Brexit

Candidates from pro-European Union parties have entered a pact to give voters a single Remain choice in dozens of constituencies at the General Election. The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens will not run candidates against each other in 60 seats…

British supermarket group Sainsbury's expects to trade well in the run-up to Christmas but fears a consumer hangover in the new year if Brexit is unresolved, its boss said on Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a snap December 12 election in a bid …

As Britain's Parliament was dissolved and the nation's first December election in a century got under way Wednesday, Ali Milani was wrapping up his first cold, wet, night canvassing. He insists he barely noticed the miserable weather. "You can tell your kid…

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran) Hopes of a trade deal between the US and China and a series of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve are making the world a much better place in the short term, former Reserve Bank of …

DERRY, Northern Ireland Not a day goes by when Sinead Quinn doesnt remember how she felt seeing her friend collapse to the ground after she was shot in the head by members of the New IRA, a Republican paramilitary group six months ago. Journalist Lyra McKee …

NEW DELHI: The worst may be over for the world economys deepest slowdown in a decade. A wave of interest-rate cuts by central banks including the Federal Reserve and mounting hopes of a US-China trade deal are buoying confidence in financial markets just as k…

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will formally announce a Dec. 12 election on Wednesday, urging voters to back him and promising to “get Brexit done in the next few weeks”. The early election was agreed by parliament last week, ending…

Low Angle View of British and European Union Flags Outside Parliament Buildings in London Getty Forward-looking updates from GeoQuant's high-frequency political risk intelligence platform.  *Originally distributed 11.1.19 With all major political…

More than three years after being approved at the polls, Brexit remains a contentious issue in Great Britain with Prime Minister Boris Johnson continually pushing for new deadlines for the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. An election is scheduled fo…

Assuming that the United Kingdom does eventually leave the European Union, its next government will need to negotiate new relationships with the rest of the world. That will involve tough choices, not least whether the UK should align its regulations in key e…