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HSBC’s interim chief executive Noel Quinn has said that the bank will offload roughly 35,000 jobs over the next three years after its 2019 profits suffered a sharp decline.

Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator in EU trade talks, David Frost, has said that the UK “must have the ability to set laws that suit us” during a speech at a Brussels university.

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said that the UK and EU will “rip each other apart” in what will be tough negotiations over a future trade deal.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has hinted that the Budget scheduled for March 11 may be pushed back after Sajid Javid’s resignation as chancellor last week.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said that he is comfortable with the idea of multinational tech companies paying more tax in European countries.

Jackson Carlaw will succeed Ruth Davidson as leader of the Scottish Conservatives after seeing off challenger Michelle Ballantyne in a vote among the party’s members.

Prime minister Boris Johnson’s new cabinet will meet for the first time on Friday following this week’s reshuffle, during which chancellor Sajid Javid and attorney general Geoffrey Cox both resigned.

Alok Sharma, who was promoted to business secretary in Thursday’s cabinet reshuffle, has been tasked with running the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow this November.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has conducted his first cabinet reshuffle since the Conservatives' re-election in December, with chancellor Sajid Javid among the most notable departures.

Chancellor Sajid Javid is confident that UK trade will be "better off outside of the EU" despite the fact that border checks will enter force at the end of the year.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said that the EU is ready to pursue an unprecedented trade deal with the UK, but insisted that there must be a “level playing field” on regulations and common standards.

Sudanese authorities will turn over the nation’s former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court [ICC] to stand trial for genocide and war crimes in Darfur.

Micheál Martin’s Fianna Fáil secured the most seats in the Irish general election with 38, a mere one ahead of Sinn Féin.

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove has told firms that import checks at the UK border will come into force and frictionless trade with the EU will cease at the end of 2020.