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Top StoriesSterling Slumps 1.5% vs Dollar on Safe-Haven Demand, Weak UK Data
Top StoriesSafe-Haven Demand Knocks Risk-Sensitive British Sterling
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Top StoriesSupport for post-Brexit Trade Rules Grows in Northern Ireland – Poll
Where Does the UK Sit on the Global Tech Scene, and What Must Be Done to Secure Its Future Success?
Date: June 28, 2022
By Matt Weston, the founder and managing director of Vantage 365 With the worst of the coronavirus pandemic seemingly – hopefully – behind us, many of the world’s leading economies are now looking for ways to begin recovering and rebuilding from the financial downturn they have experienced as a result. In many cases, technology is...
Sterling Holds Ground Despite Brexit Risks and Economic Woes
Date: June 28, 2022
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound ticked higher against the dollar on Tuesday and was stable against the euro, even amid flaring Brexit-related risks and a murky economic backdrop. After flattish early trading, by 0846 GMT the currency was up 0.16% versus the dollar at $1.22850, and 0.06% lower against the euro...
Boris Johnson Says New N.Ireland Trade Law Could Be Passed This Year
Date: June 27, 2022
LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday parliament could pass legislation this year to scrap some of the rules on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, pressing on with plans that have angered the European Union. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would unilaterally overturn part of a Brexit divorce deal agreed in...
Pressure Mounts on UK’s Boris Johnson After Crushing Election Defeats
Date: June 24, 2022
By Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/KIGALI (Reuters) -Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified doubts about the future of Britain’s prime minister. In Rwanda for a meeting of Commonwealth nations, Johnson was defiant, pledging...
Analysis: UK’s Brexit Woes Threaten Another Flagship Policy – Levelling-Up
Date: June 23, 2022
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – Dashed hopes, so far at least, that Brexit would tilt Britain’s economy towards growth driven by trade and investment are threatening another of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s flagship policies: “levelling up” the regions outside of London. Six years on from the vote to leave the European Union, the classic...
UK’s Johnson Steps Back From Row With Prince Charles Over Rwanda Policy
Date: June 23, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill KIGALI (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved away from a confrontation with Prince Charles over the government’s immigration deal with Rwanda after his spokesman said the matter would not likely be raised in talks with the heir to the throne. Under an agreement struck between London and Kigali, Britain will...