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‘Dangerous brinkmanship’ after May rejects Corbyn offer

Theresa May wrote to Jeremy Corbyn last night and rejected the Labour leader's call for the UK to stay in a permanent customs union with the EU. She has effectively ruled out Labour’s ideas for a compromise Brexit plan. The PM stressed her objections to keeping the UK in some form of customs union, as this would prevent the UK making its own trade deals. This decision comes as business groups are warning that with under than 50 days to...

Baby Donald Trump blimp stalks Trump around the world to today’s crucial Texas rally

Remember the inflatable Baby Trump that flew over London as the President made his first visit to the UK, among much outrage from conservatives? Since Trump's London visit, his baby likeness has greeted him across the world. Today protestors take to the streets at the President’s first campaign rally of the year, as he visits El Paso, Texas. Many locals are infuriated by Donald Trump talking up the dangers of living near the border with Mexico and demonising Mexicans as...

2018 saw UK economy expand at slowest rate since 2012

The ONS (Office for National Statistics) reported that the growth in 2018 was 1.4% down from 1.8% in 2017. Even more worryingly this is the lowest rate since 2012. According to the ONS, quarterly growth also slowed, falling to 0.2% in the three months to December - down from 0.6% in the three months to September. A decline in car production and factory output were some of the main factors that caused the slower growth. Head of GDP at the...

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