Conference

May struggles for control as Brexit divisions erupt at conference

The Conservative Party conference started in Birmingham this week with deep divisions over Brexit threatening to dominate the annual event. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under fire on the opening day with former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson launching an attack on her in a Sunday newspaper. Backbench MP and leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg […]

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Brexit talks

May draws a blank in Salzburg as Chequers plan is rejected by EU

Prime Minister Theresa May is returning home empty-handed from Austria after her plans for Britain’s post-Brexit economic relationship with the EU were rejected. European Council President Donald Tusk said the proposal was “unworkable” echoing the previous stance taken by the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier. Mrs May started the day at the informal summit […]

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