The British Government’s leading Remainer, Philip Hammond, is thought to have triumphed over his Leave-supporting rivals in Cabinet, with the UK set to agree to a transitional Brexit which will allow the EU to block new UK trade deals.
Government insiders are disputing the substance of a recent coming together by Philip Hammond — the Cabinet’s leading Remainer — and Dr Liam Fox — a committed Brexit supporter.
The Labour Party has finally acknowledged that Britain must have a full, clean Brexit from the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union.
A senior EU politician has told the BBC that Britain can expect a Brexit agreement “much broader and deeper” than the EU-Canada trade deal.
Senior government adviser Andrew Adonis has stirred controversy by comparing Brexit to appeasing Adolf Hitler in the 1930s and warning that Britain is in “serious danger”.
Pro-EU diehards in Britain suffered fresh embarrassment on June 12th as unemployment fell to a 43-year low, despite high-profile official warnings that a Brexit vote would push it up by 500,000.
Brexit has received another boost from Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who said Britain will have “big horizons and big opportunities” outside the EU and announced his desire for a quick trade deal.
The Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom slapped down premature celebrations of a Japan/EU trade deal, as Hungary admits it is the EU which stands to lose if it does not make a deal with Britain.
Insiders claim the Government is abandoning its ambitions for a so-called “have your cake and eat it” Brexit, and are considering trading away sovereignty in order to protect “economic interests”.
The Government has committed to scrapping the Fisheries Convention of 1964, allowing Britain to take back control of its territorial waters from the EU out to twelve miles – but fishermen are concerned that failure to commit to reclaiming the country’s full, 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) signals an impending betrayal.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has sacked three MPs from his Shadow government for voting to keep Britain inside the European Union’s Single Market and Customs Union. Andy Slaughter and Ruth Cadbury, shadow ministers for housing, and Catherine West, a shadow foreign
Comparing Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) to “poison” for a second time, the Archbishop of Canterbury has urged Theresa May to appoint a cross-party commission to advise her on Brexit.
Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Sir Vince Cable has revealed he is holding informal talks with Tory Remainers to force the Government into a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’.
One year on from the public’s historic vote to Leave the European Union, negotiations have only just begun and MPs are still arguing over whether to actually go ahead with Brexit.
Long thought to have been fighting a rearguard action against Brexit within the Tory Cabinet, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has conceded Britain will leave the bloc, its Single Market and its Customs Union – with a few caveats.
Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party, which is expected to prop up Theresa May’s minority government over the coming months, has spurned Tory Remainers who hoped they would force the Prime Minister to ask the EU for a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’. According
A strong 70 per cent of the British public want the government to get on with Brexit, despite claims the general election result shows people turning away from leaving the Europe Union.
The European Parliament’s chief Brexit coordinator has mocked the UK and said it can only re-join the European Union (EU) on poorer terms, including being £4 billion-a-year worse off.
Ministers in Britain’s new minority administration are predicting “utterly bitter, trench warfare” in the House of Commons, as Europhile politicians attempt to dilute or derail Brexit.
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives is set to wield considerable influence over Theresa May’s minority administration – but who is Ruth Davidson?
Ruth Davidson, the Europhile leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, will use her newfound influence in Parliament to push for a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’ which puts the Single Market ahead of controlling immigration.
George Osborne insists the General Election results mean “there is no majority in the House of Commons for a hard Brexit” – but campaigners familiar with the Tory and Labour Party manifestos have rubbished his claims.
Gina Miller, the businesswoman who defeated the government in the courts over the triggering of Article 50, plans to tour marginal constituencies in an effort to keep out pro-Brexit MPs.
Conservative sources believe the Prime Minister will put a “triple lock” on Brexit in the Tory manifesto, promising voters to leave the single market and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and end freedom of movement.
The Prime Minister is expected to make a landmark speech signalling that she is prepared to back a clean Brexit, taking the UK out of the European Union (EU) customs union and Single Market. “She’s gone for the full works,”
Major Conservative party donors, with big business interests, are threatening to withdraw funding unless the Prime Minister bows to their demands for a so-called ‘soft Brexit’.
Mass migration from the European Union (EU) will be “inevitable”, putting a huge strain on public services, if the government stays in the Single Market after Brexit, a report has warned.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has followed David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, in suggesting the Torys are leaning towards a ‘soft’ Brexit and UK could pay into EU’s budget after the UK leaves.
The UK’s Brexit secretary has indicated the Tory government is leaning towards a “sort Brexit”, saying he may maintain low-skilled migration and is prepared keep contributing to the European Union’s (EU) budget for “access” to Single Market.
