Britain’s most senior tax official says he received death threats after revealing that a customs arrangement favoured by Brexit hardliners could cost up to £20 billion. Jon Thompson, boss of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received two death threats and was forced to review security and change his route to work. They came after […]
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The Scottish National Party’s MPs in Westminster will back any vote in Parliament to hold a second Brexit referendum. Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made the pledge on a ‘People’s Vote’ on any final Brexit deal as cross-party support grows for it nationwide. She also reiterated that her MPs would vote against the final Brexit […]
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A new minister has been appointed to ensure that UK food supplies are protected in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Conservative MP David Rutley has been given the brief at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is a former food industry executive who ran home shopping and e-commerce businesses for Asda […]
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Campaigners calling for a second referendum on Britain’s departure from the EU have set out six scenarios under which Parliament could legislate for it. Pressure is growing for a ‘People’s Vote’ as the prospect of a hard Brexit grows after the EU27 rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘Chequers plan’ in Salzburg this week. Mrs May […]
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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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A hard Brexit would cost car maker Honda tens of millions of pounds in extra tariffs, the company warned today. Honda, which employs 3,500 people at its plant in Swindon, Wiltshire, predicted that its costs would go up by around ten per cent if the UK cannot secure an exit deal with the EU. Despite […]
Continue ReadingRepresentatives of millions of citizens in Britain and mainland Europe have urged both sides in the Brexit negotiations not to forget them in the event that the UK crashes out without an exit deal. The groups, the3million and British in Europe, are demanding that UK Brexit Minister Dominic Raab and the EU’s chief negotiator Michel […]
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Fears of shortages in the event of a hard Brexit in the UK have led one of the country’s biggest confectionary suppliers to begin stockpiling ingredients. Mondelez International, owner of the Cadbury brands, confirmed that it is building up supplies ahead of Britain’s departure from the EU next year and uncertainty about what terms it […]
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Politicians returned to Westminster this month after their summer break – and among the welter of Brexit issues waiting to greet them was the thorny one of the Irish border. With around 80 per cent of the text of the withdrawal deal between Britain and the EU agreed, it is what happens to the border […]
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