05 October 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit JOHNSON RETREATS FROM LIMB: Last week Boris Johnson continued his attempts at backseat driving, telling The Sun that the Government must raise the minimum wage and pay more to public sector workers. He was also said to have set further red lines for Brexit saying that the transitional… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 July 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS: Last week’s round of talks ended with little agreement. Points at issue include whether EU citizen should be able to bring their families to the UK without restriction, whether the European Court of Justice should have any jurisdiction in the UK, whether the British people… Continue reading Issue 115: 2017 07 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 June 2017 Week in Brief: UK Fire HIGH RISE FIRE: Grenfell Tower, a 24 story residential block of flats in West Kensington, caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday. The block, which was built by the Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council in 1994 and refurbished last year, contained 120 flats. It was gutted… Continue reading Issue 109: 2017 06 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief: UK
16 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK SPEAKER: John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is facing calls from MPs to resign after he declared that he would prevent Donald Trump from addressing MPs and peers in Westminster Hall during the proposed state visit. Diplomatic sources have said that there has been no… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 89: 2017 01 26:Service with a shock (J.R.Thomas)
26 January 2017 Service with a Shock The future of the electricity supply by J.R.Thomas Who would want to run an electricity supply company in these times? More and more choice for the consumer, with all sorts of potential supply, including pumping heat from under back gardens or powering freezers from mini windmills on the… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26:Service with a shock (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK DIPLOMATIC: The Ambassador to Brussels, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned in protest at what he has described as “muddled thinking” in Whitehall over the negotiating stance to be adopted by the UK in its discussions with the EU over the terms of disengagement. Retired civil servants have expressed… Continue reading Issue 87: 2017 01 12: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
13 October 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government politics BREXIT TERMS: A cross party group of MPs including Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Nicky Morgan and Anne Soubry is pressing for Parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit terms. This would be a practical problem for the government who are anxious to… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief UK
Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Week in Brief: UK
29 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK Brexit Blues NEWS FROM THE FRONT: As Mrs May remains taciturn, speculation continues as to the position the government will take in the negotiations over Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox favours the “Hard Brexit” option under which priority would be given to limiting free movement of people,… Continue reading Issue 73: 2016 09 29: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief: UK
14 July 2016 Week in Brief: UK Politics PRIME MINISTER: Following Andrea Leadsom’s withdrawal from the contest, Theresa May was left as the only candidate for the leadership of the Conservative party and accordingly became Prime Minister on Wednesday. See comment The Chilcot Report and Mrs May. LABOUR LEADERSHIP: Angela Eagle has issued a challenge… Continue reading Issue 62: 2016 07 14: Week in Brief: UK
Issue56:2016 06 02:Week in Brief Financial
02 June 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY PARKING A PROFIT: Blackstone, the American owned private equity business which had a good time in the recession buying lots of assets at bargain prices, especially in the property and banking sectors, is cashing in one of its big holdings. It is selling, through… Continue reading Issue56:2016 06 02:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Week in Brief: UK
11 February 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU NEGOTIATIONS: Debate has begun over the terms which David Cameron has negotiated with the EU. However, the terms are still only in draft form and may not represent the final conditions which EU institutions and countries will be prepared to agree. The draft has already sparked debate… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK LIBYA: The Government is preparing to send 1,000 troops to Libya to support local forces in an attempt to stop Isis fighters from dominating the country. LABOUR PARTY: Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by Peter Mandelson that the party has lost 30,000 members recently, through the resignations of… Continue reading Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 17:2015 08 27: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
27 August 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BLACK MONDAY?: So the Tuesday headlines might have had you believe. Certainly stock markets round the world dropped very abruptly, and the cause is very easy to find – the faltering of the Chinese economy. China has had a long run of economic growth, around twenty… Continue reading Issue 17:2015 08 27: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
