Eurostar warns customers not to travel due to French custom worker strikes March 17, 2019 Eurostar has warned customers not to travel due to chaos caused by striking French customs workers in Paris. The operator cancelled four trains from Paris to London today will not run a further three services tomorrow, with disruption expected to continue until Wednesday. Read more: Eurostar sees 12 per cent growth in business passenger numbers Customs [...]
Vote Leave chief urges MPs to back Theresa May’s deal as Brexiters start to turn March 17, 2019 The head of the Vote Leave campaign has urged MPs to swing behind Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, saying Brexit has “never been at greater risk”. Matthew Elliott, the former chief executive of the official Brexit campaign that had the backing of Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, said the UK’s departure from the European Union “probably won’t [...]
Philip Hammond says it is ‘physically impossible’ for UK to leave EU on 29 March March 17, 2019 Philip Hammond has said it is "physically impossible" for the UK to leave the EU on 29 March. Speaking to the BBC, the chancellor said a "short extension" to Article 50 – the mechanism that allows the UK to leave the EU – was necessary to enable the government to pass all the legislation required to [...]
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will force another no confidence motion if May’s Brexit deal is defeated again March 17, 2019 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the party could force another no confidence motion in the government if it fails to get Theresa May's Brexit deal across the line for a third time. Corbyn said he thought it was likely that the May's Brexit deal would voted down and that the government's strategy was to [...]
Senior Conservative MP Nick Boles quits local party over Brexit March 16, 2019 Pro-EU MP Nick Boles has resigned from his local Conservative party due to disagreements over Brexit. The MP for Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnshire claimed a "division has opened up" between him and his members. Read more: EU gives UK July deadline for Brexit delay In a letter to those members at his constituency's Conservative [...]
EU gives UK July deadline for Brexit delay if country doesn’t participate in European elections March 16, 2019 The EU will terminate Britain's membership of the bloc on 1 July if the country does not take part in the European elections scheduled for 23-26 May, according to a document seen by the Financial Times. The draft paper reportedly outlines that if the UK seeks an extension to Article 50 of more than three [...]
Government ferry contracts to cost millions more if Brexit is delayed March 16, 2019 The government will have to spend tens of millions of pounds more than it already has to maintain the ferry contracts it has in place for a no-deal Brexit, if as expected the UK's exit from the EU is delayed. The Department for Transport (DfT) agreed deals with three separate suppliers for additional freight capacity on ferries [...]
Hammond in Brexit talks with DUP as government tries to win over Northern Irish party March 15, 2019 Chancellor Philip Hammond is reportedly holding talks this afternoon with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in a bid to gain their support for Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The talks come ahead of a third vote on May’s deal next week in the House of Commons, as the PM looks for approval for her [...]
10 most popular funds in February 2019 March 15, 2019 | City Talk By Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor. UK shares look cheap, but Brexit uncertainty has stopped some fund investors into their home market. From both a growth and an income perspective, the UK stockmarket is as cheap as chips, but retail investors continue to shy away, data from our parent company interactive investor shows. On the [...]
Opinion: Post-Brexit Britain should be open to the world and a foreign buyer tax sends exactly the opposite message March 15, 2019 House price growth is at its lowest rate in five years, according to the latest ONS statistics. While Brexit is clearly a contributing factor, stamp duty is the main culprit in the London market. It is therefore highly alarming that the government has decided to press ahead with divvying out yet another stamp duty burden. [...]