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EU summit yields no clear way forward on Brexit
Oct 18, 2018
European Union leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels today. Britain’s exit from the bloc was the main focus of the gathering. And students of EU crises will have heard a familiar whizzing sound as another deadline passed in the unfolding drama, known as Brexit. The long-scheduled summit was intended as an important milestone […]
EU summit yields no clear way forward on Brexit
Oct 18, 2018
European Union leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels today. Britain’s exit from the bloc was the main focus of the gathering. And students of EU crises will have heard a familiar whizzing sound as another deadline passed in the unfolding drama, known as Brexit. The long-scheduled summit was intended as an important milestone […]
2008 crash is now an economic case study
Jul 30, 2018
Economics students in the U.K. led the charge to include lessons from the financial collapse in university curricula.
Trump stirs controversy during U.K. visit
Jul 13, 2018
President Donald Trump has stirred up a hornet's nest in the U.K. with his blunt comments about Brexit.
U.S. business ponder effects of Brexit breakthrough deal
Dec 8, 2017
Today, after weeks of often bitter wrangling, the Brits struck a last-minute, breakthrough deal on Brexit with their European Union partners. They agreed to some of the key terms of their departure from the EU. The United Kingdom will likely be told next week that it can now move on to talk about a future […]
After Brexit, net migration to Britain tumbles
Nov 30, 2017
Britain’s government published its latest immigration figures today. They cover the 12-month period after the June 2016 vote to quit the European Union. Many who backed Brexit said they did so to curb the numbers of immigrants to Britain. Today’s figures show the sharpest fall in net inward migration since British records began more than […]
In England, fewer people own their homes
by
Andy Uhler
Mar 3, 2017
The British government released the latest English Housing Survey this week. It found that home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years. It also noted that almost half of all the people in England age 25 to 34 currently rent their home from an individual private landlord. Click the above […]
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UK government welcomes Trump as it touts for post-Brexit trade
Nov 10, 2016
Most other European governments seem alarmed.
What you learn from sheep on Twitter and Instagram
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bridget Bodnar
Nov 7, 2016
James Rebanks comes from a long line of shepherds and shares photos from his daily life on Twitter and Instagram.
England muscles in on Manuka honey production
Nov 1, 2016
Costly Manuka honey comes from New Zealand and soon, maybe, England?