Reuters Coronavirus will lead to a worldwide economic downturn somewhere between a “bad dream and worst nightmare”, former cabinet minister Liam Fox has warned. The Conservative MP said many leaders have failed to grasp the expected economic fallout from the … Read More
My regular column is available to subscribers on www.thesundaytimes.co.uk This is an excerpt. So far during this crisis, there has been a lot of emphasis, understandably, on what it means for the economy in general, for unemployment, and for the … Read More
The British Retail Consortium has piled pressured on the UK government to agree a Brexit trade deal that does not lead to price increases in shops. In May, the government published the UK Global Tariff – the new tariff schedule that will apply … Read More
The Prime Minister said the sessions would see a Government official quizzed every afternoon live from Westminster. Briefings will be televised daily from Downing Street (Image: Getty Images) White House-style daily press briefings from Downing Street will be televised, Boris Johnson confirmed … Read More
Downing Street indicated it wants EU trade talks to end in September as officials met to break the deadlock today. The Prime Minister’s spokesman said that UK-EU negotiations need to end “by the autumn” and the job of the UK’s chief negotiator will … Read More
Johnson anticipated ‘bumpy times’ ahead as he rolled out a new plan to reinvigorate the UK’s economy. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday anticipated “bumpy times” ahead as he rolled out a new “big plan” to reinvigorate the United Kingdom’s economy coming out … Read More
Tokyo/London | Japan has given the UK just six weeks to strike a post-Brexit deal, putting Boris Johnson’s government under pressure to agree one of the fastest trade negotiations in history — and Britain’s first in more than 40 years. Time is so … Read More
Home secretary Priti Patel. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire The threat from radicalized extremists planning and carrying out terror attacks on their own is growing, Home Secretary Priti Patel warned as she paid tribute to the victims of Saturday’s stabbing in … Read More
The Bank of England (BOE) stands in the City of London, U.K., on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Bank of England policymakers will meet this week knowing that they’ll probably have to do more to combat the U.K.’s economic slump, if … Read More
A study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from the Universities of York, Manchester, and Sheffield report that an estimated 712 … Read More