Tag: Brexit

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:02 UTC

  Chaotic rejection of May's Brexit deal; EU leaders meet on April 10

  

  Members of Parliament have rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement on the day the UK was due to leave the EU. The government lost by 344 votes to 286, a margin of 58. It means the UK has missed an EU deadline to delay Brexit to 22 May and leave with a deal.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  EU free trade deals that UK has rolled over are “incomplete”, claim think tanks

  

  The EU free-trade deals that the UK government has managed to roll over are “incomplete”, say trade experts. The UK Trade Policy Observatory told Newsnight the deals cannot guarantee trade will continue for British companies in a no-deal Brexit.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 08:12 UTC

  On supposed official Brexit departure day, Commons expected to vote withdrawal agreement

  

  MPs will be asked to vote again on Brexit on Friday but only on part of the deal negotiated with the EU. They will vote on the withdrawal agreement on the Irish “backstop”, divorce bill and citizens' rights. But it will not amount to a third “meaningful vote” on the deal, as it will not include a vote on the UK's future relationship with the EU.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Following Parliament Brexit deadlock, Mrs. May deal is back for a third attempt

  

  Efforts to persuade MPs to back Theresa May's Brexit deal will continue on Thursday, a day after she promised to quit as PM if it was approved. Her pledge brought some on-side, such as ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  Petition with 5.75 million signatures calling for cancelling Brexit will be debated next Monday in Parliament

  

  The British government has officially responded to the record-breaking petition calling for Brexit to be canceled, which will be debated by MPs next week. The petition, which has passed more than 5.75m signatures has been scheduled for debate on Monday, 1 April along with two other Brexit petitions.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Poll shows 80% of UK think government has handled Brexit negotiations badly

  

  More than 80% of the country think the British government has handled the Brexit negotiations badly, a new poll suggests. A survey by NatCen Social Research found that just 7% of Britons thought ministers had done a good job in the talks, while 81% said they were handling them badly.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 08:19 UTC

  Brexit's quandary: Euro-skeptics could still support Mrs. May's deal

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will address her Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday, possibly to set out a timetable for her departure in a last throw of the dice to win support for her twice-rejected Brexit deal in parliament. At her weakest after parliament on Monday seized control of Brexit, May has yet to give up hope of winning approval for her deal to leave the European Union, which she says is the only way of ensuring an orderly exit that will protect the economy.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 07:17 UTC

  Road map for Brexit “indicative” votes this Wednesday

  

  MPs in the House of Commons have voted for an amendment enabling them to take control of Commons business and stage a series of “indicative” votes on the way forward for Brexit.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Commons takes control to try and find a majority Brexit option; PM May remains defiant

  

  MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option. The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on the cross-party amendment, a majority of 27. It means MPs will get a series of votes on Wednesday to find out what kind of Brexit they will support.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  UK cabinet in state of disarray: PM Theresa May's post on the line

  

  Two British ministers touted as a potential caretaker PM in reports of a cabinet coup say they fully back Theresa May. Environment Secretary Michael Gove told reporters it was “not the time to change the captain of the ship”. And the PM's de facto deputy David Lidington insisted he was “100% behind” Mrs May.