Lawmakers ask Hammond and Carney for Brexit impact studies

LONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers have asked Chancellor Philip Hammond and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney to produce and publish analyses on the impact of Brexit ahead of a vote on the final divorce deal with the European Union.

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May gets new customs idea as party bickers over Brexit

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's advisers have come up with a new proposal for handling customs with the EU after Brexit as lawmakers in her party bicker before a crunch meeting of senior ministers on Friday.

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May to EU - Parliament will reject exit deal without clarity on future relationship

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday she warned European Union leaders last week that the British parliament will not approve Britain's EU exit deal unless there is clarity on what its future relationship with the bloc will look like.

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Barclays shifting 50 jobs to Frankfurt as Brexit planning accelerates

LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays has begun shifting 40 to 50 investment banking jobs from Britain to Frankfurt as part of its plans to continue doing business in the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc in 2019, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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UK manufacturing growth steadies in June but mood dips - PMI

LONDON (Reuters) - British factories kept up a steady pace of growth in June but worries about global trade and Brexit knocked confidence about the outlook to a seven-month low, a survey showed on Monday.

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Brexit clouds UK financial sector mood

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks' Brexit worries were a key theme in a quarterly survey of Britain's financial services sector, published on Monday, even though business sentiment stabilised in the second quarter, ending a near two-year slide, and recruitment picked up.

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Three quarters of big UK firms downbeat on Brexit - Deloitte survey

LONDON (Reuters) - A record 75 percent of major British companies are now pessimistic about Brexit, a survey showed on Monday, adding to signs of anxiety around the economy as Britain's divorce with the European Union draws near.

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Conservative lawmakers pile Brexit pressure on May

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 30 Conservative lawmakers have signed a letter demanding Theresa May "get tough" in negotiations to leave the European Union, increasing the pressure on the British prime minister before a crunch government meeting.

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British app-bank Monzo counts cost of growing popularity

LONDON (Reuters) - Digital bank Monzo, whose distinctive coral-coloured card has become a common feature in the wallets of young, tech savvy and mainly urban Britons, could hit 1 million users within months.

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NHS has started planning for Brexit no deal

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's public health service has started "significant planning" to ensure medicines are still supplied to patients if the government fails to negotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union, its head said on Sunday.

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Austrian climber killed, two British men rescued on Pakistani peak - army

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani military helicopters rescued two British mountaineers in the north of the country on Sunday after an avalanche that killed their Austrian climbing partner, the military said.

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Moorland fire in north England spreads, major incident declared

LONDON (Reuters) - Fires on moorland outside the northern English city of Manchester intensified on Saturday, prompting authorities to declare a major incident.

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Put your cards on the table, EU makes last Brexit call to Britain

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union issued Prime Minister Theresa May a final Brexit warning on Friday -- put your cards on the table, offer ways to overcome "huge" differences and prevent Britain from crashing out of the bloc without a deal.

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