Latest Uk Headlines
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City of London Calls for ‘Big Moves’ to Boost Post-Brexit Finance
Sep 7 2023 // The City of London called in a report on Thursday for a new council which would allow Britain’s financial sector to drive through “big moves” needed to boost the economy by 225 billion pounds ($281...
Britain to Create New Regime to Deal With Big Insurance Company Failures
Aug 7 2023 // Britain said on Wednesday [Aug. 2] it would start work on setting up new rules specially designed to prevent a big insurance company collapse from crashing the financial system. Regulators have already introduced rules to...
UK Support to Rejoin EU Passes 50% for 1st Time Since Brexit
Jul 21 2023 // More than half of Britons would vote to rejoin the European Union for the first time since the nation opted to leave the bloc seven years ago, YouGov polling showed. Some 51% of Britons told the polling company that they...
UK’s Post-Brexit Access to EU Financial Markets Still Unclear, EU Official Says
Jul 19 2023 // It is too early to tell if Britain’s financial rules post-Brexit will diverge too far from European Union norms to consider giving it access to the bloc’s markets, a senior EU official said on Tuesday. Paulina...
UK Pension Funds Back Next Phase of Post-Brexit Shakeup in City of London
Jul 11 2023 // Aviva, Legal & General and seven other pension firms intend to invest 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in unlisted companies by 2030 to help the City of London remain a competitive global finance center after Brexit,...
UK Regulators Urged to Help Keep London Competitive, Using New Post-Brexit Remit
Jun 30 2023 // Britain’s regulators must push ahead with applying their new post-Brexit remit to help keep the country’s financial sector globally competitive, industry officials said on Thursday. After Britain’s...
Britain and EU Sign Post-Brexit Cooperation Pact in Financial Services
Jun 29 2023 // Britain and the European Union signed a long-delayed post-Brexit cooperation pact in financial services on Tuesday, but the rapprochement is unlikely to restore EU access for the City of London anytime soon. The memorandum...
UK’s Labour Vows to Make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower by 2030
Jun 19 2023 // Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Monday pledged to turn the country into a clean energy superpower by 2030, saying it would overturn a ban on new onshore wind farms while respecting any oil and gas licenses...
Britain to Host First Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety
Jun 8 2023 // The United Kingdom will host a global summit on artificial intelligence safety this autumn, the British government said on Wednesday, adding Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and U.S. President Joe Biden will also discuss the...
Britain Awards 20 Offshore Carbon Storage Licenses
May 19 2023 // Twelve companies were awarded a total of 20 licenses to develop carbon dioxide (CO2) storage offshore, in Britain’s first licensing round for such projects, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said on...
Stellantis Tells UK to Change Brexit Deal or See Car Plants Close
May 17 2023 // British car plants will close with the loss of thousands of jobs unless the Brexit deal is swiftly renegotiated, Stellantis has warned, as Ford added its voice to the latest warning from the auto industry since Britain...
UK Drops Post-Brexit Plan to Scrap Thousands of EU Laws by Year’s End
May 12 2023 // Britain’s bonfire of European Union laws has been reduced to embers. The U.K. government on Wednesday scrapped a plan to remove all remaining EU laws, about 4,000 in all, from British statute books by the end of this...
Mental Ill Health Drives Britain’s Crisis of Worker Sickness: Research
Apr 28 2023 // Mental ill-health is now the main cause of sickness absence from work in the UK, costing employers billions of pounds and holding back efforts to boost productivity, according to new research. In the final quarter of 2022,...
Private Health Care Booms in Britain as State-Run Health Service Buckles
Apr 26 2023 // British patients are turning to private health care as the National Health Service struggles with mass strikes, long waiting lists and budget constraints. Insurance company Vitality Health Ltd. said its policies cover...
Britain to Reform Accountability Rules for Senior Bankers, Insurance Executives
Mar 31 2023 // Britain on Thursday launched a long-awaited consultation on reforming rules brought in after the global financial crisis to make top bankers accountable for their decisions, saying a globally competitive finance sector is...
Britain Sets Out Next Steps to ‘Green’ its Financial System
Mar 31 2023 // Britain’s finance ministry set out plans on Thursday to meet its target of becoming the world’s first net-zero aligned financial center, proposing measures to stamp out so-called greenwashing in financial...
Britain’s Financial Services Industry Plans Blueprint for Post-Brexit ‘Kickstart’
Mar 21 2023 // Top officials from Britain’s financial sector said on Tuesday they would set out a blueprint later this year to “kickstart” London’s role as a post-Brexit global financial center by 2030. The City...
Investors Aviva, M&G Urge Britain to Press Ahead With Financial Reforms
Mar 9 2023 // Investors Aviva and M&G on Thursday joined calls for Britain to press ahead with financial reforms and give high-growth sectors such as technology companies more support to keep London’s markets...
Update: Britain Says Financial Reforms Will Be in Same ‘Orbit’ as EU, U.S.
Mar 9 2023 // Britain’s revamped financial market rules will largely be aligned with U.S. and European Union regulations to minimize disruption to global companies, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on...
Britain Will Seek to Reset Relations Between City of London and EU
Mar 2 2023 // Britain will seek to reset relations between the City of London and the European Union on Thursday, saying it will stick to high standards in finance and not do anything to undermine financial stability in the bloc in the...
