UK in U-turn on full post-Brexit border controls
Temporary light-touch customs regime planned with pressure from business not to compound Covid-19 chaos
FT | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:00:51
Brexit: Boris Johnson to hold crunch EU-UK meeting next week
The PM will review post-Brexit trade talks with EU figures, ahead of a deadline for extending the negotiations.
BBC | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:41:39
As U.K.'s prime minister, Boris Johnson struggles to find his voice
He expected to be the Brexit leader. Instead, he has presided uncomfortably over a public health crisis, an economic collapse and a racial reckoning.
Mark Landler - The New York Times,Stephen Castle / Toronto Star | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:30:19
Britain and EU seek to break Brexit deadlock
Intensified rounds of talks to be agreed by Johnson and Von der Leyen to try and unlock deal
FT | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:22:40
Boris Johnson, EU leaders to hold Brexit video summit Monday
London and Brussels must decide by July 1 on whether the transition period should be extended.
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:40:03
PM to hold crunch Brexit talks with EU chiefs next week
Boris Johnson will hold crunch talks with senior EU figures next week amid stalling negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal.
Sky | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 17:24:00
Welsh Assembly Poll Shows Healthy Brexit Party
In a sign that despite Nigel losing his LBC gig today, his party is not going away any time soon, a new Survation poll for the Centre for Welsh Studies has revealed that the Brexit Party is currently holding 8% support in constituencies and 10% of the regional list vote ...
Tom Harwood / Guido Fawkes' blog | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:20:57
FTSE 100 down 200 points, Lloyds tumbles over mortgage failings fine
FTSE 100 index dives 210 points Fears of second wave in the US CBI says UK companies need solid Brexit deal 3.50pm: Lloyds tumbles over mortgage failings fine FTSE 100 was down a whopping 210 points to 6,118 while the Dow Jones plunged 976 points amid fears of a second ...
Proactive Investors | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:52:00
'Catastrophic' one-two punch from coronavirus and Brexit threatens UK
Britain is already heading for the worst coronavirus-induced slump of any major economy. Now fears are rising that businesses could be slammed by a second body blow this year - the failure of trade talks with the European Union.
CNN | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:27:29
Nigel Farage loses UK radio show
Brexit party leader's discussion program ends immediately, broadcaster says.
Charlie Cooper / Politico | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:44:22
Nigel Farage to leave LBC Radio 'with immediate effect'
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage will no longer host his LBC Radio show "with immediate effect", the broadcaster has announced.
Sky | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:43:00
FTSE 100 firmly in the red, Wall Street opens lower despite US jobless claims drop
FTSE 100 index dives 180 points Wall Street opens in the red CBI says UK companies need solid Brexit deal 2.40pm: US jobless claims drop but still at 1.55mln FTSE 100 remained firmly in the red as US indices opened underwater too. London's big caps tumbled 180 points to 6,148, ...
Proactive Investors | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:39:00
Amid a global emergency, no apparent urgency to conclude the UK-EU Agreement
What can the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about Britain's approach to Brexit? Joelle Grogan (Middlesex University) says state policies based on legal certainty, transparency, clear communication, and urgent (re)action have strongly correlated with the most positive outcomes - but these have not been greatly in evidence in ...
Ros Taylor / LSE | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:17:58
No-deal Brexit would be 'major block' to UK's recovery, warns CBI
Carolyn Fairbairn says many businesses cannot prepare for no deal during Covid-19 crisis Business leaders have pleaded with the government not to walk away from Brexit talks without a deal after Michael Gove claimed the Confederation of British Industry supported no extension to the transition period. The CBI's director general, ...
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent / Guardian | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:05:14
FTSE 100 down 180 points while sterling plunges amid Brexit fears
FTSE 100 index dives 182 points CBI says UK companies need solid Brexit deal Wall Street to follow European markets malaise 1.50pm: Markets have not forgotten about Brexit The Footsie was down to 182 points to 6,146 after lunch while sterling plunged 0.8% to US$1.2648. According to analysts at Spreadex, ...
Proactive Investors | Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:52:00