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Queen says government will establish commission for countering extremism

by Reuters_LindaNoakes via Reuters 6/21/2017 10:45:54 AM
Queen says government will support implementation of Paris Agreement, action against climate change

by Reuters_LindaNoakes via Reuters 6/21/2017 10:47:06 AM
UK government's priority is to win best possible Brexit deal
Reuters UKQueen Elizabeth said on Wednesday the priority for Prime Minister Theresa May's government was to secure the best possible Brexit deal for Britain and that it would seek to win the widest possible consensus on the EU exit terms.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes via Reuters 6/21/2017 10:51:04 AM
by jamillah.knowles via Reuters 6/21/2017 10:59:35 AM
Britain's May promises to listen on Brexit as queen presents government program
ReutersBritish Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Wednesday to listen more to businesses' concerns about Brexit as Queen Elizabeth formally opened parliament by announcing the government's program for the next two years.

by jamillah.knowles via Reuters 6/21/2017 11:24:59 AM
UK PM's spokesman says grammar schools will not be considered in next two-year period, fox hunting is not a priority and government remains committed to Heathrow airport expansion

by megan.revell via Reuters 6/21/2017 11:41:06 AM
Deal between May and DUP unlikely this week - source
Reuters UKTalks between Prime Minister Theresa May's ruling Conservatives and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to support the government are continuing but a deal this week "does not look likely", a DUP source told Reuters.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes via Reuters 6/21/2017 12:05:04 PM
Brexit is a priority for the UK - Queen

by megan.revell via Reuters 6/21/2017 12:37:02 PM
by jamillah.knowles via Reuters 6/21/2017 1:34:54 PM
EU sure about that hat, your majesty?
Reuters UKCoincidence or a subliminal message? Britain's Queen Elizabeth stirred up social media on Wednesday when she opened parliament in a hat looking very much like a European Union flag.

by jamillah.knowles 6/21/2017 3:21:38 PM
In Brussels, weakened May to outline guarantees for EU expats in Britain
Reuters UKPrime Minister Theresa May will outline on Thursday her approach to the "hugely important issue" of reassuring EU expatriates about their futures in Britain, at a summit that is her first Brexit test since an election sapped her authority.

by megan.revell 6/22/2017 6:46:36 AM
Brexit uncertainty is hurting business investment - Hammond
Reuters UKLarge amounts of business investment is being postponed because of uncertainty over the future outcome of Brexit negotiations so Britain should seek clarity as early as possible over a transition arrangement, Chancellor Philip Hammond said.

by megan.revell 6/22/2017 7:21:55 AM
UK offer to EU citizens "very fair", "very serious" - May
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the offer she had made on the rights of EU citizens to live in Britain after Brexit was very fair and very serious and that her government would set out more detailed proposals on Monday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/23/2017 7:16:41 AM
"Fair" or "vague"? EU sizes up May's Brexit rights offer
Reuters UKTheresa May said her offer to fellow EU leaders to guarantee the rights of their compatriots living in Britain after Brexit was "very fair and very serious" but her peers sounded sceptical, with Belgium's leader calling it "particularly vague".

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/23/2017 8:28:49 AM
Britain's finance industry warns of threat from Brexit law changes
Reuters UKBritain's finance industry will warn the government next week to limit ministers' powers to change legislation when it begins the mammoth task of converting European Union laws into domestic legislation in preparation for its exit from the bloc, according to a draft report seen by Reuters.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/23/2017 8:54:18 AM
One year on from Brexit - will elites face a double backlash?

by jamillah.knowles 6/23/2017 12:24:17 PM
Britons were endlessly lied to during Brexit campaign - Schaeuble
Reuters UKGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday that Britons were lied to during the campaign before the Brexit referendum last year and he lashed out at those behind the 'Out' campaign for not taking responsibility when they won.

by jamillah.knowles 6/23/2017 1:09:09 PM
Some UK ministers want Hammond as caretaker PM - Sunday Times
Reuters UKSome leading members of Britain's ruling Conservative Party want Chancellor Philip Hammond to become prime minister, replacing Theresa May and steering the country through the Brexit process, the Sunday Times reported.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/26/2017 9:46:26 AM
Brexit commission needed to draw poison from debate - Archbishop
Reuters UKThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, called on Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday to set up a cross-party commission to "draw much of the poison" from the debate over Britain's decision to exit the European Union.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/26/2017 9:46:40 AM
Davis 'pretty sure' he'll get good deal to leave EU
Reuters UKBritain's Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday he was "pretty sure" he could negotiate a good deal to leave the European Union, something that would require a transitional arrangement for around one or two years.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/26/2017 9:46:48 AM
The Sun newspaper's political editor has said on Twitter that the Northern Irish DUP leader, Arlene Foster, has signed a deal with Theresa May to support the minority government.

