Customers of a major bank can now block themselves from specific types of debit card spending with a new service. Barclays is the first high street bank to introduce the tool and said it would give customers more control over where they spend their money and offer better protection against fraud. The bank says the […]
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The UK can unilaterally cancel Brexit without any changes to the terms of its membership, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed yesterday. They confirmed the opinion of ECJ advocate general Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona that the UK could do so without approval from the EU’s 27 member states. Their ruling is a victory for a […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May was accused of presiding over ‘a shambles’ after calling off tomorrow’s crunch vote on her Brexit withdrawal deal. She will now go back to the EU to seek changes that will make it more palatable to MPs on all sides who were set to vote it down by a huge margin […]
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There are viable alternatives if Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal is rejected by Parliament on Tuesday, one of her ministers has said. Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that ‘anything could happen’ if MPs vote the plan down as expected. But she broke ranks with her […]
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Millions more vehicles will cross the Severn Bridge between England and Wales every year after tolls come to an end in December, a government study claims. The change will force the Welsh government to press on with plans to build a new M4 relief road to absorb the extra traffic, a Labour AM claims. Lee […]
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Politicians from all parties have united to condemn anonymous abuse directed at Prime Minister Theresa May by her own MPs. The comments emerged over the weekend in a Sunday Times article when an unnamed backbench Tory claimed her leadership was nearing the end. In the article, the MP was quoted as saying: “The moment is […]
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Londoners could be whisked around the capital in a fleet of self-driving cars by 2021 after a new partnership deal was signed this week. Private hire firm Addison Lee has teamed up with driverless car specialists Oxbotica to put the autonomous vehicles to work in the capital. The move could eventually see Addison Lee’s entire […]
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A Conservative back bencher has launched a scathing attack on his own party, saying he wouldn’t vote for them if he was not an MP. Johnny Mercer also described Theresa May’s government as a ‘shitshow’ and said he would refuse to serve in it as a minister. Mercer, MP for Plymouth Moor since 2015, told […]
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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged his party to get behind Theresa May as she tries to secure a Brexit departure deal with EU leaders. The Prime Minister is considering an extension of several months to the UK’s transition period to overcome the Irish border problem. Her gambit provoked anger among Brexiteers in her own […]
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Executives from blue-chip companies will still attend a conference in Saudi Arabia next week despite a growing boycott over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post writer, a strong critic of the Saudi regime, was last seen entering the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2. Turkish intelligence reports suggest he was […]
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