The prime minister asked the Queen to prorogue parliament between the second week of September and October 14 — the longest suspension since 1945. The monarch, who has so far avoided being dragged into the Brexit debate that has divided Britain since the 2016 referendum on EU membership, a

GBP USD touched a near one-month high of 1.2274 yesterday after French President Emmanuel Macron followed in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s steps and suggested that a Brexit deal could be done before October 31. Sterling jumped by over one-and-a-half cents against the US dollar as short-cove