by Chris Rogers | 10 Mar 2017 | European Union
Hammond’s elephant in the room Brexit was conspicuously absent this week from Phillip Hammond’s first Spring Budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Bolstered by better than expected growth rates and forecasts, as well as lower levels of borrowing, the Chancellor...
by Chris Rogers | 24 Feb 2017 | European Union, Politics
The ayes have it Where else to begin this week but the House of Lords, as the Brexit Bill passed its second reading without a vote. Despite suspicions peers could hold up the Bill, and warnings the upper chamber could face reform if it did so, the Government’s...
by Chris Rogers | 17 Feb 2017 | European Union
Negotiations in numbers Brexit was always going to be a massive diplomatic, political and legal exercise, but now more precise numbers have emerged as to the scope and size of the project. This week Politico summarised a series of European Parliament reports on...
by Chris Rogers | 10 Feb 2017 | European Union
And they’re off… Theresa May won overwhelming approval from the House of Commons to press ahead with Article 50 this week, also prompting further instability into Labour’s already fragile leadership in the process. The Commons vote saw the Government win the day 494...
by Chris Rogers | 31 Jan 2017 | Politics
You can’t pick your family. And apparently you can’t always have complete control over who you have to invite to visit. That’s probably the feeling around Downing Street this morning. Well, that and a sense of whiplash at the speed a major political coup (Theresa...
