Tag: European Union

• 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.

• Thursday, September 7th 2017 - 08:23 UTC

  Battle of Brexit Repeal Bill begins; Labour objects since it “grabs power from Parliament”

  

  Britain's Labour will vote against the Brexit Repeal Bill because it will allow ministers to “grab power from Parliament” to slash rights at work and cut protection for consumers and the environment. The party’s statement came as Brexit Secretary David Davis was preparing to deliver a House of Commons statement on a summer of negotiations which the European Union claims has failed to deliver “decisive” progress.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:23 UTC

  Spain pushing EU to adopt measures against members of Venezuela's government

  

  Spain is pushing for the European Union to adopt restrictive measures against members of the Venezuelan government as a way of encouraging a return to constitutional order in the crisis-hit country, the Spanish foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2017 - 08:36 UTC

  With Commons back from recess, Brexit talks expected to intensify

  

  Brexit Secretary David Davis is to update MPs on last week's negotiations with the European Union later. Davis will make a statement in the House of Commons about the progress of the third round of Brexit talks. It comes after the prime minister said the UK is ready to “intensify” talks rather than stick to its one-week-a-month schedule.

• Monday, September 4th 2017 - 07:19 UTC

  PM May calls for unity as Commons begins to debate the Brexit repeal bill

  

  Theresa May has appealed for unity from pro-EU Conservative MPs as the Commons is set to debate the government's Brexit repeal bill on Thursday. The bill, seen as a key plank of the government's Brexit policy, transfers EU law into UK legislation

• Sunday, September 3rd 2017 - 01:49 UTC

  “No progress” on Brexit UK/EU Brussels talks: both sides hold on to their positions

  

  A row over the Brexit divorce bill has dominated the latest round of talks between the UK and the European Union, with both sides in the Brussels negotiations voicing their frustrations. Brexit Secretary David Davis said there had been a “tough” discussion over the fee Brussels wants the UK to pay to settle its obligations after British officials challenged the legal basis of the demand.

• 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.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  EU tells UK it must take withdrawal talks “seriously” and end “ambiguity”

  

  The UK has been told by the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator that it needs to take withdrawal talks “seriously”. Michel Barnier used the opening of a third round of talks in Brussels on Monday to insist that London must end “ambiguity” regarding key positions like the Brexit divorce bill.

• Monday, August 28th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  Third round of Brexit talks in Brussels with not much flexibility from either side

  

  Brexit Secretary David Davis is heading for a Brussels showdown, with a demand for the European Commission to be more “flexible” in negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. With the third round of formal talks beginning on Bank Holiday Monday in the Belgian capital, Davis is pushing for EU negotiator Michel Barnier to be less rigid in his refusal to discuss the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and Europe.