by Chris Rogers | 5 Oct 2016 | European Union
EU Parliament chief negotiator Guy Verhofstadt has insisted that agreeing British access to the single market while also accepting tighter immigration controls risks destroying the European Union. Speaking in Strasboug in response to comments from British Prime...
by Chris Rogers | 30 Sep 2016 | Economy, European Union, Politics
International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox has insisted that future British trade with the EU will be “at least as free” as it currently is, suggesting it would be to Europe’s detriment not to reach such an agreement as part of Brexit negotiations. In his first major...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Sep 2016 | Economy, European Union
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor has insisted neither the UK or the Eurozone will experience a Brexit-induced recession, claiming “the sky hasn’t fallen on either side of the Channel.” S&P, which downgraded the UK from its AAA rating following the...
by Chris Rogers | 27 Sep 2016 | Economy, European Union
There has been further speculation about the potential impact of the Government opting for ‘hard Brexit’. The Times reports civil servants have warned that more than £10 billion of tax revenue could be lost if financial firms are not protected in negotiations. City...
by Chris Rogers | 29 Jul 2016 | Energy, Politics
The champagne is firmly back on ice. The marquee is being disassembled. The viewing platform is being taken down. When the EDF board eventually, and narrowly, committed to the building of Hinkley Point yesterday, they like everyone else couldn’t have envisaged the...
