did not want to receive them. Data watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) opened a probe into the party over 51 emails sent in Boris Johnson’s name over the eight days after he was elected prime minister in July [...]
Theresa May joins Tory rebellion against Boris Johnson’s foreign aid cuts June 3, 2021 Theresa May has joined a group of 30 Tory rebels that are preparing to defy Boris Johnson and vote against his foreign aid cuts next week. The growing group of backbenchers could hand the Prime Minister his first House of Commons defeat since his 2019 election victory by amending a bill to restore the UK’s [...]
High Court rules Home Office’s migrant barracks broke the law after Covid outbreak June 3, 2021 The High Court has ruled today that the Home Office broke the law when it housed cross-channel migrants in a run-down barracks, where around 200 people caught Covid-19. The landmark ruling regarding the Home Office’s Napier barracks in Folkestone, Kent, could pave the way for damages claims. Migrants housed in the barracks were 12 to [...]