‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more
‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more
Getting US-UK post-Brexit trade deal before Joe Biden’s first term ends in 2024 will be a ‘stretch’, warns Britain’s former ambassador to Washington Lord Darroch, former UK ambassador to the US, has issued a trade deal warning He said it will be a ‘stretch’ to agree a trade accord with Joe Biden in his first … Read more
Dominic Raab insists ministers are trying to fix post-Brexit border ‘teething problems’ as the Scottish fishing industry warns many firms are days from collapse Scottish fishing industry has blamed post-Brexit border checks for long delays Delays at border mean that goods are rotten on arrival when they get to the EU Dominic Raab said Government … Read more
China enjoyed an 18 per cent export boom in December and saw its trade surplus with America widen during 2020 as the country where the coronavirus pandemic began continues to enjoy its economic rebound. Beijing hailed its ‘outstanding achievements in foreign trade’ as customs data showed exports surging to $282billion in December and rising 3.6 … Read more
UK’s biggest trade union Unison elects Christina McAnea as its first female head as she declares ‘we made history’ Glasgow-born Christina McAnea won almost half the votes in ballot of members Succeeds Dave Prentis as he retires after 20 years as general secretary of Unison The mother-of-two grew up on a council housing estate in … Read more
A New Year, the end of a 48-year-old relationship – and most important of all, the start of a new adventure. So what will happen in the days ahead? Think of the economic impact of leaving the European Union in three ways: the relief bounce, the switch to local, and the wide blue yonder. The … Read more
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
From work to pensions, passports and pets, what Britain’s new Brexit deal with the EU means for you By John Stevens Deputy Political Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 GMT, 30 December 2020 | Updated: 14:00 GMT, 31 December 2020 From work to pensions, what Brexit means for you… Working UK citizens no longer … Read more
MPs voted by 521 to 73 – majority 448 – to approve legislation to ratify Boris Johnson’s trade deal with the EU. But how did MPs vote at third reading? – Ayes 359 Conservative MPs: Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty), Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden), Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Imran Ahmad Khan (Wakefield), Nickie Aiken (Cities … Read more