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Scotland votes “No”
September 19th, 2014
Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence. With 31 out of the country’s 32 council areas having declared after Thursday’s vote, the ‘No’ side has an unassailable lead of 1,914,187 votes to ...
No Matter the Outcome, Scottish Vote Will Shake U.K.
September 5th, 2014
Until this week, almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big country on earth not to have suffered invasion, revolution or civil war at any time in the ...
British police can seize UK passports under new terrorism legislation
September 2nd, 2014
Police will be given the temporary power to seize the passports of those suspected of being involved with terrorism, the Prime Minister said today. In a statement to parliament afternoon David Cameron said it was “abhorrent” Brits had “declared ...
US banks plan ahead for UK exit from EU
August 18th, 2014
Wall Street banks are drawing up preliminary plans to move some London-based activities to Ireland to address concerns that the UK is drifting apart from the EU. People familiar with Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley told the ...
Economic sanctions on Russia from EU and U.S.
July 30th, 2014
EU governments have agreed to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia, targeting state-owned banks, imposing an arms embargo and restricting sales of sensitive technology and the export of equipment for the country’s oil industry, in response to Moscow’s continued backing ...
Oil and Gas Drilling in Britain will expand
July 28th, 2014
The British government considers to make more land available for licensing for oil and natural gas exploration in the first such expansion since 2008. The move, which had been anticipated by the oil and gas industry, could prove to ...
Tories ‘to challenge European court with British bill of rights’
July 17th, 2014
David Cameron is heading for a major showdown over Europe with a plan to assert the supremacy of parliament over the European court of human rights to avoid a repeat of the rows over the deportation of foreign criminals, ...
US and EU trade talks to resume
July 14th, 2014
Officials from the European Union and the US will spend this week in Brussels trying to make progress negotiating a controversial trade deal. The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) aims to stimulate commerce by reducing barriers such as ...
Andy Coulson guilty over phone hacking as Rebekah Brooks walks free
June 24th, 2014
David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson is facing jail after being found guilty of conspiring to hack phones while he was editor of the News of the World. Rebekah Brooks, his predecessor in the job, walked free from ...
Yuan to Start Direct Trading With Pound from tomorrow
June 18th, 2014
China will allow the yuan to be exchanged directly for British pounds from tomorrow in Shanghai as the world’s second-largest economy promotes the use of its currency in global trade and finance. “This is an important step in strengthening ...
