Summary

  • Barack Obama says David Cameron was 'distracted' after the 2011 intervention in Libya

  • In a magazine interview, the US president also says he told the PM to 'pay your fair share' on defence spend

  • The White House issues a statement praising the close relationship between the PM and the president

  • Labour is to announce a new "fiscal credibility rule" to balance "day-to-day" spending with the amount it raises in taxes

  • Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says people worried about immigration are not racists

  1. UK exports to European Union drop 40% in Januarypublished at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2021

    Official figures show a sharp drop in trade in goods with the EU as the Brexit transition period ended.

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  2. Trade unionists dispute Larne port threats claimpublished at 21:42 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    Claims that they told council officials that staff car registrations were recorded are denied.

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  3. UK delays Brexit border checks on EU goods againpublished at 16:38 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    Ministers say the move will help firms after Covid - but Labour says it "smacks of ill-preparedness".

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  4. Cheese maker upset at £180 post-Brexit Stilton feepublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    Hartington Creamery says the paperwork needed for each order is costing too much.

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  5. Almost 80,000 EU citizens apply to settle in NIpublished at 13:00 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    The settlement scheme is designed to give EU citizens the right to remain in the UK after Brexit.

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  6. Edwin Poots calls for apology over NI Protocolpublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    The DUP minister appears before a Stormont committee for the first time since his cancer treatment.

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  7. Freeport could 'suck business' from local areapublished at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    Expert says freeport status is 'excellent' for Plymouth but could take business from the local area.

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  8. John Lewis to restart NI deliveries before summerpublished at 09:32 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    The UK retailer stopped delivering goods to NI in December due to Brexit and the Irish Sea border.

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  9. Brexit: 'Horrendous' paperwork causing export headachespublished at 08:38 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    BBC Midlands Today

    "Horrendous" paperwork is delaying exports from the West Midlands to Europe, a business owner has said.

    Work at Strut Direct

    New UK-EU trade rules came into operation on 1 January which have seen manufacturers facing more checks and increased costs.

    Some firms have even said they were considering opening satellite offices in the EU to try to ease the flow of goods.

    Steve Richards, from Strut Direct, Wednesbury, Sandwell, said its future supplying the water, gas and rail industries was at stake.

    "We would pick a pallet up and be there in two days - it is three or four weeks now," he said.

    "Same pallet, paperwork is horrendous. You have 10-15 lines on an invoice now you have to fill in just to get something over the water."

  10. NI official being sent to US amid UK-EU tensionspublished at 03:23 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2021

    US president Joe Biden has previously expressed concerns about the situation in Ireland after Brexit.

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  11. UK acted to prevent 'empty shelves' - NI secretarypublished at 19:14 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Brandon Lewis defends the decision to extend Brexit check grace periods without the EU's agreement.

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  12. 'Desperate' fishermen blocked harbour in protestpublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Jersey fishermen sounded their horns and set off flares in response to their treatment in France.

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  13. PM: UK hasn't banned export of Covid vaccinespublished at 15:43 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Boris Johnson "corrects" the European Council president over claims about the government's stance.

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  14. Why has UK trade with Germany fallen so dramatically?published at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Official statistics show a huge drop in trade during the first month of the new EU-UK relationship.

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  15. What will happen when EU-GB grace periods expire?published at 06:30 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2021

    Grace periods on goods from GB to NI have been extended but others run out at the end of March.

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  16. EU seeks to supercharge computer chip productionpublished at 18:31 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2021

    The European Commission wants 20% of the world's cutting-edge chips to be manufactured locally.

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  17. Greens will not support Swinney no confidence votepublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2021

    A vote of no confidence in the deputy first minister is expected to fail when it is held on Wednesday evening.

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  18. PM Boris Johnson is awful, says first ministerpublished at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Mark Drakeford is shown criticising Boris Johnson after a Cobra meeting featured in an S4C programme.

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  19. 'He really, really is awful' - Drakeford on PMpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Mark Drakeford was filmed making the comments about Boris Johnson after a Cobra meeting last year.

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  20. Minister accuses EU of 'ill will' over Brexit dealpublished at 08:39 Greenwich Mean Time 8 March 2021

    Lord Frost says the EU has "significantly undermined" post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.

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