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Tag: Brexit

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2019 - 08:06 UTC

    UK considering massive tariffs cut in the event of a no-deal Brexit

    Many supporters of Brexit argue that tariffs on food and other items should be scrapped in order to lower prices for consumers

    The UK government may cut trade tariffs on between 80% and 90% of goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit, reports say. Some tariffs would be scrapped completely, including those on car parts, and some agricultural produce. However, 10-20% of key products would continue to be protected by the current level of tariffs, including some textiles, cars, beef, lamb and dairy.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

    Spain and UK sign Gibraltar fiscal treaty to fight tax fraud and money laundering

    Spain has long criticized Gibraltar's low-tax regime, while the tiny Overseas Territory argues it is a crucial part of its thriving, services-based economy.

    Spain and Britain on Monday signed a fiscal treaty on Gibraltar as Brexit nears to fight tax fraud and money laundering via the British overseas territory. Hailed as “massively significant” by Gibraltar's leader, Fabian Picardo, it was signed separately by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and David Lidington, Prime Minister Theresa May's effective deputy.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 08:35 UTC

    UK will not lower its food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with US

    If free of EU trade rules, the US want the UK to remove such so-called “sanitary and physio-sanitary” standards on imported goods.

    The UK will not lower food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the government says. It comes after Washington published its objectives for a US-UK trade pact. The US wants “comprehensive market access” for its farmers' products that would see more US-made food on British supermarket shelves.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:24 UTC

    Madrid unilaterally extends protection for (400.000) Britons living in Spain

    Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected.

    Spain's cabinet has approved measures for Britons in Spain to continue living there as now if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected. Spain estimates that the measures, which would become law under a no-deal Brexit, would grant residency rights to about 400,000 UK citizens.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 07:15 UTC

    Jeremy Corbyn tells Parliament Labour will support another EU referendum

    Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said Labour would table an amendment for a referendum when the “meaningful vote” on Mrs. May's deal returns to Parliament

    Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit plan was again defeated in the Commons. But the Labour leader said he will also continue to push for “other available options” including a general election.

  • Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

    Brexit deadline: Mrs May promises a vote on delaying UK's withdrawal

    Mrs May made a statement to MPs about Brexit on Tuesday, amid the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers

    Theresa May has promised MPs a vote on delaying the UK's departure from the EU or ruling out a no-deal Brexit, if they reject her deal next month. Mrs. May made a statement to MPs about Brexit on Tuesday, amid the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers

  • Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

    Brexit: Gibraltar supports revoking Article 50 and remaining in the EU

    The best outcome for The Rock would be the revocation of Article 50 and remaining in the European Union

    The best Brexit outcome for Gibraltar would be for the UK to revoke Article 50 and remain in the European Union, the Gibraltar Government said on Tuesday. No.6 Convent Place was reacting after Prime Minister Theresa May accepted for the first time that the UK may not leave the European Union on March 29, offering MPs a chance to vote to delay Brexit if her deal is rejected again next month.

  • Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:41 UTC

    Sounds of revolt in Mrs May cabinet: a no-deal Brexit must be taken off the table

    The PM May government position is set to be thrashed out at cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning, where Brexit is the only item on the agenda.

    Theresa May is facing the threat of a revolt by Remain-supporting ministers ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting on her Brexit negotiations. Three say they will resign unless the PM agrees to take no-deal off the table, and there are suggestions that more are prepared to follow suit.

  • Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    EU ready to postpone UK's exit; Labour could support a second referendum

    EC president Donald Tusk said he discussed the “legal and procedural context of a potential extension” when he met on Sunday with Mrs. May, in Sharm el-Sheikh

    The European Union opened the door on Monday to Britain postponing its exit from the bloc beyond the March 29 deadline, as the main opposition Labour Party said it could eventually support a second referendum. 

  • Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

    PM May considering delaying Brexit deadline for two months

    Government options include making a formal request to Brussels to delay Brexit if May cannot secure a deal by March 12, the newspaper reported

    Prime Minister Theresa May is considering a plan under which Britain’s exit from the European Union would be delayed for up to two months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. British government officials have drawn up a series of options, which were circulated at the weekend, in a bid to avoid resignations by ministers determined to support a backbench bid to take a “no deal” Brexit off the table this week, according to the Telegraph.