And World Business report. Free to fire the brexit starting gun, but how prepared is the uk economy, and what about scotland . The waiting game. Toshiba shares plunge in tokyo, as it delays its Results Announcement for a second time. Welcome to World Business report, im sally bundock. Also in the programme a smart jacket, and we are talking the latest technology, not style. Dave lee tries it on. But first the Uk Parliament has approved legislation giving Prime Minister theresa may the power to begin formal divorce talks with the european union. However, she wont do that immediately, as some had thought, but it will happen before the end of march. The negotiations will bring a period of uncertainty for the uk economy. Britain recorded growth of 2 last year. But in 2017, the International Monetary fund predicts this will slow to 1. 5 , though this is actually up from their previous estimate of 1. 1 . The story gets worse in 2018, where growth is expected to come in atjust1. 4 . The ongoi
Good morning from westminster. The bill giving theresa may the power to trigger the formal process of leaving the eu has cleared its final hurdle in parliament, and will now become law. The Brexit Secretary, david davis, said the uk was on the threshold of its most important negotiation for a generation. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. Contents, 118, not contents, 274, so the not contents have it. With those words the government achieved what the Supreme Court told ministers they had to, parliamentary approval to start brexit. The debates here in the House Of Lords and in the House Of Commons are, for now at least, done. One thing came out very clearly in all the debates. It is uncertainty that is bad for business, it is uncertainty that is bad forforeign nationals in the uk, it is bad for uk nationals resident in eu countries. I think the quicker we get on with this process the better. The House Of Commons had overturned two suggested changes to the plans new Law Guar
Uncommon to see women at the helm in european Politics Today take a wider view and youll see the struggle for total equality is still far from over. The w. s chief Political Editor mckay the Justice Minister caterina bali for her thoughts on one hundred years of womens suffrage here in germany nyssa bali one hundred years of women suffered how difficult is it still for women in Politics Today. It is still not as easy for women in politics as it is for men because it is still we still have to do better as in society as a whole i guess and we are confronted with more with more prejudices and then men now concerning looks concerning the way we speak concerning our voices and its more difficult of course so which factors would have to change to enable women to
pay a greater role it has to become Just Development and as politicians we have to do everything we can do to enforce that now what would you tell women what do they have to do differently to play a greater role well first of all wom
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as the great war it was in fact an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe that left many millions dead or maimed. That was particularly heavy fighting in Northern France of the funders region of belgium where there was a bitter War Of Attrition between allied and german forcings both sides fired millions of tons of munitions and for the first time the world witnessed the launch scale deployment of Chemical Weapons. Well one focus of the clashes was the belgian town of april
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