UK looks to wrap up Australia trade deal in coming weeks June 3, 2021 The UK is aiming to close a free trade deal with Australia in the days after next week’s G7 summit in Cornwall. Both sides said last month that they would aim to sign up to an in principle agreement by June. It comes as the 11 nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific [...]
UK rallies Australia to up its net zero targets ahead of G7 summit June 3, 2021 The UK is rallying Australia to up its emission reduction target for the 2030s, the British high commissioner has said today, suggesting 2050 will be too late. Ahead of the UK hosted G7 meeting next week, British high commissioner Vicki Treadell said the UK was asking all attending nations to raise their interim net zero [...]
Bye bye Bibi: Netanyahu could be on way out after opposition parties strike deal June 3, 2021 A coalition of opposition parties has struck a deal to remove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power after twelve years. Centrist Yair Lapid has engineered a group including Jewish nationalists and Arab-Israelis into a wafer-thin majority in the Knesset after years of electoral deadlock in the country. If the deal makes it through Parliament [...]
UK looks to slash tariffs on Scotch whisky exports in Australia trade deal June 2, 2021 The UK is looking to slash tariffs on Scotch whisky exports in a potential Australia trade deal, according to the Department for International Trade. International trade secretary Liz Truss has made it a priority to slash the five per cent tariffs on Scotch whisky in the deal to increase opportunities for domestic distillers. Australia is [...]
Boris Johnson: England still on track to shed Covid restrictions on 21 June June 2, 2021 Boris Johnson has today maintained England is on track to further ease Covid-19 restrictions on 21 June, despite recent warnings from several government scientific advisers. However, the Prime Minister also warned it was too early to make a call as it was not clear if the country’s vaccination rollout was thorough enough to protect people [...]
Government urged to avoid ‘stigma’ on public transport over face masks after 21 June June 2, 2021 Any relaxation of face mask rules by the government on 21 June must include public transport to avoid the sector facing long-term stigma, according to a transport business body. Tom Bartosak-Harlow, from the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), told PA that “we need to see public transport moving at the same pace as the rest [...]
CPTPP trading bloc nations agree to allow UK to start joining process June 2, 2021 Member nations of the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) have agreed to allow the UK to begin the process of joining the trading bloc, a Japanese minister has announced. Japanese economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told local reporters today that he welcomed the start of the ascension process, after a meeting of governments [...]
G7 states pumped $42bn more into oil and gas than renewables last year, analysis finds June 2, 2021 Countries within the G7 have channelled $189bn into oil, coal and gas in the last year, despite promises of a green recovery, new analysis has revealed today. Ahead of the UK hosted G7 summit in Cornwall next week, the analysis has also shown that between January 2020 and March 2021, the UK, US, Canada, Italy, [...]
Starmer says end of restrictions will let him ‘open up’ to the public in Piers Morgan interview June 1, 2021 Sir Keir Starmer has claimed that the end of Covid restrictions will allow him to “open up” and show his true self to the electorate, after claims he is too stiff and robotic in public. When answering questions on his low personal popularity ratings, the Labour leader told ITV in an hour-long interview tonight to [...]
Keir Starmer impersonator dated women and tried to buy a house in Labour leader’s name June 1, 2021 An impersonator of Sir Keir Starmer had relationships with women and attempted to buy art and a house in his name while the Labour leader was the director of public prosecutions. Paul Bint answered lonely hearts adverts in the Sunday Times pretending to be Sir Keir, and was eventually caught after charging taxi fares to [...]