Government faces post-Brexit High Court challenge over sugar tariffs July 2, 2021 The government is facing a post-Brexit legal challenge over trade policy, after the High Court agreed that a decision to cut sugar tariffs should be reviewed judicially. British Sugar is bringing the case against international trade secretary Liz Truss in response to her decision to allow 126,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar to enter the [...]
Merkel: Double jabbed Brits will be able to visit Germany without quarantine in ‘foreseeable future’ July 2, 2021 Angela Merkel has today said British holidaymakers will be able to travel without quarantine to Germany in the “foreseeable future”, after previously indicating the opposite. Merkel said after a bilateral meeting with Boris Johnson today that recent “protective measures” at the German border were put in place when little was known about the Delta variant. [...]
UK-EU sausage war has de-escalated, but are you ready for the Brexit water fight? July 2, 2021 The UK has confirmed that major European mineral water brands like Evian and Perrier will lose their automatic right to export to Great Britain from January next year. The mineral water giants, which also includes San Pellegrino and Volvic, will now have to jump through a series of hoops to be allowed to ship their [...]
Tory chair: Matt Hancock hurt Conservatives in Batley and Spen by-election July 2, 2021 The Conservative party co-chair has said Matt Hancock’s resignation came up on the doorstep in the Batley and Spen by-election and likely cost them votes. Amanda Milling said there were a “whole load of issues that affected our campaign” and that Hancock “was something that came up on the doorstep, I have to be honest about [...]
‘Buoyant’ UK job market had 200,000 new advertisements last week July 2, 2021 Almost 200,000 new UK job advertisements were posted in the last week of June, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). The REC said demand for staff is now “buoyant” across the UK as the country’s post-Covid economic recovery picks up steam. There are now a little more than 1.5m job vacancies across the [...]
Angela Merkel to address Johnson’s cabinet in final UK trip as German chancellor July 1, 2021 Angela Merkel will become the first foreign leader in 24 years to address a British cabinet tomorrow in her last trip to the UK as German chancellor. Merkel and Boris Johnson will also agree to set up an annual meeting between the UK and German cabinets – the first arrangement of its kind for the [...]
What are the UK-EU ‘sausage wars’ in Northern Ireland and are they over? July 1, 2021 Yesterday’s confirmation that Brussels and London have agreed a truce to the so-called sausage wars has, at least momentarily, eased UK-EU tensions about the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The EU agreed to delay the ban on Great British sausages being sent to Northern Ireland until the end of September, after threats from Boris [...]
Boris Johnson says ‘extra precautions’ for Covid may still be needed after 19 July July 1, 2021 Boris Johnson has today warned that “extra precautions” in England may be needed beyond 19 July when Covid restrictions are set to be eased. The Prime Minister said he will be “setting in the course of the next few days what step four will look like exactly”, but gave no indication about potential Covid rules [...]
Rishi Sunak vows to change UK’s ‘economic geography’ June 24, 2021 Rishi Sunak has vowed to alter the UK’s “economic geography” by ensuring the post-Covid recovery is “more evenly felt across the country”. Sunak also highlighted the need for Britain to invest in high-growth sectors, such as fintech, which the chancellor says will fundamentally alter the economy. Sunak highlighted the government’s Help to Grow scheme, which [...]
EU ambassador to UK ‘encouraged’ by Northern Ireland developments June 24, 2021 Brussels’ ambassador to the UK has said he is “encouraged” by recent developments in UK-EU Northern Ireland talks as tensions begin to cool between the two sides. João Vale de Almeida told peers today that the EU had shown “a great deal of understanding and flexibility” in negotiations with the UK over the implementation of [...]
