Sophie Inge
@sophie_inge
U.K. trade reporter @POLITICOEurope. Ex @ResFortnight. 🇮🇹 and 🇫🇷 speaker. Owned by Cosimo de’ Medici the cat. [email protected] 🔥
Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Scoop from me and @g_lanktree politico.eu/article/post-o…
EXCL: Council tax cuts are “not going to happen” in Reform UK-run authorities because the pressures on social care are too great, DOGE chief Zia Yusuf has told POLITICO He went further than Nigel Farage, who has said it wouldn’t be a priority politico.eu/article/nigel-…
Britain’s trade chief to press White House on Trump tariffs in Washington trip politico.eu/article/britai…
The firm at the center of one of the biggest UK scandals in recent memory, Japanese tech company Fujitsu, is bidding to keep running Britain’s border with Northern Ireland, five people with knowledge of the process confirmed to POLITICO. 🔗 ow.ly/g5Zq50WmgRq
Must-read from @carolinee_hug
🚨 A left-wing breakaway under Labour’s former leader @jeremycorbyn and @zarahsultana could slash the government’s vote share — and hurt the Greens too 🌱 w/ @ZiaYusufUK, @AdrianRamsay, @ZackPolanski, and @lukeakehurst politico.eu/article/jeremy…
💬 "C'est une légende, il a connu cinq Premiers ministres" "Larry the Cat", la vraie star de Downing Street
Scoop: Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Japanese tech firm — heavily criticized over Horizon scandal — teams up with long-time Liz Truss ally to bid for Northern Ireland trade platform. Via @sophie_inge and me politico.eu/article/post-o…
ICYMI 📰 | NFU President Tom Bradshaw's call for farming to be taken off the table in any future trade negotiations with the USA has been highlighted in @POLITICOEurope's London Playbook PM newsletter. Read here 👉 ow.ly/5sGI50Wm8hm This also featured in the @POLITICOPro…
Lots of this is either a continuation of the status quo, still to be implemented or still to have real-world impact. And some of it is misleading — EG "trade deal" with the US means MAGA tariffs hitting UK a bit less hard than others
And we're only just getting started...
‘Goodbye Trump, hello Asia’ is the EU’s new trade strategy. Will it work? Important story from @jakobweizman @g_lanktree and @Busvine politico.eu/article/goodby…
Join the club: UK seeks to band up with like-minded nations amid Trump’s trade war politico.eu/article/starme…
Britain breaks ranks with Trump in bid to revive WTO politico.eu/article/uk-bri…
Scoop: Labour offers top-billing access to ministers at party conference “lunch slot” for £55,000 politico.eu/article/labour…
Scoop: Beijing’s answer to the World Bank plans to set up its first European office in London this year as the Trump administration takes a tough stance on China. w/ @carolinee_hug politico.eu/article/china-…
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Keir Starmer hailed a “landmark deal” with the EU back in May which he promised would slash red tape. One month on, however, and Starmer’s promises still seem like a distant dream in Northern Ireland, as businesses brace for yet more Brexit paperwork. 🔗 ow.ly/zOKB50Wch7Q
From July 1, a whole raft of new food products sold in Northern Ireland will have to carry “Not for EU” labels — the latest iteration of Brexit paperwork despite PM Keir Starmer's promises slash red tape. politico.eu/article/britai…
Britain’s got an EU deal — but the Brexit red tape keeps coming Latest from me on the ‘Not for EU’ labelling saga politico.eu/article/britai…
WTO chief ‘won’t keep quiet’ to appease Trump Great scoop from @carolinee_hug politico.eu/article/donald…
