Get a Brexit deal or make coronavirus damage to the economy even worse: economists warn ministers that failing to get a trade deal with the EU by December 31 will further damage jobs and productivity The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) released economic outlook today Said UK GDP could fall extra 2% if no agreement … Read more
A secret government memo has warned of a ‘systemic economic crisis’ when Britain leaves the European Union in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic’s second wave. The Cabinet Office dossier raises the spectre of a perfect storm: ‘severe flooding, pandemic influenza, a novel emerging infectious disease and coordinated industrial action, against a backdrop of the … Read more
Fearing the wurst! EU plots to ban British sausages from Europe – including Northern Ireland – if a post-Brexit trade deal isn’t secured by January 1 Bratwurst, burgers and mince are among the products that could be banned Talks are ongoing to secure a post-Brexit trade deal said to be 95% complete A few key … Read more
Lorry drivers get stuck in miles of M20 queues as French authorities test Channel Tunnel border controls they say will be in place if there is no Brexit deal (while blocking off half the available lanes) Delays caused by tests on immigration controls at terminal in event of no deal Highways England said it closed … Read more
Google‘s domination of the UK’s £14billion online advertising market must be the primary target of a blockbuster antitrust probe when Britain leaves the EU at the end of 2020, an influential group of publishers and adtech firms demanded today. Marketers for an Open Web has asked the Competition and Markets Authority to block the tech giant’s … Read more
Brussels says a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK is ‘both close and far away’ due to ‘persistent’ deadlock on crunch issues like fishing rights after top-level talks are suspended following EU official’s positive coronavirus test Top-level trade talks were suspended yesterday after EU official tested positive Brussels now believes that a trade deal with … Read more
Brexit talks are in chaos again as Michel Barnier goes into isolation as one of his negotiating team tests positive for Covid-19 EU’s chief negotiator will isolate for at least a week in line with Belgian rules Despite the setback, Downing Street insisted that talks would restart remotely EU ambassadors will be briefed on Friday … Read more
Never mind electric cars, gas boilers, the vaccine, defence funding, Brexit, the economic forecast, WAG wars in court and when Trump should concede. The burning question of the week is this — is it too early to put up your Christmas decorations? Trees and decorations traditionally start going on display when Advent begins on the … Read more
Brexit talks are in chaos again as Michel Barnier goes into isolation as one of his negotiating team tests positive for Covid-19 EU’s chief negotiator will isolate for at least a week in line with Belgian rules Despite the setback, Downing Street insisted that talks would restart remotely EU ambassadors will be briefed on Friday … Read more
Brexit trade talks were plunged into disarray this afternoon after a member of Michel Barnier’s team tested positive for coronavirus and top-level negotiations had to be put on hold. Mr Barnier, the EU‘s chief negotiator, said he and his UK counterpart Lord Frost had ‘decided to suspend the negotiations at our level for a short … Read more