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After cabinet backing, May girds for Brexit battle in parliament

Editorial Bureau November 15, 2018

(Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft Brexit deal with the European Union, more than 500 pages of legal text that was long held up by disagreements between the two sides on the Irish border. While both the UK and the EU have said they were

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Britain agrees Brexit divorce deal with EU, May’s opponents vow to thwart it

Editorial Bureau November 14, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain struck a draft divorce deal with the European Union after more than a year of talks, thrusting Prime Minister Theresa May into a perilous battle over Brexit that could shape her country’s prosperity for generations to come. While Brussels choreographs the first withdrawal of a sovereign state from the EU, May, […]

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Change Brexit course or face total surrender – Boris Johnson

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson called again on Sunday for Prime Minister Theresa May to change course on Brexit, accusing her of forcing through a deal to keep the country locked in the EU’s customs union in a “total surrender”. It was the latest call by Johnson, the figurehead of Britain’s […]

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May says Britain open to ‘different relationship’ with Russia

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Monday Britain is “open to a different relationship” with Russia if Moscow takes a new path and stops “attacks” that undermine international treaties and security. Just a year ago, May used her annual speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet to accuse Moscow of military aggression […]

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UK’s Labour Party – If PM May’s deal fails, we want an election

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party said that if Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was voted down then it would push for a national election and also possibly another referendum, Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said. “At the moment the prime minister is a long way from home,” Starmer said when asked if Labour […]

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UK parliament will vote down May’s Brexit deal, former minister says

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – The British parliament will vote down Prime Minister Theresa May’s possible Brexit so voters should be given a new referendum, May’s former education minister said on Monday. Asked if there was any chance May’s plan could pass parliament, Justine Greening, who supported staying in the European Union, said “no”.

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UK employers plan to hold tight on pay despite labour shortages – CIPD

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – British employers do not expect to increase the average pay settlements they offer to staff over the coming year, an industry survey showed on Monday, raising questions about whether pay will pick up as the Bank of England predicts. Employers plan to raise pay by 2 percent over the year to come, […]

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Northern Irish kingmakers tell PM May: Don’t betray the United Kingdom

Editorial Bureau November 9, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Friday cast her Brexit negotiation as a betrayal and cautioned it could not support a deal that divided the United Kingdom. The warning underscores the travails that May faces in getting any Brexit divorce deal, which London and Brussels […]

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Meghan and Harry name newly hatched kiwi chicks on final day of Pacific tour

Editorial Bureau October 31, 2018

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bestowed names on Wednesday to two newly-hatched young of New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, in the northeastern town of Rotorua, on the final day of their two-week tour of the Pacific. The couple visited a breeding programme for the endangered species and admired two […]

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May to address her MPs after attacks over Brexit

Editorial Bureau October 24, 2018

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will address Conservative Party lawmakers at a private meeting in parliament on Wednesday after anger at her Brexit negotiating strategy prompted some of them to discuss toppling her. May asked to address her divided party’s powerful “1922 Committee” where she can expect questions from lawmakers,