Little likelihood of progress on free-trade agreement as Biden focuses attention elsewhere, say insiders Britain’s hopes of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US have all but evaporated barring a dramatic change of heart from Joe Biden, it emerged on Tuesday as Boris Johnson held face-to-face talks in the White […]
Month: September 2021
Ministers call for crackdown and family doctors will be told to boost the use of social prescribing Ministers have ordered a crackdown on overprescribing of medicines after a review found one in 10 drugs dispensed by GPs and pharmacists are pointless and potentially harmful. Family doctors will be told to […]
Earthquake near Mansfield shakes buildings across Melbourne, with some reports of damage. This blog is now closed Major earthquake in Victoria rocks south-east Australia 3.39am BST Well, that was an exciting and slightly scary morning. We are going to close this blog here, but you can continue to follow any […]
Production at factories in Teesside and Cheshire will resume after government offers financial help What caused the UK’s energy crisis? Ministers have reached a deal to restart carbon dioxide (CO2) production at a factory on Teesside in an effort to ease fears of food shortages. The business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, […]
Committee calls for robust cross-departmental anti-poverty strategy to tackle growing problem Ministers have no clear plans to tackle rising child poverty, while a lack of focus and leadership has hindered efforts to reduce the numbers of youngpeople living in hardship, a cross-party group of MPs has said. The House of […]
Senior Tories say thousands face ‘very, very difficult’ winter due to rising living costs and cut to universal credit Hundreds of thousands of Britons face a “very, very difficult” winter thanks to rising household costs, No 10 has been warned, as firms said the energy price shock could trigger a […]
France seeks EU support to delay deal as punishment after Australia cancelled £48bn submarine contract France is seeking to enlist European Union support to delay a planned EU-Australia trade deal, as part of a plan to punish Australia for what it regards as serial deceit and subterfuge by Canberra before […]
PM plays down prospects for a breakthrough as he prepares to head to the White House Boris Johnson hailed Joe Biden’s decision to lift the US travel ban on Monday as he prepared to head to the White House, but said progress on a post-Brexit trade deal was unlikely, because […]
PM’s warning to world’s richest countries comes amid suggestions US could commit more funds Boris Johnson has warned the world’s rich countries that “history will judge”, if they fail to act now to tackle the climate crisis, as US climate envoy John Kerry suggested President Biden was poised to commit […]
Email to people who worked for British forces and seek relocation to UK mistakenly made addresses visible to all recipients The Ministry of Defence has apologised and launched an investigation into a data breach that has “needlessly put lives at risk” by revealing the email addresses of more than 250 […]