Number of UK coronavirus cases hits 40 March 2, 2020 The Department for Health said today the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the UK had risen by four to 40. The department said 13,525 people have been tested for the virus, with 40 positive results. Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer of England, said the four new patients had recently travelled from Italy. The [...]
European Union raises risk of coronavirus outbreak from moderate to high March 2, 2020 The risk of coronavirus in the European Union has been raised from moderate to high, the president of the European Commission said today. Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement as Brussels confirmed its first cases of the disease. “The ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) has announced today that the risk level [...]
Top EU scientist blasts coronavirus response as he quits April 8, 2020 The EU’s most senior scientist resigned in a rage last night, saying he has “lost faith in the system” over the bloc’s coronavirus response. Mauro Ferrari, an Italian-American scientist who took charge of the European Research Council (ERC) at the start of 2020, left overnight with a 1,000-word take down of the EU’s coronavirus strategy. [...]
Brexit: EU must change ‘unreasonable’ political mandate for UK trade agreement May 27, 2020 European Union leaders will need to change their negotiating mandate in UK trade talks for a deal to be struck, according to Boris Johnson’s Brexit chief. Chief UK negotiator David Frost today said that the EU’s position would “need to evolve” on key areas such as fishing policy or else the UK will walk away [...]
Varadkar: The EU has the upper hand in Brexit trade talks January 27, 2020 Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar feels the EU will have an advantage in the upcoming trade deal talks between the UK and the bloc. Varadkar used a sports analogy to explain the EU has a “stronger team” than Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s UK, due to its larger population and market size. The Irish PM is [...]
‘No significant progress’ in latest round of UK-EU Brexit trade talks June 5, 2020 The latest round of UK-EU trade talks have shown no progress on major areas of contention, according to Brussels’ chief negotiator. The fourth round of talks concluded this morning, bringing both sides to a break in negotiations to assess progress. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet at [...]
Housebuilders lead FTSE 100 bounce as coronavirus fears abate January 22, 2020 The FTSE 100 rebounded this morning following its worst performance in two weeks on Tuesday, with housebuilders leading the blue chip index after Berkeley raised its planned shareholder returns. The index gained 0.10 per cent in morning trading, led by Berkley. The company climbed as much as 5.40 per cent to hit a record high [...]
Exclusive: Downing Street plots for UK to ‘take up its flag’ at WTO months ahead of agreed time January 22, 2020 Downing Street wants the UK to “take up its flag” at the next WTO meeting months ahead of the time agreed with the EU, City A.M. has learned. Conversations are taking place at Number 10 over whether the UK should sit independently from the EU at the March WTO meeting, the first time it will [...]
New UK Covid cases down 33 per cent over the past week January 31, 2021 The UK recorded another 21,088 Covid cases today, with the seven-day average falling by 32.5 per cent this week. Government figures also showed another 587 people died from Covid in the UK today, which brings the seven-day figure to 8,219 – a 5.3 per cent week-on-week drop. Patients admitted to hospital over the past seven [...]
UK to set out EU free trade deal objectives next month, says Brexit secretary January 26, 2020 Britain will outline more details about its objectives for a free trade deal with the European Union next month after leaving the bloc on Friday, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay said. “We are going to publish our objectives for the negotiation… in due course after the 31st,” he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr this morning. Barclay [...]