07 September 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit NEGOTIATIONS: The nation returns from its holidays to find that not much has moved in the negotiation between Mr Davis and Mr Barnier. The EU still insists that further progress on three issues – the “Divorce Bill”, the rights of EU citizens who already live in the… Continue reading Issue 119: 2017 09 07: Week In Brief: UK
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Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief: UK
16 March 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: Lord Heseltine has been removed as an adviser to Theresa May’s government after he voted in favour of an amendment to the bill which will trigger article 50; the amendment would necessitate the terms of disengagement from the EU to be approved by parliament. The amendment was… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT STRATEGY: A memorandum leaked to The Times, and said to have been written by a consultant from the accountancy firm Deloittes, indicates that civil servants are struggling to produce an exit strategy in time for the giving of the Article 50 notice in March of next… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT VOTE: The Government is to appeal against the High Court’s ruling that giving notice to leave the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon requires an Act of Parliament. The Attorney General’s argument that, because the action was under an international treaty it could… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Week in Brief: UK
27 October 2016 Week in Brief: UK Britain and Europe BREXIT: As pressure builds up on the government to reveal its objectives in the Brexit negotiations, with Parliamentary debates promised before the Christmas recess, other parts of the UK take differing views. Wales (which backed leave) is, according to the first Minister, unwilling to accept… Continue reading Issue 77: 2016 10 27: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Can We Trust The Police? (Lynda Goetz)
12 May 2016 Can We Trust The Police? A new series of sensational headlines does not make for confidence, but is this really a case of ‘plus ҫa change…’ ? by Lynda Goetz What has happened to the old-fashioned beliefs that our policemen and women were bulwarks of the community; a force for good; trusted… Continue reading Issue 53: 2016 05 12: Can We Trust The Police? (Lynda Goetz)
Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK DWP: Iain Duncan Smith has resigned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following a proposal in the Budget to tighten the criteria for personal independence payments to disabled people of working age. Although Mr Duncan Smith had originally approved the change, he was unhappy at its… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
27 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS ADULTERY WEBSITE: It is believed that there are 1.2 million Britons among the 37 million users of adultery website Ashley Madison whose details were revealed by hackers last week. These include military personnel, government employees and a Scottish Nationalist MP, as well as two people working at… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: Week in Brief: UK NEWS
