Retailer John Lewis ended 2018 on a high with sales up by 11 per cent for the last week of December compared with the previous year. The figures cover the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets and come as high street retailers struggle in the face of online competition. A number of high-profile retail […]
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has deflected growing calls from within the party to alter its Brexit stance ahead of a delayed vote on the EU withdrawal deal. He said this week that he still favoured negotiating a new deal if Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal blueprint is, as expected, voted down by MPs this month. […]
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Rail unions are to blame for spiralling fares due to their excessive pay demands, the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said today. As commuters were hit by a 3.1 per cent rise on their return to work today, Mr Grayling said unions demanded ‘higher pay rises than anyone else’ and went on strike to get them. […]
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Any chance of a ‘massive’ trade deal between the UK and US will vanish if Theresa May’s Brexit plans are approved by MPs this month, a senior diplomat has warned. President Donald Trump’s offer of a ‘quick, massive’ bilateral trade deal promised an exciting future for the UK, the US Ambassador to London Wood Johnson […]
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New fishing quota rules from the EU will cause further problems for the UK’s hard-pressed fishing industry, a House of Lord committee has warned. The new legislation bans crews from discarding fish that takes them over their allotted quota for a particular species, requiring them to bring all the catch back to shore. This could […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s austerity policies have hurt ordinary people and could encourage the rise of the far right, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told an audience of Euro-socialists. Corbyn also told the Congress of European Socialists in Lisbon that Labour believed in respecting the result of the UK’s 2016 EU referendum. He said it was the left’s […]
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The future re-nationalisation of Britain’s railways cannot be ruled out, says the man leading a review into the future of the industry. Former British Airways chief executive Keith Williams says that ‘all options are on the table’ as part of his year-long review. Williams, who was also deputy chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, will […]
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Economic growth in the UK’s pivotal services sector has slumped to its lowest level for more than two years, new figures show. The IHS Markit purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 50.4 last month from 52.2 in October, indicating stalled growth. It is the lowest level since a sharp decline caused by the Brexit referendum […]
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Freedom of movement between the UK and EU will end no matter what happens with the Brexit process, Home Secretary Sajid Javid told MPs this week. Javid spoke out as he came under pressure to publish a white paper on the new immigration bill, setting out how Britain will control its borders after it departs […]
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Theresa May endured a hat trick of defeats over Brexit in the Commons yesterday which included her Government being found in contempt of Parliament. The contempt ruling is the first in history against a Government and means ministers must publish the full legal advice on Mrs May’s Brexit deal instead of a summary. Leader of […]
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