|
Post by Admin on Jul 14, 2016 18:48:36 GMT
The UK's new prime minister Theresa May has vowed to lead a "one nation" government that works for all not just the "privileged few". Speaking outside 10 Downing Street after being appointed by the Queen, she said it would be her mission to "build a better Britain". She promised to give people who were "just managing" and "working around the clock" more control over their lives. Mrs May is the UK's second female prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher. Her husband Philip was standing behind her as she made her first public speech in the role, highlighting the "precious bond" between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and between "every one of us". In his farewell statement outside Downing Street, Mr Cameron said Mrs May would provide "strong and stable leadership" and wished her well in her negotiations on Britain's exit from the EU.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Jul 16, 2016 18:45:35 GMT
New Prime Minister Theresa May ruthlessly overhauled the British cabinet on Thursday, sacking a raft of ministers, promoting loyalists and putting supporters of Britain's exit from the European Union firmly in charge of negotiating its terms. A day after replacing David Cameron, May told the head of the European Commission that Britain needed time to determine its negotiating strategy, brushing off pressure from European leaders to swiftly launch the two-year official exit process. Her most contentious appointment is Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, accused by his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault on Thursday of lying to Britons in the run-up to last month's shock referendum vote to leave the 28-nation EU. Johnson, who during the campaign compared the bloc's aims to those of Hitler and Napoleon, told reporters that despite Brexit, Britain could play an even greater role in Europe.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Jul 20, 2016 18:52:00 GMT
Theresa May told MPs she would authorise a deadly nuclear strike as she warned opposition to maintain the UK’s deterrent is “quite wrong”. In her first Commons speech since entering Number 10, the Prime Minister said the “very real” threat posed by Russia and North Korea meant Britain could not afford to "relax our guard". Mrs May spoke ahead of a vote in Parliament tonight on whether Britain should renew its Trident nuclear deterrent. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn repeated his position he would not press the nuclear button if he was in power, arguing that threatening “mass murder” was not the way to handle international relations. Labour remains split on the issue with MPs allowed a free vote on whether to renew Trident.
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2016 18:52:34 GMT
Theresa May is meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Wednesday on her first international trip as Britain's Prime Minister, for talks that she hopes will help smooth Brexit negotiations. Speaking at a press conference alongside May ahead of the working dinner between two of the world's most powerful women, Merkel said that Britain and Germany had friendly relations and shared values. Bilateral relationships and trade between them would continue after Britain's departure from the European Union, she said. Speaking after Merkel, May said that both sides wanted to maintain "the closest possible economic relations between our two countries, and I believe that is what German and British business want too." She said the business of negotiating Britain's exit from the bloc would take time and "require serious and detailed work." "I want to work with Chancellor Merkel and my colleagues around the European Council in a constructive spirit to make this a sensible and orderly departure," she said. "All of us will need time to prepare for these negotiations and the United Kingdom will not invoke Article 50 until our objectives are clear. And that's why I've said already, this will not happen before the end of this year."
|
|
|
Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2016 18:40:45 GMT
News of the massive purchase of Cambridge-based ARM Holdings by SoftBank saw both Sterling and European shares rise, as confidence continued to flood back into the markets following the referendum. The huge investment - which will see the number of jobs at the firm double to 6,000 - was seen as a vote of confidence in Britain's economic future. Mrs May's official spokeswoman said the swoop by the Japanese firm for one of the UK's biggest technology companies "was a clear vote of confidence in Britain" and showed the UK could make a success of leaving the EU. Mrs May gave her support to the deal after a conversation with SoftBank's chief Masayoshi Son on Sunday, where she learned of the Japanese firm's intent to double ARM's UK workforce and keep its headquarters in Cambridge.
|
|