Tag: European Union

• Friday, August 25th 2017 - 14:24 UTC

  “Continued free flow of personal data”, another challenge for Brexit

  

  The UK will seek “new arrangements” with the EU in order to allow for the continued free flow of personal data, according to a government paper. Many UK businesses and law enforcement agencies rely on EU data.

• Thursday, August 24th 2017 - 08:13 UTC

  Theresa May says UK would take back control of its laws, with the end of Brexit

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK will come to an end with Brexit. As the government published new details of its position, the PM said the UK would “take back control of our laws”.

• Monday, August 21st 2017 - 08:45 UTC

  Hard Brexit proposal to remove all trade tariffs and barriers sparks strong controversy

  

  Removing all trade tariffs and barriers would help generate an annual £135bn uplift to the UK economy, according to a group of pro-Brexit economists. A “hard” Brexit is “economically much superior to soft” argues Prof Patrick Minford, lead author of a report from Economists for Free Trade, which insists that eliminating tariffs, either within free trade deals or unilaterally, would deliver huge gains.

• Saturday, August 19th 2017 - 06:42 UTC

  Lord Hague: Brexit, “the most complex task”, any government has faced since the WW2

  

  Lord Hague has compared Brexit to taking control of a gun, saying it is possible to find a solution without using it to “shoot your foot off”. The former Conservative leader said he believes there is sufficient common ground among the different political parties to negotiate with the EU.

• Saturday, August 19th 2017 - 06:32 UTC

  Number of students accepted at UK university drops: demographics, funding and Brexit

  

  The number of students accepted on to UK degree courses has fallen this year, early UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) figures show. In total, 416,310 people have taken up places, down 2% compared with the same point last year.

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 10:57 UTC

  British government and Scotland exchange threats over Brexit legislation

  

  The legislation to formally remove the UK from the European Union will not be changed by Westminster, a senior member of Theresa May’s Cabinet has said despite threats from Scotland's SNP ministers to refuse consent for the Bill as it stands.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 01:14 UTC

  Spain will not condition a Brexit deal to Gibraltar, but remains firm in its sovereignty claim of the Rock

  

  Spain will not risk a Brexit deal by making Gibraltar’s sovereignty a condition in the talks, the country’s Foreign Minister said in an interview on Sunday. Speaking to the conservative newspaper ABC, Alfonso Dastis said Spain would not accept any agreement that undermined its position on Gibraltar, but would not use the Brexit talks to push its sovereignty aspirations over the Rock.

• Monday, August 7th 2017 - 22:17 UTC

  Cable lashes out at Brexit “martyrs” and accuses them of “masochism” and nostalgic of an imperial past

  

  Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable has lashed out at hard line Brexit “martyrs” who view economic pain as a price worth paying to break away from Brussels. Cable accused them of “masochism” and claimed older Brexit voters with views “colored by nostalgia from an imperial past” had imposed their will on a younger generation more comfortable with the European Union.

• Monday, August 7th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

  Lord King calls for a “credible fallback”, in case no EU trade deal is reached

  

  The UK needs a “credible fallback” in case no EU trade deal is reached during Brexit negotiations, former Bank of England governor Mervyn King has said. Lord King said British negotiators needed to show Brussels the country has an alternative over a bad trade deal post-Brexit.

• Saturday, August 5th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Ireland calls for “unique solutions” to preserve UK/EU relations after Brexit

  

  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has called for “unique solutions” to preserve the relationship between the UK and the European Union after Brexit. On his first official visit to Northern Ireland, he raised the possibility of a bilateral UK-EU customs union, and described Brexit as “the challenge of this generation”.