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Boris Johnson has warned any further delay to Brexit will spell disaster for the Conservatives ahead of the launch of his leadership campaign. He will tell supporters the UK must leave on 31 October and any more “can-kicking” will mean defeat for the party at the next general election. He will say his two election victories as London mayor mark him out as the person most able to beat Jeremy Corbyn. Home Secretary Sajid Javid will also make his pitch to MPs on Wednesday. In a campaign video released on Tuesday, Mr Javid said he would bring a “fresh look”…

Wage growth beat market and economist expectations in the three months to April. Pay rose by 3.4% compared with a year ago. After taking inflation into account, wage growth was 1.4%, official figures show. The unemployment rate remained at 3.8%, and has not been lower since the October to December 1974 period, the Office for National Statistics said. The employment rate for women was 72%, the highest on record.  This is after changes to the state pension age leading to fewer women retiring between the ages of 60 and 65

A truck driver transporting Mexican goods to the United States expressed relief near the border on Monday, after Mexico averted a tariff war with its largest trading partner. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods starting on Monday if Mexico did not commit to do more to tighten its borders. In a joint declaration after three days of talks in Washington, both countries said Mexico agreed to immediately expand along the entire border a program that sends migrants seeking asylum in the United States to Mexico while they await adjudication of their…

Jordan Pickford was England’s penalty-kick hero as they beat Switzerland on penalties to finish third in the Uefa Nations League. The Everton goalkeeper’s acrobatic save helped seal the win after the first 11 penalties in the shootout were scored – having stepped forward to hammer home England’s fifth with style. The Three Lions’ victory gave them a small measure of consolation after they lost their semi-final to the Netherlands and it was deserved after they created all the best opportunities in a predictably low-key affair. Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling hit the woodwork, Swiss keeper Yann Sommer saved superbly from…

A “dramatic” fall in car production and an easing of stockpiling by manufacturers meant the economy shrank in April, official figures show. The economy shrank 0.4% compared with the month before, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The contraction meant growth for the three months to April slowed to 0.3%. Factory shutdowns designed to cope with disruption from a March Brexit, slashed UK car production in April by nearly half, the industry said last month. The economy had seen a spurt of growth in the run-up to the proposed March date for the UK leaving the European Union,…

The former foreign secretary told the Telegraph he would use money currently set aside for a no-deal Brexit to raise the 40% tax rate threshold from £50,000 to £80,000. Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the proposal showed “how out of touch the Tories are” – with normal people.. Mr. Johnson told the Telegraph he planned to cut income tax bills for three million people, partly by using money from a pot set aside by the Treasury for a possible no-deal Brexit, and partly by increasing employee National Insurance payments in line with the new income tax threshold. The move…

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial. Time-lapse footage filmed from a high-rise building showed the impressive turnout as the crowds marched through Causeway Bay and Wanchai shopping and residential districts toHong Kong’s parliament, where debates are set to start on Wednesday for the government’s amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance. Witnesses at various key points estimated the crowd at several hundred thousands. Police chiefs called for public restraint, government-funded broadcaster RTHK reported, as they mobilized more…

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were among members of the royal family to attend an annual military parade in honour of Queen Elizabeth Meghan’s first official royal engagement since the birth of her and Harry’s son Archie. Known as the Trooping of the Colour, the parade has marked the official birthday of the reigning British monarch for more than 260 years, and this year features more than 1,400 soldiers, nearly 300 horses and 400 musicians. The display closes with a fly over by Britain’s Royal Air Force. Meghan Markle, a former American actress who married Harry at Windsor…

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard ended meetings at the U.S. Department sounding a positive note telling reporters, “I am an optimistic man,” as Mexico faces possible tariffs over border issues. Mexico will deploy its national guard to its southern border with Guatemala, the Mexican foreign minister said on Thursday, as part of the country’s bid to stem Central American migration that has drawn U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire. Ebrard added that Mexico’s talks with the United States about migration will continue on Friday. Trump has threatened to slap tariffs on Mexican imports starting next week if Mexico does not do…

The UK’s Labour Party has narrowly seen off a challenge from the anti-EU Brexit Party and held on to its seat in a vote in the eastern English city of Peterborough. Labour’s Lisa Forbes retained the constituency for Labour, beating Nigel Farage’s candidate Mike Greene by 683 votes. Ms Forbes said her victory was “significant” and showed people had “rejected the politics of division”. The Brexit Party, launched only in April, swept to victory in the United Kingdom’s European Parliament election last month, riding a wave of anger over Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to deliver Brexit on time.