Michael Gove has warned UK businesses of “bumpy” moments ahead as the new arrangement with the EU comes into effect while individuals have been told to check their phone contracts, health insurance and passports if they plan to travel to the EU. British citizens not travelling to the EU have also been told they face […]
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The prime minister will travel to Brussels for face-to-face talks with the European Commission president in a final attempt to secure a post-Brexit trade and security deal. Boris Johnson’s trip “in the coming days” raises hopes that a deal can still be struck despite another 90 minute phone call with Ursula von der Leyen failing […]
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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 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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