Sophie Inge
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit trade agenda is faltering. Are the Gulf states his last hope?
LONDON — On the Red Sea coast at the northwest tip of Saudi Arabia, plans for an outlandish £400 billion ‘mega-city’ featuring an artificial moon and flying taxis are starting to take shape.While far from completion, the enigmatic project — known as NEOM...
6 months ago
UK’s Sunak tells farmers ‘I’ve got your back’ as Tories chase rural votes
BIRMINGHAM, England — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday told farmers “I’ve got your back,” as he announced a £220 million pre-election sweetener for rural voters disillusioned by his governing Tories.Sunak was speaking at the National Farmers’...
6 months ago
UK ‘nowhere near’ renegotiating trade deal with EU, says David Lammy
LONDON — The Labour government has promised to “reset relations” with the European Union, eight tumultuous years after the U.K. voted to leave the bloc.But speaking on Thursday morning, just hours before he was preparing to welcome dozens of European lead...
2 months ago
UK accused of stifling legal challenge to Australia trade deal
LONDON — On a high after Labour’s knock-out victory over the Tories at July’s general election, newly elected Environment Secretary Steve Reed made a bold promise he may now come to regret.“We will stop farmers ever again being undercut by dodgy Tory trad...
1 week ago