Labour rushes to deny Starmer plans to ‘unpick’ Brexit or take UK back into single market July 4, 2022 The Labour is rushing to deny allegations it plans to undo parts of Brexit, with Baroness Jenny Chapman, a shadow minister of state at Cabinet Office, has denied that Labour has plans to “unpick” Britain’s departure from the European Union. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will later vow not to take the UK back into [...]
James Dyson heaps doubt on UK ambition to be science superpower by 2030 July 3, 2022 Billionaire Sir James Dyson has said the UK government is “not getting there” in reference to its ambition to make the country a science superpower by 2030. The Dyson founder said the UK is “massively underproducing engineers” and that there is no drive to make science a large part of UK culture. Boris Johnson has [...]
NI Protocol: Germany and Ireland accuse UK of not acting in ‘good faith’ July 3, 2022 Boris Johnson has been urged to start acting in “good faith” and to pursue “dialogue” in Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations by the German and Irish governments. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock and Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said in a joint statement that the UK’s move to unilaterally change the post-Brexit agreement “will not fix [...]
UK business bosses most pessimistic since the start of the pandemic over inflation and Brexit July 1, 2022 Business chiefs in the UK are at their most disheartened since the early days of the Covid pandemic. Soaring inflation and Brexit pains have crippled confidence on economic outlook with consumer confidence at a historic low. The Directors’ Economic Confidence Index by the Institute of Directors, a measure of economic confidence of over 400 business [...]
Zero sympathy: Jacob Rees-Mogg slams ‘selfish’ and ‘unnecessary’ strikes July 1, 2022 Brexit Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit out at “selfish” strikers, claiming that they are hampering productivity in the Civil Service. The Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency was about the numbers of people in the Civil Service who have returned to the office. “Well, they were getting better until the railways went on strike,” [...]
Boost for Global Britain as UK exports to EU defy Brexit challenges and hit highest level ever July 1, 2022 New ONS data shows that British exports to the EU reached their highest ever level due to rising exports of fuels as the bloc continues to import substantial quantities of LNG. Goods exports to the EU reached £16.4bn in April 2022, their highest level in current prices since the series began in 1997. Meanwhile, the [...]
Brexit: City minister says UK changes to EU financial services rules is not ‘race to the bottom’ June 30, 2022 The UK’s changes to the EU’s catalogue of financial services rules will not become a “race to the bottom”, City minister John Glen has vowed. Glen today said the government had “an unshakeable abiding interest in a prosperous Europe” and that “it is time to put to bed” the notion that the EU will have [...]
NI Protocol: Top Brussels official says EU wants to ‘get Brexit done’ June 29, 2022 Brussels’ top Brexit negotiator has said the EU wants to “get Brexit done”, while hitting out at the UK’s position on the Northern Ireland Protocol. European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic told a Bloomberg event in London that the “EU’s door remains open”, but that negotiations on the post-Brexit agreement are made more difficult “when [...]
Impacts of Covid and Brexit hard to uncouple, MPC appointee Dr Swati Dhingra June 29, 2022 Dr. Swati Dhingra said that the impacts of Covid and the impacts of Brexit are still difficult to differentiate. In an oral evidence session following her appointment to the Monetary Policy Committee, Dr. Dhingra said “We’re still struggling with how to distinguish between the impacts of Covid and Brexit,” with the EU exit date coinciding [...]
Brexit ideas: Boris Johnson wants to recreate the Roman Empire to achieve UK-EU co-operation June 29, 2022 Boris Johnson wants a modern recreation of the Roman Empire as a way of achieving co-operation between Europe and its neighbours. The Prime Minister set out his vision of a partnership that included Turkey and North African states as an alternative plan to Emmanuel Macron’s idea of a European political community. Macron said the Prime [...]