FILE PHOTO: People walk through the financial district of Canary Wharf, London, Britain 28 September 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde LONDON (Reuters) – Major British employers gave average pay rises of 2.6% to staff in the three months to July, the highest pace of increase in more than 10 years, data from industry consultants XpertHR showed on

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday gave Britain 30 days to come up with alternatives to the Irish border backstop to ensure a Brexit deal, but French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned there could be no new renegotiation. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference at

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said a no-deal Brexit would be of Britain’s own making and not the European Union’s, adding that any trade deal London cut with Washington would not mitigate the cost of crashing out of the bloc. FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with Russian

REFILE – ADDING INFORMATION German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested on Wednesday that Britain and the EU could find a solution to the sticking point of the Irish

BERLIN (Reuters) – Britain wants to do a swift Brexit deal but the “undemocratic” Irish border backstop must be axed in full to prevent a no-deal exit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on during a news conference

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – Britain wants to do a swift Brexit deal but the “undemocratic” Irish border backstop must be axed in full to prevent a no-deal exit, Prime Minister Boris

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was confident he could renegotiate Britain’s exit from the European Union if the bloc lifted its

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has undercounted its long-term immigrants from the European Union by almost a quarter of a million and overestimated how many non-EU students stayed in the country after their studies, statisticians said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: UK Border control is seen in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London June 4, 2014.

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in London, Britain August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – UK Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn MP has invited leaders of other political parties and senior lawmakers from across parliament to meet to discuss all tactics available to stop Britain leaving

BERLIN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 without one. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen at the back of Downing Street in London, Britain, August 21,

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Scottish company and a Dutch port are discussing launching a new ferry line ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union, potentially providing a swift alternative route for Scottish exports such as whisky if Brexit causes transport delays. The ferry line would run between Rosyth, near Edinburgh, and Groningen Seaport at

FILE PHOTO: European Council President Donald Tusk attends a news conference after the European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium, July 2, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk will hold a face-to-face meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 1030 GMT on Sunday on the sidelines of a

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would discuss how to make sure Britain’s divorce from the European Union is as smooth as possible when she holds talks later on Wednesday with British Prime Minister

BERLIN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 without a deal. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Romania’s President Klaus

Stop HS2 campaign placards hang on trees near a development site for the High Speed 2 rail in Harefield, Britain April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – Britain launched a review into whether a proposed High Speed 2 rail project connecting London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds should go ahead, the transport ministry said

BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday, likely worsening already strained ties between Beijing and London. Simon Cheng, a staff member of Britain’s consulate in Hong Kong, who was reported missing