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 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

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

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