Tag: Brexit

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Labour's Jeremy Corbyn has called for a no confidence vote in PM Theresa May

  

  The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said he was calling for a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May — a largely symbolic gesture — for not putting her Brexit plan to a vote by lawmakers immediately.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  UK economy growth feeling the uncertainty impact of Brexit: weakest since 2009

  

  British economic growth this year and in 2019 looks set to be the weakest since the country’s last recession, due to a freeze in business investment and weak consumer demand ahead of Brexit, the British Chambers of Commerce forecast on Tuesday.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Controversy in UK over a second Brexit referendum, proposed by ex PMs Tony Blair and John Major

  

  Holding another referendum on the EU would “break faith with the British people”, Theresa May will warn MPs. Former PMs John Major and Tony Blair are among those urging a new referendum if MPs cannot agree on a way forward. But the prime minister will argue that it would do “irreparable damage to the integrity our politics” and would “likely leave us no further forward”.

• Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Ignore the siren voices calling us to the rocks of No Deal

  

  By Amber Rudd, Work and Pensions Secretary (*) - Brexit is in danger of getting stuck – and that is something that should worry us all. If MPs dig in against the Prime Minister’s deal and then hunker down in their different corners, none with a majority, the country will face serious trouble.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Travel group Tui profits up on rise in hotel and cruise bookings

  

  A rise in hotel and cruise bookings has helped European travel group Tui sail through another year with more than 10% growth in profits. It said next year, profits would grow a similar amount as customers also bought more excursions and holiday activities. Tui has seen double-digit growth for the last four years.

• Friday, December 14th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  EU leaders tell Theresa May that Brexit deal is “not open for renegotiation, only clarifications”

  

  European Union leaders have said the Brexit withdrawal agreement is “not open for renegotiation”, despite appeals from Theresa May. She wanted legal assurances on the Irish backstop to help her deal get through Parliament after she delayed a Commons vote in anticipation of defeat.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Pyrrhic victory for Theresa May: 37% of Tories voted against her; Brexit gridlock in parliament remains

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party by 200 to 117. After securing 63% of the total vote, she is now immune from a leadership challenge for a year. Speaking in Downing Street, she vowed to deliver the Brexit “people voted for” but said she had listened to the concerns of MPs who voted against her.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 06:28 UTC

  Ex PM John Major calls to revoke Brexit and involving parliament and people in “a serious reflection”

  

  Britain must revoke its notice to quit the European Union with immediate effect to allow for “serious and profound reflection” by both parliament and the people, former Prime Minister John Major said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Operation to rescue Brexit deal: PM May flies to Holland, Germany and Brussels

  

  Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany's Angela Merkel after postponing MPs' final vote on the deal. The UK PM has said she needs “further assurances” about the Northern Ireland border plan to get Commons backing.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 18:30 UTC

  Europe Court of Justice rules UK can cancel Brexit without altering terms of her membership

  

  The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members. The ECJ judges ruled this could be done without altering the terms of Britain's membership.