Tag: Brexit

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 19:23 UTC

  Scottish minister wants greater involvement in the UK Brexit process

  

  Scotland's Brexit minister has called for a “radical shift” in how the UK government deals with the devolved nations. Michael Russell urged greater involvement from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish administrations in the Brexit process claiming Scottish ministers have not been consulted on several key papers.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 18:18 UTC

  Tony Blair calls for introduction of new immigration policy that “reasserts control”

  

  Ex prime minister Tony Blair has called on the UK government to introduce a new immigration policy which “reasserts control”. When he was prime minister, Mr. Blair's government - unlike most EU countries - did not apply transitional controls on migrants from eastern Europe, but in a Sunday Times article he said “times were different”.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 13:45 UTC

  A progressive Brexit transition can be built – on both sides of the Channel

  

  By Yanis Varoufakis (*) - Insurgencies often end up betraying the ideals that motivated them. Brexit seems no different. In no time, it has shed its intellectually most powerful motive: the full restoration of sovereignty to the House of Commons.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

  Thousands participated in London's People's March for Europe

  

  Thousands of protesters in favor of the UK staying in the European Union have marched in Westminster. The People's March for Europe took a route through central London before a rally in Parliament Square. The march came ahead of MPs voting on Monday on a bill that will overturn the act that took the UK into the EU and end the supremacy of EU law in the UK.

• Saturday, September 9th 2017 - 23:53 UTC

  UK manufacturers warn of recruitment crunch if unable to hire EU workers after Brexit

  

  United Kingdom manufacturers have warned of a recruitment crunch if they are unable to keep hiring EU workers after Brexit. The manufacturers body, EEF, says the government must clarify the rights of EU workers “as a matter of urgency” underlining that a quarter of 243 firms it surveyed had already seen an increase in EU nationals leaving their business.

• Friday, September 8th 2017 - 19:56 UTC

  Brexit's Davis challenged in Parliament and questioned by EU negotiators

  

  Brexit Secretary David Davis has accused Labour of a “cynical political exercise” to undermine the “only viable plan” to deliver withdrawal from the European Union. His attack came as MPs clashed in the House of Commons over the Government’s flagship Brexit Bill, which Labour has denounced as an undemocratic “power grab” by ministers.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  UK leaked paper targets cutting low skilled migrants from Europe in post-Brexit

  

  Proposals aimed at cutting the numbers of low-skilled migrants from Europe following Brexit have been disclosed in a leaked Home Office paper. The document, obtained by The Guardian, suggests free movement will end upon exit in March 2019 and the UK will adopt a “more selective approach” based on the UK's economic and social needs.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2017 - 08:11 UTC

  Mishandling Brexit can become a “dangerous game” for Ireland's peace process

  

  Former Northern Ireland secretary Lord Hain is set to accuse the government of playing a dangerous game with the peace process over its handling of Brexit and the border. The House of Lords is due to debate a report on Brexit later this Tuesday. Lord Hain is expected to address the UK's recent proposals for the border.

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 13:19 UTC

  Theresa May in Japan for a round of trade, Brexit outcome and defense talks

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Japan for a round of trade and security talks. During her stay, the Mrs. May will hope to further along progress over an “ambitious” trade deal with Japan ready for when Britain quits the European Union.

• Friday, September 1st 2017 - 12:57 UTC

  Welsh Labour supports party's decision for a soft Brexit and single market

  

  A Welsh Member of Parliament who quit Labour's shadow cabinet rather than back the bill to trigger Brexit has welcomed the party's call to stay in the single market temporarily. Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens said Labour was “shifting in the right direction” on relations with the EU.