Boris Johnson

Labour Party says Johnson can’t be trusted on workers rights

9:12 pm October 26, 2019

London: Britain’s main opposition party says Prime Minister Boris Johnson can’t be trusted to protect workers’ rights and environmental standards after a leaked report suggested the government would seek to weaken existing rules after the country leaves the European Union. The Financial Times reported Saturday that Johnson’s Conservative government plans to diverge from EU regulations, […]

UK prime minister Boris Johnson mulls early election over Brexit impasse

UK prime minister mulls early election over Brexit impasse

9:24 pm October 23, 2019

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was weighing Wednesday whether to push for an early election or try again to pass his stalled European Union divorce deal, after Parliament blocked a fast-track plan to approve his Brexit bill before the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc on Oct. 31. Lawmakers backed the substance of Johnson’s […]

French govt says new Brexit delay ‘in nobody’s interest’

8:27 pm October 21, 2019

Paris: France believes an additional delay to Britain’s exit from the EU is “in nobody’s interest,” a government spokeswoman said Monday, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks support from MPs for a new divorce deal. “It’s now up to the British parliament to say what it thinks, it’s no longer up to the European […]

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Pound shrugs off Johnson’s latest Brexit setback

2:01 pm October 21, 2019

Tokyo: Sterling fell modestly as trading resumed Monday following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest failure to break the Brexit deadlock, with forex markets shrugging off a weekend of drama in the British parliament. The currency was down 0.55 percent to US 1.2913 at around 0000GMT, holding relatively steady for a currency that has been […]

EU mulls Johnson’s reluctant Brexit delay request

2:41 pm October 20, 2019

London: EU leaders were on Sunday considering a request by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay Britain’s departure from the bloc, which he was forced to make after MPs refused to back his Brexit deal. Johnson has pinned his premiership on getting Britain out of the European Union on October 31, more than three years […]