Labour has not ruled out a second Brexit referendum – but it would almost certainly end in the same result, the party’s shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said. She warned those pushing for a ‘People’s Vote’ on UK membership of the EU to ‘be careful what you wish for’ as Leave would probably win. Ms […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May clinched a draft agreement with Brussels on the UK’s departure from the EU and claimed a full deal is ‘within our grasp.’ She said the political declaration setting out a framework for the future relationship between the UK and EU was ‘right for the whole of the UK.’ But she walked […]
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Rebel Tory MPs seeking to oust Theresa May were still struggling to get enough letters to force a confidence vote on her leadership today. The Prime Minister would face a mandatory vote if 48 of her MPs wrote letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the back bench 1922 committee. But despite […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have lost the support of the party that has kept her Government in power since last year’s general election. The ten MPs of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) abstained on Monday in a crunch vote over the Budget in what was described as a ‘warning shot’ to Mrs May. […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May hit back at her critics over the weekend, telling them: ‘Getting rid of me won’t make a Brexit deal any easier.’ She called for unity in what she said was a ‘crucial’ week for the country as her proposed withdrawal agreement with the EU came under renewed fire from all sides. […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May came out fighting tonight to insist that her Brexit deal was the right one for the country and its people. After a day of ministerial resignations and amid growing clamour for a leadership challenge, she told a press conference: “I am going to see this through.” Mrs May was speaking after […]
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Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a make or break meeting of her cabinet this afternoon as she fights to win backing for an outline agreement on Brexit with the EU. As a prelude to the 2pm meeting, ministers were summoned individually to Downing Street to be briefed by Mrs May and read the 500-page […]
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A drop in the number of migrants coming to the UK is giving companies a recruitment headache, according to new findings. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which represents HR professionals, says there is a shortage of workers from inside and outside the EU. Vacancies are becoming increasingly more difficult to fill, forcing […]
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Labour’s shadow Brexit Secretary insisted today that a hard Brexit could be stopped – directly contradicting his leader Jeremy Corbyn’s claim that it could not. Sir Keir Starmer said MPs could “absolutely” act to prevent the UK from crashing out of the EU without a deal after the departure date of March 29 next year. […]
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Theresa May’s Brexit plans are under new pressure today, with allies and opponents reportedly united in expressing concern that it is ‘the worst of both worlds’. The Prime Minister’s Chequers proposals were dealt another blow last week when Transport Minister Jo Johnson resigned. He demanded a ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit as he did, saying the […]
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