MPs have written to the EU to highlight the “significant opposition to the UK Government’s extreme position” in the Brexit talks, with the deadline for seeking an extension to the transition period rapidly approaching. The letter to the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, from a coalition of MPs from around the UK said an extension […]
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With the NHS contact tracing app pilot scheme well underway on the Isle of Wight, civil liberty groups remain concerned about privacy violations. Although uptake may be as low as 20 per cent, the government hopes to make the app an integral element of its plan to ease restrictions. Getting the economy back up and […]
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Consumer spending in the United Kingdom contracted by over a third last month as a result of retail shops shutting to reduce the impact of the coronavirus on their businesses. Data from Barclaycard—Britain’s largest credit and debit card provider—showed that consumer spending in April plunged by as much as 36.5% as compared with the same […]
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The Bank of England (BoE) is mulling over slashing key policy rates to below zero as part of its efforts to support the UK economy. In a television interview on Tuesday, BoE Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said that the central bank was open to the possibility of negative interest rates, but that it was a […]
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The prime minister has published the government’s plans to ease lockdown restrictions in England, before addressing MPs in parliament to try and clarify the confusion caused. Boris Johnson set out three phases for the forthcoming months and said it was “very good advice for the entire population of the UK”. The leaders of Scotland, Wales […]
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Energy companies in the United Kingdom are on track to invest multibillions of pounds in a bid to deliver a cleaner energy. Scottish Power for instance, said that it was planning to invest in clean power in Scotland as part of a £150-million project that aimed at electrifying the country. The project was expected to […]
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Boris Johnson has unveiled the first steps out of the coronavirus lockdown with a new slogan that had already been rejected by the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK’s ‘stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives’ slogan will still be the key message everywhere across the nation, except in England, […]
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The National Health Services (NHS), along with medical institutions, was calling on ministers to woo drug manufacturers into the United Kingdom to reduce the potential shortage of drugs amid the virus outbreak. Both the NHS and the Kidney Care UK were asking the UK government to focus on spurring the country’s manufacturing sector. “Future government […]
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The UK has recorded more deaths from the coronavirus than any other European country with the latest official government figure reaching 29,427. Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said the number is a “massive tragedy” that the country “has never seen before…on this scale, in this way”. Only the United States has recorded a higher number but […]
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The UK must “immediately” start building customs posts for checks on goods to Northern Ireland the EU has said, amid warnings that fishing rights could scupper Brexit talks and lead to their collapse. The European Commission said the “urgent” construction of the facilities must begin now in order to be ready for use on January […]
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