by jamillah.knowles 6/26/2017 10:08:14 AM
DUP leader Foster and UK PM May preside as a deal is signed to support May's minority government.

by jamillah.knowles 6/26/2017 10:16:07 AM
DUP says it will support the UK government on Brexit legislation

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/26/2017 10:56:33 AM
Northern Irish DUP agrees to support the UK government on budget, all motions of confidence and legislative programme - according to the UK government.

by jamillah.knowles 6/26/2017 10:57:00 AM
The UK government agrees to commission a report on the impact of VAT and air passenger duty on Northern Ireland.

by jamillah.knowles 6/26/2017 11:00:45 AM
Factbox - Where DUP plans to spend 1 billion pound windfall
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May struck a deal on Monday to prop up her minority government by agreeing to 1 billion pounds (1.3 billion) in extra funding for Northern Ireland in return for the support of the province's biggest Protestant party.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 6/26/2017 12:00:45 PM
PM May says we are very clear we want to protect, indeed enhance, worker rights post-Brexit.

by oli.rahman 6/26/2017 1:58:23 PM
Sinn Fein President Adams says DUP deal with UK PM May provides a blank cheque for Tory Brexit which threatens peace agreement.

by oli.rahman 6/26/2017 2:13:19 PM
Sinn Fein says DUP, May deal a "blank cheque" for damaging Brexit
Irish nationalists Sinn Fein said a deal struck by their pro-British rivals to prop up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government provides a "blank cheque" for a Brexit that threatens peace in Northern Ireland.

by oli.rahman 6/26/2017 4:01:36 PM
Sinn Fein's president Adams says he does not think the DUP deal with UK PM May has influenced progress on Northern Ireland power-sharing.

by oli.rahman 6/26/2017 4:10:29 PM
PM May talks about the rights of EU citizens in the UK

by oli.rahman 6/26/2017 4:23:46 PM
Citi says UK PM May's premiership is not sustainable beyond a few months, perhaps a year at most and that the case remains that the UK will have a Conservative party leadership contest followed by a new general election within the next 12 months.

by jamillah.knowles 6/27/2017 9:31:25 AM
UK PM May's spokesman says we want a new power sharing deal in Northern Ireland by Thursday, everybody working intensively to achieve that.

by oli.rahman 6/27/2017 11:26:11 AM
May tells Scotland: take your demand for independence vote off the table
Reuters UKBritish Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon should take a demand for a second independence referendum off the table.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 6/27/2017 1:34:43 PM
Sturgeon says she will not seek legislation for a second independence referendum immediately

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/27/2017 1:34:55 PM
PM May's spokeswoman says she does not want business to face a cliff edge post-brexit. And that the government will set out its plans with business on Brexit in the coming weeks.

by jamillah.knowles edited by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 6/27/2017 3:19:12 PM
Hammond warns of "petty politics" threat to good Brexit deal
Reuters UKPetty politics are the biggest threat to a good divorce deal between Britain and the European Union, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said on Tuesday, warning that a bad Brexit agreement could harm the economic interests of both sides.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 6/27/2017 4:06:42 PM
UK government will set out intensive engagement with business in weeks
Reuters UKThe British government will set out its plans to engage more intensively with business in the next weeks and months, a spokeswoman for Theresa May said on Tuesday, repeating the prime minister's desire to avoid any "cliff edge".

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 6/27/2017 4:07:07 PM
Labour Party to force vote in parliament on pay cap
Britain's opposition Labour Party will force a vote in parliament over a pay cap for public sector employees, the first test of whether Prime Minister Theresa May can muster enough lawmakers to rule.

by oli.rahman 6/28/2017 8:36:53 AM
Theresa May says that after many years of waiting, she welcomes the decision on charging people for the Hillsborough disaster

by jamillah.knowles 6/28/2017 11:08:41 AM
Theresa May says that Brexit negotiations have started constructively and positively.

by jamillah.knowles 6/28/2017 11:46:44 AM
"Profound implications" if Northern Ireland parties fail to agree deal - Britain
Reuters UKThere would be "profound and serious" implications if parties in Northern Ireland failed to agree on the creation of a new executive to govern, Britain's minister for the province said on Wednesday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/28/2017 12:17:09 PM
UK may need Brexit transition period, but it will not be unlimited - May
Reuters UKBritain may need an implementation period to smooth its exit from the European Union but there will be no unlimited transition, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday.

by Reuters_LindaNoakes 6/28/2017 12:17:29 PM
80 people died or are missing presumed dead after Grenfell Tower blaze, no one survived blaze in 23 of 129 apartments - police

by jamillah.knowles 6/28/2017 1:44:44 PM
Police say 60 companies are helping with investigation into Grenfell tower blaze, companies not under investigation.

by jamillah.knowles 6/28/2017 1:47:09 PM

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