- The Guardian•5 hours ago
NHS Brexit dividend: questions posed by Theresa May's pledge
Theresa May says ‘as a country taxpayers will need to contribute a bit more’ to help fund the NHS. Theresa May’s pledge to spend an extra £20bn a year on the NHS by 2023-24 has left the government struggling to explain how the health service’s 70th “birthday present” will be funded.
- Business Insider UK•6 hours ago
Critics scoff at UK govt claim of Brexit spending dividend
British Prime Minister Theresa May says a 3.4 percent a year boost to health care funding will be partly paid for by a "Brexit dividend" of money saved by leaving the European Union. Opponents are welcoming the extra spending but say claims of an economic boost from Brexit are false. May
- Reuters•8 hours ago
DS Smith's CEO says Brexit putting brake on customer spending
"They (customers) are either withholding or in some cases the investment is going overseas. The FTSE-100 firm, which makes corrugated cardboard, recycled paper and plastic packaging, has grown through acquisitions, but more recently struggled with rising input costs due to a surge in paper and
- Reuters - UK Focus•8 hours ago
DS Smith's CEO says Brexit putting brake on customer spending
British packaging group DS Smith Plc (Frankfurt: 877238 - news) posted higher annual profit on Monday, but cautioned that the UK's planned exit from the European Union had slowed investment decisions amongst a "lot of its customers", including carmakers. DS Smith said it was seeing good
- Reuters - UK Focus•9 hours ago
Brexit will give Britain more to spend on health even as payments to EU continue - PM May
Britain will have more money to spend on its health service when it leaves the European Union, even as it continues to make payments to the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday. May has pledged to increase funding for the National Health Service by 20 billion pounds ($26.57 billion) by 2023
- Evening Standard•10 hours ago
Jim Armitage: British Chambers of Commerce is too late with warning after Brexit bum steer
Voters were misguided and spun by the Leave campaigners in many ways during the fog of the Brexit referendum campaign. This was the group which, unlike the CBI, refused to take a Remain position despite only 30% of members being in favour of Brexit. Worse still, while claiming Swiss-style neutrality
- The Independent•11 hours ago
Economic reality brutally exposes May's Brexit dividend for NHS claim
The sheer mendacity of Prime Minister Theresa May’s claim of part funding a £20bn cash boost to the NHS through a “Brexit dividend” has been brutally exposed by two pieces of economic news this morning. The first comes courtesy of the British Chambers of Commerce, which has warned that the British economy
- Reuters - UK Focus•12 hours ago
Sterling falls as traders cut positions before Brexit votes and BoE meeting
The pound fell on Monday as the dollar strengthened, with traders reluctant to buy sterling ahead of a Bank of England policy meeting this week and another expected parliamentary confrontation over the government's Brexit plan.
- Reuters - UK Focus•12 hours ago
Britain's Johnson says "Brexit dividend" part of health funding
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday that government plans for a boost to spending on the state-run National Health Service (NHS) would come in part from savings generated by leaving the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Sunday to increase funding for the NHS by
- Business Insider UK•13 hours ago
Britain's Johnson says 'Brexit dividend' part of health funding
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- Reuters - UK Focus•13 hours ago
Britain's Johnson says "Brexit dividend" part of health funding
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday that government plans for a boost to spending on the National Health Service would come in part from savings generated by leaving the European Union. ...
- Business Insider UK•22 hours ago
British PM May's Brexit plans set for defeat, teeing up Wednesday showdown
Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans face rejection by parliament's upper chamber on Monday, setting the stage for a high-stakes confrontation with rebel lawmakers later in the week which could rock her minority government. Ministers are seeking approval for the final wording of the legislation
- Reuters - UK Focus•22 hours ago
British PM May's Brexit plans set for defeat, teeing up Wednesday showdown
Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans face rejection by parliament's upper chamber on Monday, setting the stage for a high-stakes confrontation with rebel lawmakers later in the week which could rock her minority government. The row threatens May's authority over her divided Conservative
- Reuters - UK Focus•yesterday
UK Brexit laws rebel says 'We could collapse government' while minister holds firm
A leading pro-European Union British Conservative lawmaker on Sunday warned that the government could collapse over a clash about the amount of influence parliament has over the Brexit process, but said he hoped to find a way to avoid that. "We could collapse the government, and I can assure you
- Reuters - UK Focus•yesterday
Britain's May pledges 20 billion extra pounds for healthcare post-Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Sunday to increase funding for the National Health Service by 20 billion pounds ($26.57 billion) after Brexit, funded by money no longer spent on membership of the European Union and possible tax rises. The pledge drew immediate scepticism, with critics
- Business Insider UK•yesterday
UK PM May says need to ensure parliament does not overturn Brexit
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- Reuters - UK Focus•yesterday
UK PM May says need to ensure parliament does not overturn Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday it was important to ensure that parliament could not block Brexit, defending her approach to passing the legislation that will end Britain's membership ...
- Business Insider UK•2 days ago
Britain's May pledges 20 billion extra pounds for healthcare post-Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Sunday to increase funding for the National Health Service (NHS) by 20 billion pounds ($26.57 billion) after Brexit, partly from tax hikes and partly from money that will no longer be going to the European Union. The announcement of more cash for the country
- The Guardian•2 days ago
Now there is no plan for Brexit except obfuscation
‘Neither Labour nor the Tories have a credible plan for Brexit,” declared Lord Macpherson, former top official at the Treasury, on Twitter. It is no wonder that the EU negotiator, the estimable Michel Barnier, finds himself, week in and week out, having to point out that all the imaginative solutions
Reuters•3 days agoBritish M&A booms two years on from Brexit vote
Deal-making involving UK companies has picked up in the two years since the country's decision to leave the European Union, defying worries that Brexit would stifle mergers and acquisition activity, data from Thomson Reuters Deals Intelligence shows. The surprise referendum result in June 2016 initially
- Reuters - UK Focus•3 days ago
British M&A booms two years on from Brexit vote
Deal-making involving UK companies has picked up in the two years since the country's decision to leave the European Union, defying worries that Brexit would stifle mergers and acquisition activity, data from Thomson Reuters Deals Intelligence shows. The surprise referendum result in June 2016 initially
