Former Brexit Secretary David Davis says departing the European Union without a deal in place is “not as frightening as people think.” Mr Davis, who resigned earlier this year over Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘Chequers plan” for Brexit, said there might be “hiccups” at first. But he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that no […]
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The majority of voters in all Labour-held seats back a ‘People’s Vote’ on the UK’s impending departure from the EU, according to a study by campaigners. A YouGov poll of 26,000 people commissioned by the People’s Vote campaign found a marked shift in attitudes as the Government struggles to secure an exit deal. People’s Vote […]
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Britain’s departure from the EU could lead to the disruption of flights in and out of the country, Transport Minister Chris Grayling has admitted. But he said if that did happen it would be the EU’s fault for failing to commence talks on a deal to keep planes flying. Grayling insisted that disruption was unlikely […]
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The man who bankrolled a group campaigning for Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum is to be investigated by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Insurance tycoon Arron Banks, who pumped £9m into his Leave.EU campaign prior to the vote, was referred to the NCA along by the Electoral Commission. He and another Leave.Eu campaigner, Liz […]
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Former Chancellor George Osborne has admitted that he has ‘regrets’ about the way the campaign to remain in the EU was conducted prior to the 2016 referendum. He also told BBC Newsnight that mistakes were made which contributed to victory for Brexit supporters. Mr Osborne was one of the key figures in the Remain faction […]
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EU diplomats are to hold a series of meetings to plan for the UK leaving the bloc without a deal. The no deal seminars are being arranged as time runs out for Prime Minister Theresa May to secure agreement on the terms of the UK’s departure. There are just 148 days left before the UK […]
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The EU should begin making contingency plans for a second EU referendum in the UK, the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable says. Sir Vince met Michel Barnier in Brussels last week and told him that support for a ‘People’s Vote’ on the terms of the UK’s departure from Europe was steadily growing. He and […]
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New border controls will not be ready in time for a hard Brexit, the government has been warned. The National Audit Office (NAO) says delays and long queues would result and that criminal gangs would be quick to take advantage of the chaos. Exporters in the UK have simply not been given enough time to […]
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Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged his party to get behind Theresa May as she tries to secure a Brexit departure deal with EU leaders. The Prime Minister is considering an extension of several months to the UK’s transition period to overcome the Irish border problem. Her gambit provoked anger among Brexiteers in her own […]
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Two senior Scottish Conservatives are said to have threatened to resign if any Brexit deal includes different arrangements for Northern Ireland. Tory leader in Scotland Ruth Davidson and Scottish Secretary David Mundell have written to Prime Minister Theresa May claiming any such arrangement would undermine the UK’s integrity. The BBC reports that both are prepared […]
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