HOUSE prices and mortgage lending continue to rise on the back of the Brexit vote as the UK property market goes from strength to strength. Banks and building societies recorded their strongest figures for the month of June for eight years as they handed over £20.7bn of home loans. That is a 16 per cent increase compared...
PRIME Minister Theresa May has called for "frank and open" talks as she sets off for meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollande. Mrs May makes her first overseas visit as PM determined to maintain strong trade links with Europe once the UK leaves, and aims to deliver a...
A CROWDFUNDING page that hopes to stop Brexit and prosecute Leave politicians including Boris Johnson has received more than £100,000. Dubbed Brexit Justice, the campaign hopes to find a judicial review to prevent Britain from launching Article 50 negotiations and leaving the European Union. The Remainers also intend to...
Discussions about the UK leaving the EU must be "frank and open", Theresa May has said as she prepares to embark on her first tour of European capitals. The prime minister will have a working dinner with Germany's Angela Merkel on Wednesday before talks with France's Francois Hollande on Thursday. Mrs May said...
The UK's exit from the EU does not mean it will be leaving Europe or "abandoning" its friends, the new foreign secretary has said in Brussels. Making his debut on the international stage, Boris Johnson said the EU needed a "co-ordinated response" to terrorism in the light of the recent Nice attack. He...
THE boss of internet giant Google has defended his firm’s record of tax avoidance — in an interview in which he also implied the company will not respond positively to Brexit. CEO Sundar Pichai says the search engine group has has paid enough tax across Europe, despite widespread criticism. He said: “As a...
Australia has called for a free trade deal with Britain following its exit from the European Union. Theresa May described the move as "very encouraging" and insisted it showed Brexit can work for Britain. In a phone call to the new PM, her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull said he urgently wanted to open up...
A FORMER Labour frontbencher has caused outrage after claiming the military coup in Turkey was caused by the campaign for Britain to leave the EU. The coup saw soldiers attempt to take the country from the control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Shots were fired among civilians and bombs were blasted at the nation’s...
Prime Minister Theresa May has held talks with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh on the future of the EU and the union. Mrs May left the first minister's official residence, Bute House, after about 45 minutes, following a meeting she described as "positive". She said the Scottish government should be...
BORIS Johnson was sensationally appointed Foreign Secretary last night as Theresa May assembled a Cabinet team to pull Britain out of the EU. In a dramatic signal of her determination to show that “Brexit means Brexit”, the new Prime Minister gave the former London Mayor and star of the Vote Leave campaign a crucial...
ANGELA Merkel could press ahead with plans to create an EU army following Britain's decision to leave the EU, according to the German defence minister. Ursula von der Leyen, who has been tipped to take over Merkel as Chancellor, said Britain had "paralysed" European efforts for closer integration in military...
DEFEATED Remain campaigner George Osborne said Britain will not retreat from the international stage following the UK's decision to ditch Brussels. The Chancellor said: “My message is simple: Britain may be leaving the EU, but we are not withdrawing from the world.” Osborne, who campaigned for Remain, said the...