Tag: Brexit

• Tuesday, March 7th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  Lord Hague urges an early general election “to strengthen government's hand”

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May should call an early general election, former Tory leader Lord Hague has urged. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Lord Hague said bringing forward the next election could help the UK secure a better deal in Brexit negotiations.

• Monday, March 6th 2017 - 08:33 UTC

  If no post-Brexit deal is reached, 'UK can leave without paying a penny', says Lords' report

  

  Britain can legally walk away from the European Union without paying a penny if there is no post-Brexit agreement, a House of Lords inquiry has concluded. The Lords EU Financial Affairs Sub Committee said the UK would be in a “strong” legal position if the two-year Article 50 withdrawal negotiations ended without a deal.

• Monday, March 6th 2017 - 08:19 UTC

  Chancellor warns EU that UK will “fight back” if it does not reach a Brexit deal it wants

  

  Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned the EU that Britain will “fight back” and not “slink off like a wounded animal” if it does not get the Brexit deal it wants. In some of the toughest talking yet ahead of the UK triggering the Article 50 negotiations on terms of withdrawal, the Chancellor said Britain would “do whatever we need to do” to be competitive in the event of leaving the EU without a trade agreement.

• Thursday, March 2nd 2017 - 06:32 UTC

  PM May Brexit bill defeated in Lords, but implementation of Article 50 stands, says government

  

  Britain's House of Lords dealt a defeat to Theresa May's government on Wednesday, voting for a change to her Brexit plan that says she can only trigger divorce talks if she promises to protect EU citizens' rights.

• Wednesday, March 1st 2017 - 16:34 UTC

  UK government could face defeat on the Brexit bill in the House of Lords

  

  The government of Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a first defeat for its Brexit bill in the House of Lords later. Peers are expected to agree to amend the draft legislation to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.Home Secretary Amber Rudd had sought to reassure members that EU nationals' status would be a priority once Brexit talks begin.

• Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 14:25 UTC

  EU pledges to keep Ireland and Ulster border “as open as possible”

  

  The EU’s negotiators will work to keep the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland “as open as possible” after Brexit, the President of the bloc, Jean-Claude Juncker, said after meeting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.

• Friday, February 24th 2017 - 15:51 UTC

  Falklands and Brexit, subjects raised by visiting MPs to the Islands

  

  The impact of Brexit on the Falkland Islands and the economy in general were subjects raised with visiting Members of Parliament this week. The delegation of four made a flying visit to the Falkland Islands last weekend accompanied by FI Representative in London Sukey Cameron.

• Wednesday, February 22nd 2017 - 14:11 UTC

  In highly unusual move, PM May attends House of Lords Brexit debate

  

  Theresa May has taken the highly unusual step of sitting in the House of Lords to hear peers being told by the UK Government not to “frustrate” Brexit. The Prime Minister sat on the steps in front of the Royal Throne as Lords leader Baroness Evans of Bowes Park told peers to respect the decision of the British people in last year’s referendum and the “primacy” of the elected House of Commons.

• Monday, February 20th 2017 - 20:30 UTC

  Brexit Lords' debate: Labour has tabled eight amendments

  

  The House of Lords are to begin debating the bill paving the way for the start of Brexit. MPs agreed the proposed law unchanged, authorizing Theresa May to inform the EU of the UK's intention to leave. But the government does not have a majority in the House of Lords and eight amendments have been tabled by Labor's front bench.

• Monday, February 20th 2017 - 10:56 UTC

  Spain's Rajoy insists with co-sovereignty for Gibraltar

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has defended his government’s co-sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar and reiterated that Spain will use Brexit to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock. Rajoy made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with Agence France Presse. “I think that our proposal of shared sovereignty is very reasonable,” he said.