Theresa May to travel to Paris and Berlin for critical Brexit talks April 8, 2019 Theresa May will head to Berlin and Paris on Tuesday in an eleventh hour bid to convince EU leaders to grant another delay to Brexit. The Prime Minister will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron just a day before a crunch Brexit summit in Brussels. The EU will use that [...]
As Brexit drags on, Brits want a rule-breaking leader to overhaul political system April 8, 2019 Brits want a strong leader who is willing to break rules to push through wide-reaching reforms to the political system, according to new data. Read more: Business optimism hits seven-year low as Brexit approaches Three years of Brexit turmoil since the EU referendum has left voters’ confidence in politics at a 15-year low, a poll [...]
The government must pause for thought before pushing ahead with “online harms” regulations April 8, 2019 A common view of the world goes thus – individuals and businesses do whatever they can to pursue their own self-interest, and must be kept in check by governments. As certain companies get bigger and bigger, greater regulations are required. While not entirely without merit, this dichotomous standpoint is excessively blunt and can result in [...]
Theresa May to head to Berlin to request short Brexit delay April 8, 2019 Theresa May will dash to Berlin tomorrow to persuade EU leaders to grant a short extension to Article 50 while the government still wrangles with how to progress with Brexit. The Prime Minister will meet German chancellor Angela Merkel tomorrow, a day before a crunch EU summit in which the bloc will consider whether to grant May's [...]
Boris Johnson says customs union Brexit deal with Labour would make ‘a nonsense’ of Brexit vote April 8, 2019 Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson has attacked the Prime Minister over her Brexit negotiations with the Labour party, saying a customs union deal “cannot, must not and will not happen”. Read more: Government ready to compromise with Corbyn through 'gritted teeth' Writing in his weekly Daily Telegraph column, the former foreign secretary said cutting a [...]
Cabinet Brexiter Penny Mordaunt: We must not get locked into European elections April 7, 2019 AS ONE of the cabinet’s Brexiters, eyes have been on Penny Mordaunt in recent weeks to see if she would walk away from the top team as Theresa May seemingly edges closer to a softer break from the EU. Speaking exclusively to City A.M., the international development secretary argues a long delay to Brexit would be [...]
Sports Direct makes £150m offer to underwrite Debenhams in bid to make Ashley CEO April 7, 2019 A bitter and hard-fought battle for control of one of Britain’s oldest department store chains descended into farce last night as Mike Ashley tussled with Debenhams to prevent the retailer from entering into a pre-pack administration. In his latest efforts to ramp up pressure on the chain’s board, the Sports Direct owner last night accused [...]
Government ministers ready to compromise with Corbyn through ‘gritted teeth’ over Brexit April 7, 2019 Government ministers are ready to compromise with Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn “through gritted teeth” to deliver Brexit, Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the House of Commons, said this morning. Prime Minister Theresa May began talks with the opposition leader last week to negotiate a deal that both parties could back in order to pass an agreement [...]
Manufacturers urge May to revoke Article 50 if Brexit deal cannot be secured April 7, 2019 Manufacturers have urged Prime Minister Theresa May to revoke Article 50 is she cannot secure a Brexit agreement this week amid growing fears the UK could crash out of the EU without a deal. In an open letter to May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, trade body Make UK said the industry had already been [...]
Mike Ashley makes legal threat as Debenhams deadline beckons April 6, 2019 Sports direct owner Mike Ashley has suggested he could take legal action against directors at Debenhams as the deadline for him to make a formal bid for the struggling department store chain approaches. Ashley has until April 8 to make that bid but as the chance of his participation in a rescue deal decreases, he [...]