UK mulls cutting tariffs on US agricultural imports
The Financial Times reports that International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, who is in charge of the UK negotiation team, is prepared to offer a "big concession package", but she faces ...
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‘They can effectively blame Covid for everything’: What coronavirus means for Brexit talks
When EU and UK trade negotiators first met in Brussels on a rainy day in early March, the impact of coronavirus was largely limited to extra bottles of hand sanitiser ...
Europe COVID-19: People flying from France to the UK will not have to be quarantined
Travellers coming to the UK from France will not have to be quarantined after the two countries agreed a reciprocal arrangement. Boris Johnson had announced on Sunday evening that "it ...
LONDON- UK to unveil virus threat alert system
Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland govts say they will not adopt new slogan The seriousness of the United Kingdom's novel coronavirus outbreak will soon be described by a constantly updating sliding ...
The man behind the world’s Covid-19 lockdown has screwed his mistress, screwed us all, & now – thankfully – screwed his career
Professor Neil Ferguson is set to go down in history as the man who made all the wrong calls in the fight against the coronavirus. It’s difficult to know whether ...
Breaking: UK launches major study of 15,000 COVID-19 patients
Early results from the study have confirmed that people with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, obesity and chronic lung disease are prone to develop severe cases of COVID-19. Conversely, ...
British PM Boris Johnson to return to work in Downing Street on Monday
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be back at work in Downing Street on Monday, about two weeks after leaving a London hospital in his fight against the ...
Frontline NHS staff fighting coronavirus told to reuse PPE items amid shortages
Frontline medics in the coronavirus outbreak have been asked to reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) items when treating patients ahead of expected shortages. The government has been under fire for weeks over the ...
Boris Johnson leaves hospital with UK virus deaths set to top 10,000
The 55-year-old leader will not be immediately returning to work, on the advice of his medical staff, a Downing Street spokesman said. "The PM has been discharged from hospital to ...
