Theresa May has offered MPs a series of debates on Brexit in the run up to the activation of Article 50 October 24, 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May has offered MPs a series of debates ahead of the formal launch of Brexit talks, but stopped short of including any guarantee of a binding vote. May has vowed to activate Article 50 in 2017, and no later than March, and today she said MPs would be given government time in the House [...]
Nicola Sturgeon has hit out after “frustrating” Downing Street summit on the UK’s Brexit plans October 24, 2016 Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has blasted Theresa May's approach to Brexit after attending a Downing Street summit for the leaders of devolved authorities. Sturgeon called for a flexible Brexit deal earlier today, but left the first Joint Ministerial Council meeting for more than two years claiming she had learned little. After two hours of [...]
Theresa May is set to shatter Nicola Sturgeon’s hopes of a Flexit deal that could protect Scottish Single Market access October 24, 2016 Theresa May is set to spurn a call from Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon for a flexible Brexit deal to protect Scottish Single Market access. May met with Sturgeon, alongside Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones and Northern Irish leaders Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness this morning at Downing Street in the first session of the Joint Ministerial Committee for [...]
MPs will this week grill Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin as part of an industrial strategy probe October 24, 2016 Businesses including Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin will be invited to give evidence to MPs in Coventry later this week as part of a probe into the government's industrial strategy. MPs on parliament's Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee will take evidence at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in the East Midlands city on Thursday. Witnesses [...]
Theresa May promises Brexit meetings with national leaders as she faces a “constitutional crisis” warning October 24, 2016 Theresa May will today reveal a new forum for the UK government to meet with devolved administrations over Brexit, even as a new report warns she is facing a constitutional crisis. Leaders of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments will be invited to join a new committee led by Brexit secretary David Davis. May will unveil [...]
It’s time to flesh out May’s industrial strategy, British manufacturers warn October 24, 2016 Britain's manufacturers are calling on the government to dramatically hasten plans to introduce a new industrial strategy. Prime Minister Theresa May has stressed the importance of supporting industry since coming to power this summer, introducing a muscular new government department to shepherd work. But manufacturer trade body EEF has today warned that May and her [...]
Chris Grayling is set to signal an appetite for new runways at UK regional airports this week October 23, 2016 Transport secretary Chris Grayling is this week expected to signal fresh appetite for expansion at the UK's regional airports as well as in the south east. A special cabinet committee headed by Prime Minister Theresa May meets tomorrow to decide whether Gatwick or Heathrow should be expanded to give the south east more airport capacity. [...]
Tata’s Port Talbot steelworkers have been boosted by the emergence of new cost figures October 23, 2016 Endangered steelworks in Port Talbot have been handed a boost by the emergence of new figures backing work at the plant. Tata is locked in talks over the future of the site, with hopes high for progress on a potential joint-venture with ThyssenKrupp. The negotiations had raised fears of work being transferred from the UK [...]
Is the battle between Trump and Clinton much closer than current polls suggest? October 23, 2016 Donald Trump could be much closer to securing the White House than many American polls suggest. Figures from ABC News earlier today handed Trump's rival Hillary Clinton a lead of 12 points over Trump among American voters. And the billionaire Apprentice star has seen his odds drift with bookmakers since his comments on sexual assault, [...]
Theresa May mulling plan to dramatically slash corporation tax to beat a “brutal Brexit” October 23, 2016 Theresa May is reportedly considering a dramatic reduction in corporation tax if she is faced with a “brutal Brexit” in talks with the EU. According to the Sunday Times, May could slash the tax rate from 20 per cent down to just 10 per cent if the UK can't secure passporting rights for financial services [...]
