by Chris Rogers | 10 Oct 2016 | European Union, Politics
MPs from across the political spectrum have joined calls for a parliamentary vote on the terms of the UK leaving the European Union, despite the Prime Minister insisting such efforts will not “thwart the will of the British people.” In an escalating row, prominent MPs...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Oct 2016 | Economy, European Union
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has insisted he will meet the “specific needs” of the financial sector in an effort to reinforce London’s place as a financial centre ahead of Brexit negotiations. Speaking to financiers in New York, Mr Hammond claimed US...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Oct 2016 | Economy, European Union
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has led a series of warnings from ministers across Europe that Britain cannot expect to be part of the European single market without allowing free movement of people. Receiving rapturous applause when speaking in front of German...
by Chris Rogers | 6 Oct 2016 | Economy, European Union
Uncertainty remains on the impact to businesses of the UK’s impending departure from the EU, according to the publication of a tranche of financial analyses. New figures published by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde have suggested a...
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...
