Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has deflected growing calls from within the party to alter its Brexit stance ahead of a delayed vote on the EU withdrawal deal. He said this week that he still favoured negotiating a new deal if Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal blueprint is, as expected, voted down by MPs this month. […]
Continue Reading
Rail unions are to blame for spiralling fares due to their excessive pay demands, the Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said today. As commuters were hit by a 3.1 per cent rise on their return to work today, Mr Grayling said unions demanded ‘higher pay rises than anyone else’ and went on strike to get them. […]
Continue Reading
Any chance of a ‘massive’ trade deal between the UK and US will vanish if Theresa May’s Brexit plans are approved by MPs this month, a senior diplomat has warned. President Donald Trump’s offer of a ‘quick, massive’ bilateral trade deal promised an exciting future for the UK, the US Ambassador to London Wood Johnson […]
Continue Reading
The UK could end up staying in the EU if MPs reject Prime Minister Theresa May/’s proposed Brexit deal in January, one of her ministers has warned. Pro-Brexit international trade secretary Liam Fox says there is a ’50-50 chance’ of the UK remaining if MPs vote down Mrs May’s deal. He told the Sunday Times […]
Continue Reading
The government is spending more than £100m on chartering ferries as a precaution in the event that it leaves the EU in March without a Brexit deal. French, British and Danish operators have been handed contracts worth a total of almost £108m in an attempt to avoid congestion at Dover after a no-deal departure. The […]
Continue Reading
The Home Office has come under fire over a social media message telling EU nationals they must apply and pay for the right to remain in the UK after Brexit. In a Twitter post two days after Christmas, they were warned they would need to register for settled status to continue living here after December […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading
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 […]
Continue Reading