43 h. ago Brits could be refused entry into countries for mistake that is easy to make

Tourists can be refused entry to a country for many reasons that you may forget to think about before leaving home - including having no proof of onward travel

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8 d. ago Can we stop pretending a trade deal with Trump will be a gamechanger for the UK. It won’t | Martin Kettle

I’m not saying Britain should refuse every sort of free trade agreement with the US, but there may be options that better suit Labour’s purposeIt’s a deal. The words sound good. Most human beings are primed to think of a deal as desirable in itself. It isn’t hard to see why. Agreement is generally better than disagreement. In most aspects of life, shaking hands under shared rules makes sense. So it takes a bit of effort to think more objectively. But it is important to do that now, especially in the case of the proposed UK trade deal with the United States.Even before Donald Trump became president again, and long before the US started its current tariff wars, there were already plenty of reasons for caution about what a free trade deal with the US might look like. In the wake of Brexit, these concerns centred on whether a deal could be struck – and sold at home – on bilateral trade issues such as pharmaceuticals, food products and digital regulation, on all of which very different s...

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9 d. ago Ed Davey urges China to ‘publish the tapes’ after MP denied entry to Hong Kong

Wera Hobhouse, the Lib Dem MP for Bath, was refused entry to the former British territory while travelling to meet her son and baby grandson.

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9 d. ago Labour minister refuses to rule out another Chinese company running British Steel

A Labour minister has refused to rule out another Chinese company taking over operations at British Steel.

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1 week ago Business secretary refuses to say whether British Steel will get raw material before furnaces go out

Jonathan Reynolds has warned that crucial blast furnaces cannot be re-started once they go out

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1 week ago Race against time to save British Steel plant as minister refuses to make guarantee

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds refused to guarantee vital raw materials will arrive on time to save the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, which employs around 2,700 people

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1 week ago Voices: I’m not the only British tourist with a passport horror story

Not only are holidaymakers being turned away at airports and refused entry to certain countries, the price for renewal has gone up again this week, writes Charlotte Cripps. Which begs the question: Why has travelling for Brits become such a passport pandemonium?

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1 week ago David Lammy to confront China after British MP refused entry to meet her new grandson

David Lammy sadi it was 'deeply concerning' that Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse had been refused entry to Hong Kong to visit her newborn grandson - a move she said was 'cruel'

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1 week ago Government wants ‘full account of why’ British MP was refused entry to Hong Kong

Foreign secretary calls denial of entry for Wera Hobhouse ‘deeply concerning’ after she flew there to visit her newborn grandsonThe government is “greatly concerned” and wants “an account” of why Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse was denied entry to Hong Hong on a family visit to meet her three-month-old grandson for the first time.Hobhouse, 65, MP for Bath, said she was held at Hong Kong airport on arrival on Thursday, told she was being refused entry and put on a flight back to the UK five hours later. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Chinese executives 'tried to enter key areas' of British Steel plant hours before crunch debate that could bring furnace under government control

Police were called to the scene and forced bosses of British Steel owners Jingye to leave after they were prevented from accessing core areas of the plant, according to The Times.

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1 week ago MPs approve emergency law to 'save' the UK's steel industry as MPs accuse China of trying to shut it down by closing British Steel blast furnaces

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

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1 week ago Labour faces calls to nationalise British Steel as MPs urged to pass emergency law today to save UK steelmaking and thousands of jobs

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

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1 week ago British Steel debate begins in House of Commons as Labour says it needs to 'save thousands of jobs' after firm's Chinese owners announced blast furnace closures

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

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1 week ago Minister accuses British Steel owners of 'refusing' to comply with the government ahead of emergency debate to 'take back control' and nationalise furnaces

Minister for Industry Sarah Jones suggested negotiations with Jingye on saving the plant had broken down ahead of a debate on emergency legislation.

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2 w. ago UK government refuses to rule out nationalizing last plant in UK that makes steel from raw material

The British government is refusing to rule out nationalizing the last plant in the U.K. that makes steel from raw materials as the global trade war increases pressure to preserve the nation’s ability to supply domestic industry with the steel it needs

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