Tag: Brexit

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  EU approves UK's withdrawal as “the best and only possible deal”; Parliament is to vote early December

  

  EU leaders have approved an agreement on the UK's withdrawal and future relations - insisting it is the “best and only deal possible”. After 20 months of negotiations, the 27 leaders gave the deal their blessing after less than an hour's discussion.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  Scotland complains EU/UK deal means broken promises to the fishing industry

  

  First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has warned of broken promises overfishing as EU leaders agreed to Theresa May's Brexit deal. A document published by the remaining 27 EU countries made clear they hoped to negotiate access to UK waters based on existing rights.

• Monday, November 26th 2018 - 06:44 UTC

  Potential losses from EU Brexit deal could reach £100bn a year worse off by 2030

  

  The government's Brexit deal would leave the UK £100bn a year worse off by 2030, analysis by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has claimed. The study commissioned by the People's Vote, which wants a second referendum, said GDP would shrink by 3.9% annually.

• Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 06:06 UTC

  Theresa May optimistic on EU summit to endorse Brexit deal, but Spain remains adamant on Gibraltar

  

  Preparations for a summit to endorse Britain's deal to quit the European Union risked running aground on the rock of Gibraltar on Friday, as Spain defended its veto over the fate of the tiny territory. Britain's PM Theresa May and leaders of the other 27 EU member states are to meet Sunday to approve their divorce agreement and set a course for negotiating their future post-Brexit relationship.

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Royal Navy retains patrol ships for Fishery Protection in post Brexit scenario

  

  UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has secured the protection of British home waters by announcing he will retain three of the Royal Navy’s patrol ships. The future of the Batch 1 Offshore Patrols Vessels (OPVs), HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey and HMS Severn, which currently support the Fishery Protection Squadron, have been secured ahead of the Brexit negotiations for Britain to withdraw from the European Union.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  Theresa May moves to Brussels to iron out withdrawal deal ahead of Sunday's EU summit

  

  Theresa May will return to Brussels for Brexit talks this weekend as the UK and EU strive to do a deal in time for Sunday's summit of European leaders. After a two-hour meeting with EU officials, the prime minister said progress was being made on the future shape of EU-UK relations.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Spanish PM insists Gibraltar is a bilateral issue between Madrid and London

  

  Spain will vote against the divorce agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom unless Gibraltar’s future relationship with the bloc is considered a bilateral issue between Madrid and London, rather than between the EU and UK, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Spanish comments on Brexit will inspire no confidence in Gibraltar

  

  The Government has noted the comments about Gibraltar made by the Foreign Minister of Spain this morning following a meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union.
  The Chief Minister has immediately been in touch with the Prime Minister’s office in Downing Street.

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  Spain demands “separate negotiations for Gibraltar” to agree on EU Brexit deal

  

  Spain has said it will not agree to the draft Brexit withdrawal deal without clarity over how talks on the future status of Gibraltar should be handled. Foreign minister Josep Borrell insisted that talks about the territory were “separate negotiations”.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 06:49 UTC

  “Critical week” admits PM May, but warns sacking her won't make delivering Brexit any easier

  

  Theresa May has told her critics that getting rid of her as PM would not make delivering Brexit any easier. Mrs May defended last week's draft agreement for leaving the EU and said there was a “critical” week ahead.