The UK has issued a warning to the EU over the future of Northern Ireland at the start of a pivotal week of talks between Brexit minister Lord David Frost and Maroš Šefčovič, vice president of the European Commission. Frost will tell the commission it will be making a “historic misjudgement” if it does not […]
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Boris Johnson has taken control of Number 10 by sacking his chief adviser Dominic Cummings just 11 disastrous months after the chief advisor delivered a landslide election victory. It is also just seven weeks until the end of the UK’s transition period from the EU and Cummings’ exit from Number 10 follows fast behind director […]
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The UK recorded its highest number of Covid cases in a 24 period with 33,470, while becoming became the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths from the virus. Infections in over-80s are soaring while the NHS reports the number of people waiting a year or longer for surgery is 107 times higher than […]
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The prime minister will not U-turn on the international law-breaking Internal Market Bill in the wake of Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, Downing Street insists. Biden has long warned the US will not deal with the UK if the Good Friday Agreement for peace in Northern Ireland is put at risk by […]
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The prime minister and the French president have held talks to try and break an impasse over fishing that is threatening a UK-EU trade deal with time rapidly running out for agreement. Boris Johnson warned Emmanuel Macron that negotiators need to bridge “significant gaps” within days given the need to reach a deal this month […]
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The prime minister has ditched his mid-October deadline for a Brexit deal and agreed with the president of the European Commission to extend the talks. Boris Johnson had previously said if agreement was not reached by mid October both sides should “move on” but following today’s (Saturday) video meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, an […]
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The European Union is claiming the pressure of time running out in Brexit negotiations has forced the UK government to make a “desperate” move to try and break the log-jam in the stalled talks. Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator David Frost is reported to have handed over a “consolidated legal text” at a private dinner in […]
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Brexit talks have broken up early for the second week running with Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator warning that “significant divergences” remain. Angla Merkel had warned the EU yesterday (Wednesday) to prepare for a no-deal outcome after Boris Johnson told the German chancellor on Tuesday that Britain was “ready” to walk away without achieving […]
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The UK’s most senior civil servant has announced he will stand down in September following months of tension at the heart of Downing Street. Number 10 has blamed the top mandarin for the government’s coronavirus failings as well as blocking reforms in Whitehall so the departure of Sir Mark Sedwill – the cabinet secretary, head […]
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The European Union (EU) is keen to offer Britain a two-year transition period after Brexit provided that the latter pump more cash into the bloc. EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier announced on Wednesday that EU leaders would consider extending the 11-month transition phase after the UK formally left the bloc on January 31. “Such […]
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