Tag: Brexit deal

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  UK pound down on fears of Johnson PM and a no deal exit from the EU

  

  Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks on Tuesday, while the pound sagged as Britain braced for a new prime minister who could pave the way for a no-deal exit from the European Union.

• Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:22 UTC

  Germany willing to renegotiate Brexit deal, reports foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt

  

  
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said on Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Mrs. May urges her successor to reach a Brexit deal, but Brussels insists there won't be any renegotiation

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday urged whoever succeeds her to get Britain out of the EU quickly but with a deal, as she met the bloc's leaders just days after announcing her resignation. May looked relaxed and smiled for the cameras as she arrived at a Brussels summit, the first one in many months that did not require her to wrangle with European colleagues over Brexit.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Theresa May agrees to step down in early June, says chair of the 1922 Committee

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out a timetable for her departure in early June after the latest attempt to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament, the chairman of a powerful Conservative committee said on Thursday.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Mrs. May faces a 1922 Committee challenge demanding she steps down

  

  Theresa May flies back to London on Thursday morning to once again face colleagues seeking to oust her, as she struggles to find a way to pass her Brexit deal. Returning from Paris, where she joined world leaders pledging to boost internet safety on Wednesday, she will meet with rank-and-file Conservative Party members who want her to set a roadmap for quitting.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  UK “regrettably” has to participate in the EU elections, admits Mrs. May deputy

  

  The United Kingdom will have to hold European elections, despite hopes from the government a Brexit deal would be done by then, says the PM's de facto deputy. The vote is due on 23 May, but Theresa May said the UK would not have to take part if MPs agreed with a Brexit plan first.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Labour “does not trust PM May” after leaking details of Brexit cross party talks

  

  Labor's shadow chancellor says he does not trust Prime Minister Theresa May after details from cross-party talks on Brexit were leaked to the press. The PM has called on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to “put their differences aside” and agree a Brexit deal.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Labour deputy leader has called for a “confirmatory ballot” on Brexit

  

  Labor's deputy leader has stepped up calls for his party to promise a referendum on any Brexit deal in its European elections manifesto. Tom Watson urged party members to message Labor's ruling national executive committee to call for a “confirmatory ballot” pledge.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 06:50 UTC

  Theresa May concedes that concluding a Brexit deal needs “compromise” from Tories and Labour

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition will need “compromise on both sides” as she faced criticism for being inflexible.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:18 UTC

  Thousands of Leave supporters packed central London and gathered outside Parliament

  

  Thousands of Leave supporters gathered outside Parliament to protest against the delay to Brexit, on the day the UK had been due to leave the EU. Traffic was brought to a standstill, amid chants of “Brexit now”. The March to Leave, which started in Sunderland a fortnight ago, has also arrived in Westminster.