Minister: UK imperial and Commonwealth ties to India will help secure trade deal June 24, 2021 The UK and India’s shared imperialist and Commonwealth history will help the two countries close a trade deal, according to trade minister Ranil Jayawardena. Jayawardena also told City A.M. in a wide ranging interview that a trade deal would help the UK have more “honest conversations” with India over things like its human rights and [...]
Lib Dems unveil their answer to Vladimir Putin aggression: Webcams June 23, 2021 The Liberal Democrats have called for all Royal Navy ships to be on webcams 24/7 so the government can identify where they are at all times and to fight off potential Vladimir Putin aggression. The party’s defence spokesperson Jamie Stone MP said constant video surveillance would help clearly identify acts of aggression against UK ships, [...]
Government announces a ‘London summit’ to boost vaccine uptake June 23, 2021 The government will hold a London “vaccine summit” on Friday with Sadiq Khan and top health officials in a bid to boost the capital’s comparatively low take up of vaccines. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi today announced that the summit will aim to scrutinise why the take-up of first vaccine doses in London “is slightly behind [...]
UK and EU set for truce in Northern Ireland sausage ban row June 23, 2021 The EU is reportedly set to accept a three-month extension to the ban on sausages from Great Britain being shipped to Northern Ireland. The extension will ease tensions after Boris Johnson threatened to ignore the chilled meats ban, which the EU says would have sparked a trade war. Irish broadcaster RTE reports that EU nations [...]
Gove: PM will not grant fresh Scottish independence referendum before next election June 23, 2021 Boris Johnson will not grant a second Scottish independence referendum before the next General Election in 2024, according to Michael Gove. Gove said today that there were no circumstances in which the Prime Minister would allow a vote to happen, putting him on a collision course with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Sturgeon has vowed [...]
Brexit: Northern Ireland Protocol ‘must be rectified’, says minister June 23, 2021 The post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol is “not sustainable” and must be “rectified”, says Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis. Lewis told MPs today that the post-Brexit treaty is “causing issues for businesses and consumers and citizens in Northern Ireland” due to the stringent nature of checks from goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. Northern [...]
Boris Johnson hails UK’s ‘regained sovereignty’ on fifth anniversary of Brexit vote June 22, 2021 Boris Johnson has hailed the UK’s “regained sovereignty” post-Brexit tonight on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the 2016 EU referendum. Johnson said that the “decision to leave the EU may now part of our history” and that “our clear mission is to utilise the freedoms it brings to shape a better future for [...]
David Frost hits out at EU’s fast ‘resort to threats’ in Northern Ireland talks June 22, 2021 Boris Johnson’s UK-EU minister has slammed the EU for its “fast resort to threats” in post-Brexit negotiations over Northern Ireland, telling Brussels to “dial it down”. Lord David Frost told a Westminster committee today that talks with the EU over how to implement the Northern Ireland Protocol had progressed in “one or two areas”, but [...]
Tory central London MP calls for fresh package to support the West End June 22, 2021 A Conservative central London Tory MP is today calling for a fresh package of economic support to help the capital’s post-Covid economic recovery, with specific measures for the West End. Cities of London and Westminster MP Nickie Aiken today used a 30-minute parliamentary debate today to call for a removal of the £2m business rates [...]
EU commissioner says the bloc is not trying to steal business from City of London June 22, 2021 The EU’s financial services chief has said Brussels is not trying to steal business and investment from the City of London and that they are not pursuing a protectionist policy on financial services. Mairead McGuinness, EU commissioner for financial services, also said today that Brussels will look again at equivalence for the City later this [...]
