LONDON, Dec 15:  John McDonnell, Labour’s finance policy chief, accepted the blame on Sunday for the main opposition party’s election “disaster” last week when many traditional supporters switched to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

LONDON, Nov 23: The European Union stepped up preparations on Friday for a “no deal” Brexit, with its regulators saying they would implement plans to ensure that trillions of euros in cross-border derivatives transactions would not be disrupted.