UK PM Johnson: Shortcomings of UK labour market made painfully apparent by virus crisis 0 (0)

Comments by UK prime minister, Boris Johnson
– UK economy is under-productive
– The economy has been shaken by the virus crisis
– UK has shortages of many crucial skills
Pretty much just stating the fact, but the slack in the UK labour market has been rather well documented for quite a while already even before the pandemic struck.

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Germany’s Roth in letter to UK government: A fair Brexit deal is still possible 0 (0)

German minister of state for Europe, Michael Roth, comments in a letter to the UK government as seen by Der Spiegel
Just some added posturing by the EU camp as negotiations are still ongoing this week. So far, there are little details on how things are progressing but given that the first key deadline is 15

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