“That’s predominantly focused on steel and aluminium, and reducing those tariffs on car manufacturing and reducing the tariffs there, and then future-proofing for pharmaceuticals, three really important sectors, and that,…
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Dua Lipa among stars urging PM to protect creative industry amid copyright fears
by News Roomby News RoomThis comes after MPs, leaders and organisations from the creative industries, including UK Music, gathered in central London on Wednesday calling on the Government to make changes to the Bill…
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Trump ‘committed’ to 10% tariff rate despite deal, says White House
by News Roomby News RoomSir Keir Starmer has declined to rule out the possibility of changes to tech taxes in any future agreement.
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European stocks rise amid ‘cautious optimism’ over US trade talks
by News Roomby News RoomThe UK’s FTSE 100 moved 23.19 points higher, or 0.27%, to close at 8,554.8.
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Head of ONS steps down over ‘health issues’ amid criticism of data flaws
by News Roomby News RoomSir Ian Diamond led the Office for National Statistics for the past five years.
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Trade deal was needed urgently to save 150,000 livelihoods, says senior minister
by News Roomby News RoomDarren Jones was resolute about the need for the deal, as he faced suggestions the UK still remains in a worse situation than before tariffs began.
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“I know people along the way were urging me to walk away, to descend in a different kind of relationship. We didn’t. We did the hard yards. We stayed in…
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Jobs ‘days’ away from being lost without US deal, suggests Reynolds
by News Roomby News RoomTrade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said ‘we were at risk of thousands of people losing their jobs’ without an agreement.
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Starmer says UK-US trade deal will save jobs in car and steel industries
by News Roomby News RoomThe Prime Minister, who spoke to the president during a hastily-arranged visit to JLR’s car plant in Solihull, added: “This historic deal delivers for British business and British workers protecting…
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Wall Street stocks surge after UK-US trade deal while FTSE 100 wavers
by News Roomby News RoomLondon’s top stock market index wavered slightly on a day that trade policy continued to be front and centre of attention.