30 June 2016 Week in Brief : UK EU Referendum RESULTS: The votes recorded on Thursday’s referendum were as follows: Turnout Leave … Continue reading Issue 60: 2016 06 30: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Week in Brief: UK
23 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK Jo Cox ASSASSINATION OF JO COX: The murder of Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, outside her surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, has been met with revulsion and sadness on all sides of British politics. Parliament was recalled to pay tribute to Mrs Cox on Monday… Continue reading Issue 59: 2016 06 23: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 58: 2016 06 16: Week in Brief: UK
16 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum POLLS: With a week to go before the vote, the polls now show a substantial lead for the Leave campaign with YouGov, published on Tuesday, putting support for Leave at 46% and support for Remain at 39%. 11% were undecided and 4% did not expect to… Continue reading Issue 58: 2016 06 16: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 57: 2016 06 09: Week in Brief: UK
09 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION: Robert Azevedo, the director-general of the WTO, has warned that, in the event of Brexit, it will take up to ten years to sort out Britain’s new trading relations with the rest of the world. POPULATION FEAR: Boris Johnson has claimed on the… Continue reading Issue 57: 2016 06 09: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 56: 2016 06 02: Week in Brief: UK
02 June 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum IFS ON BREXIT: The Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned that Brexit would force ministers to extend austerity for a further two years to achieve a budget surplus. Lower GDP growth would hit government finance by between £20bn and £40bn by 2020, they said. IMF ON… Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Week in Brief UK
26 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK NEWS EU Referendum INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS: Pat Glass, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Europe, was overheard referring to a voter as a “horrible racist”. UKIP claimed that these remarks showed disdain for voters and Ms Glass has said that she regrets them. TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP: The Government has… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Week in Brief UK
Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
19 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK Queen’s Speech MEASURES INCLUDED: the Queen’s speech included: a legal right to faster broadband (although residents in the remotest properties may have to contribute); restrictions on access to porn sites; measures to encourage driverless cars; a streamlining of planning; measures to make it easier to switch banks and… Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 May 2016 News in Brief: UK Referendum TRUMP: Republican nominee Donald Trump has said that Britain is better off outside the EU, citing the EU’s role in pushing migration. BANKING LAWS: The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England has said that Britain’s only ability to influence EU Banking laws is a right to… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU Referendum VOTE LEAVE RESIGNATION: Labour donor John Mills has left the Vote Leave campaign to set up a separate group for Labour supporters favouring Brexit. He was dissatisfied by the attitude of Vote Leave to members of the Party. CLINTON AND BLAIR: If the exigencies of… Continue reading Issue 52: 2016 05 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Week in Brief: UK
28 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK The Queen BIRTHDAY: Her Majesty the Queen was ninety years old on Thursday, an occasion of considerable national celebration. She came to the throne in 1951, succeeding her father, King George the VIth, who himself became King on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. The Shaw Sheet… Continue reading Issue 51: 2016 04 28: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Week in Brief: UK
21 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK European Referendum TREASURY REPORT: The Treasury have published their analysis of the economic effects of Brexit. This estimates the amount by which leaving would reduce GDP in the year 2030 on three different bases: that the UK’s relationship with the EU becomes equivalent to that of Norway (a… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s points: Brexit campaigners are angry that the government is spending £9.2 million pounds on a pro EU leaflet to be delivered to 27,000,000 homes. Although the government claims that the leaflet merely responds to poll indications that the public want further information, the… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
07 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM DEBATE: This week: John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, said that the national living wage will fuel immigration unless we leave the EU; 200 health professionals published a letter in “The Times” warning that Brexit will result in a worsening of public health as Britain loses the… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
