UK prime minister

Brexit

May survives confidence vote, to face uphill struggle in Brexit

LONDON (Dec 13): Theresa May survived an attempt to oust her as UK prime minister on Wednesday, but the size of the rebellion against her weakens her position at a critical time as she tries to steer the UK out of the European Union.

Brexit

EU won’t back trade deal If Britain chooses ‘Singapore-on-Thames’

GENEVA (April 13): European Union states are unlikely to ratify a post-Brexit trade deal with the British government should the UK seek to recast itself as a regulation-light “Singapore-on-Thames,” according to the EU’s ambassador to the World Trad
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Global Markets

What to expect in UK markets when May pulls Brexit trigger

LONDON (March 14): The trigger of Article 50 is the event traders have been waiting for since the UK voted to leave the European Union. Yet as Prime Minister Theresa May approaches her end-March deadline for launching Brexit, there is no consensus on what
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