Angela Merkel has said the UK will have to “live with the consequences” of Boris Johnson’s Brexit just days before Germany takes over the presidency of the EU. Germany’s chancellor deflated hopes of a concerted push to find a deal before the transition period ends on December 31, by stating her priority will be a […]
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The president of the Police Superintendents’ Association (PSA) has warned the UK is facing a “summer of discontent” after months of lockdown combine with a severe economic downturn, anti-racism protests, counter demonstrations by the far-right, and Brexit. “There are so many issues where so many have opposing views that there’s a risk of a sustained […]
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Michael Gove has tried to reassure Northern Ireland businesses fearing tariffs from a no-deal Brexit that they will be reimbursed by the government. The announcement comes as farmers across the UK contemplate a report passed by the European Parliament today (Friday) that if trade talks collapse “agricultural goods would probably be most affected” by tariffs. […]
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The discussions to define the future relationship between the UK and the EU haven’t been going well. But despite a growing number of voices calling to extend the Brexit transition period, the UK government plans to tell the EU this Friday, that it won’t be seeking an extension. MP Penny Mordaunt told the House of […]
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MPs have written to the EU to highlight the “significant opposition to the UK Government’s extreme position” in the Brexit talks, with the deadline for seeking an extension to the transition period rapidly approaching. The letter to the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, from a coalition of MPs from around the UK said an extension […]
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The UK must “immediately” start building customs posts for checks on goods to Northern Ireland the EU has said, amid warnings that fishing rights could scupper Brexit talks and lead to their collapse. The European Commission said the “urgent” construction of the facilities must begin now in order to be ready for use on January […]
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Boris Johnson’s government has resumed Brexit talks with the European Union after several rounds of meetings had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Scottish government has called for a two year extension to the transition period as the clock ticks ever closer to the official December 31 deadline, when the transition period […]
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Hundreds of migrant workers from Eastern Europe are being flown to the UK to pick and sort farm produce that would otherwise rot in the fields. The first of several planes carrying foreign farm food pickers landed at an empty Stansted airport, north of London, yesterday (April 16). Around 180 Romanian workers – wearing protective […]
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Brexit will not be delayed by the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman for the prime minister has confirmed, saying the UK will not ask for an extension to the transition period which expires on December 31, 2020. However, the outbreak could push the UK’s economy to the brink of recession, warned Goldman Sachs as the number […]
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Boris Johnson has said the army is on standby as part of the government’s “battle plan” to fight the coronavirus, as the number of Covid-19 cases in the UK rises to 51. Health secretary Matt Hancock warned the virus poses an “increasingly serious” threat and told MPs it was “becoming more likely that we will […]
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