Tag: Brexit

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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 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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Sunday, February 24th 2019 - 18:01 UTC

  Final Brexit vote on 12 March, says PM May; Tories remain deeply divided

  

  MPs will be able to have a final vote on the Brexit deal by 12 March, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. Speaking to reporters as she travelled to a summit in Egypt, Mrs May ruled out holding the parliamentary vote on her deal this week. She said talks with the European Union were “still ongoing”.