Today Secretary of State for International Trade and South West Norfolk MP Liz Truss signed an historic trade agreement with Japan which aims to boost trade between the UK and Japan by around £15 bn.
Network Rail has this month confirmed funding of £13.1m from the Department for Transport to progress the business case for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Programme.
US tariffs on Scotch whisky are unacceptable and unfair. I cannot be clearer about that. Whisky-making is one of our great industries and a jewel in our national crown.
Britain has upped the ante with the US over the terms of a trade deal by pushing for a ban on lamb and haggis imports to be lifted and warning that threats to slap tariffs on gin could derail talks.
Across the country the 4th July became known as ‘Super Saturday’ as restaurants, pubs, hairdressers and barbers joined retailers in opening their doors once again to the public.
Britain and Australia share so much: A language, a head of state, and a system of common law. Our soldiers have fought and died on the battlefields of Europe in defence of liberty, democracy and the equal protection of every citizen under the law.
The Prime Minister today announced that zoos and safari parks will be able to open from Monday 15th June. Liz has been supporting Banham Zoo, which is located in Liz’s South West Norfolk constituency, for the zoo to be re-opened and has been lobbying ministers on this.
It gives me great pleasure today, to open formal trade talks between two of the world’s largest economies; the United Kingdom and Japan, and to do this in partnership with my esteemed colleague His Excellency Toshimitsu Motegi.
Last Wednesday was the 216th anniversary of the birth of one of my heroes, Richard Cobden, a key figure in the fight against the Corn Laws in the 1840s and one of the forefathers of the free trade movement in this country.
