The Irish economy would come under ‘significant stress’ if the UK crashed out of the EU without a deal next March, the country’s foreign minister said yesterday. Simon Coveney also told the Irish broadcaster RTÉ that the backstop solution for the border with Northern Ireland was the only workable option. He said the Irish government […]
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid confirmed today that workers from EU countries deemed to be ‘low skilled’ will lose their automatic right to work in the UK after Brexit. He said plans to control immigration after Britain leaves the EU will be published today and said they will not include a set target for cutting numbers […]
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The Government is implementing its plans for a no-deal Brexit in full with MPs expected to vote down Theresa May’s withdrawal deal in January. This includes writing to 140,000 companies advising them on what steps to take and putting 3,500 troops on alert for the immediate aftermath of a hard Brexit. Ministers emerged from a […]
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The House of Commons will get the chance to vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal in the week commencing January 14. Confirming the news in Parliament today, Mrs May told MPs she had won ‘fresh assurances’ from the EU over the Irish border backstop and urged them to pass the deal. The […]
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Vital education, health and housing reforms in Northern Ireland are being thwarted by the power vacuum at Stormont, the province’s top civil servant has said. The devolved power sharing Government of Northern Ireland collapsed in January last year after a row between the two main parties. With the Westminster government unwilling to reimpose direct rule, […]
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Parliament will have to decide what to do next if MPs do not approve Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the EU, one of her ministers said today. International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox said its only chance of getting through a Commons vote was if the Irish border backstop issue was resolved first. […]
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British travellers will have to pay a fee to visit EU countries after Brexit, it was confirmed today. The £6.30 (€7) levy will be payable every three years under the new European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) from 2021. But there will be no visa requirements for British citizens travelling to EU countries for […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May arrives in Brussels today seeking new guarantees over her Brexit withdrawal deal after surviving a Tory confidence vote in her leadership. Last night’s vote was triggered by Mrs May’s decision to cancel Tuesday’s vote in Parliament on the agreement she had struck with the EU. MPs voted 200-117 in favour of […]
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Facebook should be ‘controlled and regulated’ or it could become a threat to democracy, a former senior intelligence boss has said. Robert Hannigan, who was head of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, said the social media giant was incapable of reforming itself. The company wanted to ‘squeeze every drop of profit’ out of users’ […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May said today that she will contest an imminent vote of no confidence in her leadership ‘with everything I have got.’ She issued a defiant message to Tory rebels outside 10 Downing Street after it was confirmed that the 48 letters necessary to trigger a vote had been received. This is the […]
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