UK and US should have mutual recognition of financial sectors on ‘day one’ of a post-Brexit trade deal, says new report September 18, 2018 The UK and US should seek an immediate system of mutual recognition to deepen trade in financial and professional services, according to a new report produced by policy experts from both sides of the Atlantic. The proposal is one of a range of suggestions put forward by a group of 11 think tanks in a [...]
Brexit: EU has let ‘cat out of the bag’ over Irish border solution, claims Theresa Villiers September 17, 2018 The EU has been accused of letting the "cat out of the bag" after a leaked Brussels document suggested technology could solve the Irish backstop issue in the Brexit talks. It has been reported the EU chief's negotiator Michel Barnier is prepared to accept technology could be used to monitor goods moving between Northern Ireland and mainland [...]
Brexit: EU has let ‘cat out of the bag’ over Irish border solution, claims Theresa Villiers September 17, 2018 The EU has been accused of letting the "cat out of the bag" after a leaked Brussels document suggested technology could solve the Irish backstop issue in the Brexit talks. It has been reported the EU chief's negotiator Michel Barnier is prepared to accept technology could be used to monitor goods moving between Northern Ireland and mainland [...]
Social care funding crisis could be solved by new pensions-style payments, says health secretary September 17, 2018 A social care insurance scheme is being considered by the Conservatives to help tackle the crisis in elderly health provision. The scheme, first revealed by City A.M. in July, would see workers paying in to a dedicated national care fund to help cover the growing cost of social care. Read more: The government has a [...]
Social care funding crisis could be solved by new pensions-style payments, says health secretary September 17, 2018 A social care insurance scheme is being considered by the Conservatives to help tackle the crisis in elderly health provision. The scheme, first revealed by City A.M. in July, would see workers paying in to a dedicated national care fund to help cover the growing cost of social care. Read more: The government has a [...]
‘Sit up and learn’ – London’s high-growth firms buckle sluggish UK productivity September 10, 2018 NULL
Boris Johnson, Brexit and party splits are set to dominate the conference season September 10, 2018 Brexit, leadership woes and growing rumours of a party splitting – rarely have the Conservatives and Labour gone into party conference season facing virtually the same challenges so intensely. As always, this year's Tory conference will be all about Boris Johnson. Love him or loathe him, and they seem to be the only opinions available on [...]
Sterling rises as Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says ‘realistic’ to expect deal in matter of weeks September 10, 2018 Sterling climbed this afternoon after it was reported that the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said it is "realistic" to expect a Brexit deal in the next six-to-eight weeks. Talks between the UK and the European Commission are taking place again this week, ahead of the EU27 leaders meeting to discuss Brexit at a summit in Salzburg, [...]
