UK and South Korea to sign new agreement during state visit November 21, 2023 The UK and South Korea are set to sign a new long-term agreement covering defence and technology co-operation as President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for a three-day state visit.
70 per cent of Tory members think Nigel Farage should be able to join, poll finds November 6, 2023 Almost three quarters of Conservative members say Nigel Farage should be allowed to join the party if he wishes to, according to a ConservativeHome poll.
UK must stop talking itself down, says Badenoch as report shows Brexit hasn’t hurt trade November 6, 2023 Business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch has said the UK needs to stop talking itself down after a new report argued Brexit hasn’t damaged UK-EU trade to the extent some might have feared.
Philip Hammond ‘dismayed’ by Tory shift to ‘populism’ October 18, 2023 Lord Philip Hammond said he has been “dismayed” by the “populist turn” the Conservatives took. The former Chancellor told City PM while he thought the party was now “heading in the right direction” he had been “dismayed by the populist turn” the Tories took. During an interview about his role as chair of crypto firm [...]
‘My banking issues are now over’: Brexit leader Nigel Farage announces new account with Lloyds October 13, 2023 Today, Farage took to X and wrote: "After being refused banking facilities by ten other banks, my banking issues are now over."
Bailey: Brexit has created ‘opportunities’ – but policymakers must tread carefully October 4, 2023 Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, warned that policymakers should take no chances with financial stability despite the "opportunities" that Brexit had created for the UK.
Prime minister ‘should be able to fire’ Bank of England governor: Top Tory October 2, 2023 The Prime Minister of the day “should be able to fire the governor of the Bank of England”, Lord David Frost has said.
Brexit not end of the City, Badenoch to insist October 2, 2023 Brexit is not the end of Canada, Kemi Badenoch is expected to say in a speech at Conservative Party conference. Business and trade secretary Badenoch is set to rail against critics “relentlessly wanting to talk down our country” and will claim: “Our political opponents are obsessed with viewing every problem as Brexit.” [...]
City firms’ regulatory burden rises as UK and EU diverge on financial rules September 27, 2023 City firms face an increasing regulatory burden as the UK and the EU begin to diverge on financial services regulation.
Brexit: Britain to sign sixth US state-level trade deal since leaving EU September 26, 2023 The UK is poised to sign its sixth trade agreement with a US state. Industry and economic security minister Nusrat Ghani will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Washington state in Seattle. The West Coast state is home to major US companies including Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft and Boeing, with the aerospace sector a priority [...]
