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Sunday newspaper round-up: Boris Johnson, no-deal Brexit, Neil Woodford, Starbucks, Centrica, Whitbread
Philip Hammond has announced that he will resign from the government before Theresa May leaves office instead of waiting to be sacked by Boris Johnson. The chancellor is the second cabinet minister to pre-announce his departure after David Gauke, the justice secretary, also ruled out serving under the frontrunner for the Conservative leadership. - The Sunday Times.
Sunday newspaper round-up: No-deal Brexit, Huawei, Travis Perkins, Wickes, Heathrow, drug laws
The chairman of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party was last night embroiled in the “Trump files” leak scandal as it emerged that he is in a relationship with the writer whose story brought down Britain’s ambassador to Washington. Richard Tice, a Brexit Party MEP, is dating Isabel Oakeshott, who last week published leaked diplomatic cables in which Sir Kim Darroch branded Donald Trump “clumsy and inept”, forcing Darroch’s resignation when the president announced he would not work with him.
Thursday newspaper round-up: Reassure, Iran, HSBC, Superdry, Vodafone, Heineken
Boris Johnson’s allies have warned Theresa May that she must not “tie the hands” of her successor by appointing a new ambassador to the United States as one of her final acts in Downing Street. Sir Kim Darroch resigned as Britain’s ambassador to Washington yesterday, saying that it was impossible for him to stay on after President Trump severed relations and described him as stupid, wacky and pompous. - The Times.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Woodford, GVC, Asos, Brexit, Nationwide, Sainsbury's
Neil Woodford is set to suffer a fresh blow as a private company that is one of the disgraced stockpicker’s biggest holdings prepares to slash its valuation.