09 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK POLICE SURVEILLANCE: The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which supervises police surveillance activities, has found that Cleveland Police broke the law when carrying out investigations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. The force had monitored a police officer who was suing it over racism and also monitored the phones… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 85: 2016 12 22: UK News in Brief
22 December 2016 Week In Brief: UK NEWS Domestic threats RUSSIA: Concerns have been expressed in Whitehall about the campaign being waged by Russia against the UK. The attacks involve espionage, propaganda, cyberattacks and fake news stories. Theresa May will chair a meeting of the National Security Council to examine the problem. Some analysts see… Continue reading Issue 85: 2016 12 22: UK News in Brief
Issue 84: 2016 12 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 December 2016 Week in Brief: UK WEARING THE TROUSERS: Nicky Morgan, sacked from the role of education secretary by Mrs May, has been banned from meetings at Downing Street after publicly criticising the Prime Minister’s trousers. Apparently Mrs Morgan, an aspirant for the leadership following the resignation of David Cameron, was troubled by their… Continue reading Issue 84: 2016 12 15: 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 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: UK
18 August 2016 Week In Brief: UK Government POST-BREXIT FUNDING PLEDGE: Science University research and infrastructure projects will have their levels of EU funding guaranteed after Brexit under a Treasury plan which will cost £4 billion per year. Payments to farmers will also be guaranteed for four years. BREXIT DELAY: The government had been expected to… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 14: 2015 08 06 UK News
6 August 2015 Week In Brief: UK NEWS CALAIS: Blame is the game as migrants continue to besiege the Calais terminal of Eurotunnel, with: Mr Cameron being criticised by Nigel Farage and others for referring to the migrants as a swarm; Eurotunnel criticising the French authorities for providing an insufficient number of police; Keith Vaz… Continue reading Issue 14: 2015 08 06 UK News
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: business news
9 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY EMPTYING WALLETS: George Osborne, the Chancellor, has been indicated that his budget speech will announce proposals for a further extension of permitted retail trading on Sundays. By the time you have this issue that will be confirmed, or not, but certainly there is a lot… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: business news
Issue 9: 2015 07 02: UK News
02 July 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS SCOTTISH FUNDING FOR QUEEN: Following a period of misunderstanding by palace officials, the SNP has confirmed that it has no intention of cutting Scotland’s contribution to the costs of funding the monarchy. The contribution to the sovereign grant is paid out of the revenues of the Scottish part… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02: UK News
Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
14 may 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WATERFORD WEDGWOOD: Two of the oldest manufacturing companies in the British Isles, Waterford (fine crystal) and Wedgwood (fine china), brought together in a highly leveraged merger which ended in financial distress and administration in 2009, have been sold for US$437m. The vendor is the USA… Continue reading Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
