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The pound fell the most in a month on Thursday after the central bank voted to keep interest rates unchanged , an outcome that disappointed those who thought a second policy maker would join Kristin Forbes in calling for higher rates. Sterling then extended its losses as Carney said tighter monetary policy would depend on the "smooth" Brexit that his institution is predicting.
Labour, the Liberal Democrats and education unions have turned their fire on the Tories over school funding as the classroom became the latest election battleground. Jeremy Corbyn said the Conservatives had been "starving schools of funding" as he promised to hike corporation tax to pay for a cash injection into the education system.
"I am against the extremism of Marine Le Pen and the major danger that the National Front represents for the unity of France". She has consistently sought to paint her rival as the continuation of unpopular outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande and a champion of unbridled globalisation, the financial sector and immigration.
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May, who took office in July after an internal Conservative Party leadership race, wants the election to increase her majority in Parliament and consolidate her power as she faces both pro-EU opposition politicians and hard-core Brexit-backers inside her own party. The Liberal Democrats are targeting Remain-voting Labour seats in the North of England where voters feel "betrayed by Jeremy Corbyn's support for a divisive hard Brexit", Mr Farron said.
The British prime minister shocked one and all with a surprise announcement Tuesday. Calling for a general election on June 8, the Tory leader declared she'd been shoved between a rock and a hard Brexit by opposition parties and the House of Lords as she attempts to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
"The man from the BBC was laughing as he reported the White House's false claims about the size of the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration," writes Gideon Rachman . "He should have been crying.... This spectacle of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US democracy.
Almost half of Britons believe Donald Trump's controversial state visit to the UK should go ahead, while just over a third think it should be cancelled, according to a poll. More than 1.7 million people have signed a petition to Parliament calling for the visit to be scrapped, and large demonstrations have been held in London and other cities against the US president's travel ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim states.
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The first explosion was detonated in June with Brexit with voters doing what was considered the unthinkable, turning their backs on Europe. The vote told us more than anything else how divided Britain is and how the political elite misread their constituents.
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The Guardian has an audio recording of Theresa May speaking at Goldman Sachs in May, which it says reveals her "numerous concerns" about Brexit. The then-Home Secretary goes further than she did in public while advocating Remain.
Theresa May will tell European leaders directly that there will be no second referendum on Brexit when she addresses them for the first time in Brussels. The Prime Minister will tell counterparts that the "priority now has got to be looking to the future" as she sets out Britain's position at a European summit.
Britain will trigger the formal process for leaving the European Union before the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, putting to rest weeks of speculation on the timing of the move. May outlined her vision for a post-EU Britain at her Conservative Party's annual conference in Birmingham and took the first steps to making a British exit - or Brexit - a reality.
London: On an August weekday evening in Newham, east London, the 67-year-old man in beige chinos and open-necked blue shirt looks out over the glasses balanced on the end of his nose to his adoring audience. Appearing more like an awkward university lecturer than a celebrity, he steps down from the stage into a mob of fans seeking selfies and handshakes.
Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May and her ministers of issuing "contradictory messages" on Brexit which are exacerbating the "huge uncertainty" about the UK's future. The Labour leader's attack on the Prime Minister comes amid growing concerns that ministers are struggling to agree on a strategy for divorce negotiations with Brussels.
The British government will set out in the coming week how it plans to shape its relationship with the European Union upon leaving the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May says. Since taking office in July, May and her Brexit minister David Davis have given little detail about what Britain's future relationship with the EU will look like, saying only they want it to involve curbs on immigration and a good deal on trade.
The British government will set out in the coming week how it plans to shape its relationship with the European Union upon leaving the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Since taking office in July, May and her Brexit minister David Davis have given little detail about what Britain's future relationship with the EU will look like, saying only they want it to involve curbs on immigration and a good deal on trade.
"Is she the new Margaret Thatcher?" is one, which is asked no matter which party she serves, the point being about political style rather than beliefs. We have an idea now about how the UK's second female Prime Minister regards the latter.
" Theresa May wanted Britain to stay in the European Union, but the government she unveiled Thursday leaves little doubt that Britain's new prime minister intends to fulfill voters' instructions and take it out of the 28-nation bloc. May has appointed leading euroskeptics " including the unpredictable Boris Johnson and the formidable David Davis " to top international jobs in a Cabinet that sweeps away many members of predecessor David Cameron's administration.