Tag: Brexit

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  PM May says UK can “turn a corner and put differences aside” if Parliament backs her Brexit deal

  

  The United Kingdom can “turn a corner” and start to “put its differences aside” if Parliament backs the proposed Brexit deal Prime minister Theresa May said in her New Year message.

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  UK fishing industry questions new impractical EU rules on quotas and discards

  

  New European Union rules on fishing quotas could have a “grave” impact on the UK's fishing industry, a House of Lords committee has said - just a day before the new policy is introduced. Under previous rules, crews often discarded, into the sea, fish that took them over their quota for that species. But under the new policy, fishers must bring the full haul back to shore. This change is to stop fish being wasted.

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 08:19 UTC

  UK has plans to establish military bases in the Caribbean and Far East after Brexit

  

  The Defense Secretary has said the UK could establish new military bases in the Caribbean and the Far East. Gavin Williamson has told the Sunday Telegraph it would allow Britain to become a “true global player” following Brexit.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  MPs urging a “more meaningful role” in ratifying deals, beginning with Brexit

  

  Parliament must be given a veto over any trade deals the UK signs after Brexit, a committee of MPs has urged. Ministers hope to begin negotiating deals with key partners once the UK leaves the EU in March and start implementing them from 2021 onwards.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  RBS applies for a banking license in Germany; the bank already has on in the Netherlands

  

  The Royal Bank of Scotland has applied for a German banking license to help it retain clients in the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The move applies to all its subsidiaries, but would only affect NatWest, which trades across the bloc.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  “Peace on earth and goodwill to all, needed as much as ever”, Queen's Christmas message

  

  The Queen will say in her Christmas Day broadcast that the Christian message of “peace on earth and goodwill to all” is “needed as much as ever”. She will say the message is “never out of date” and can be “heeded by everyone”.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Putin calls on Mrs. May not to succumb to calls for a second Brexit referendum

  

  Vladimir Putin has urged Theresa May not to succumb to calls for a second referendum on Brexit. Speaking at his annual question and answer session with journalists, the Russian president questioned whether re-running a vote could be construed as democratic.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 05:37 UTC

  Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold, but cautions about intensified Brexit uncertainties

  

  The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 0.75% as it cautioned “intensified” Brexit uncertainties were slamming the brakes on UK growth. Policymakers on the Bank’s nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously to keep rates unchanged in its last decision of 2018.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Another Brexit referendum “plausible” if deadlock in Parliament persists

  

  Another Brexit referendum will become a “plausible” way forward if there is deadlock in Parliament, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said. She told ITV's Peston show while she did not personally support another vote, the case for one would grow if MPs could not agree another solution.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 09:14 UTC

  European Union starts implementing preparations for a no-deal Brexit

  

  The European Commission says it has started to implement its preparations for a no-deal Brexit - in case the UK leaves the EU without a plan. It has announced temporary measures to try to reduce the impact but says it cannot counter all the problems it expects.