Tag: Sir Keir Starmer

Friday, October 20th 2017 - 14:08 UTC
UK government's plans for Brexit are in “paralysis”, claims Labour

The UK Government’s plans for Brexit are “in paralysis”, Labour claimed amid speculation crucial legislation will be delayed again. Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said there was “chaos at the heart of Government” over the approach to leaving the European Union.
Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 18:17 UTC
Labour conference forced to address Brexit to calm pro/EU MPS and ensure party unity

UK Labour activists have backed a statement clarifying the party’s position on Brexit. The eleventh-hour statement was waved through by a show of hands in the main conference hall, after another day of division in the party over Britain’s EU withdrawal.
Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 17:19 UTC
EU Withdrawal bill passed first Parliamentary test, but real battle is still ahead

The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first Parliamentary test. MPs backed the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290 in a Monday late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a “power-grab” by ministers.
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.
Wednesday, August 30th 2017 - 06:49 UTC
None of UK papers on Brexit process are satisfactory, says EC president Juncker

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has delivered a fresh rebuke to Theresa May over her Government’s handling of the Brexit process. He said official papers setting out the UK Government’s positions were not satisfactory and it was “crystal clear” that an “enormous amount” of issues needed to be settled before talks on a future trade deal could begin
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 - 09:11 UTC
Labour proposes a post-Brexit short “transitional period” and fee movement for working people

Labour would keep the UK in the EU single market and customs union for a transitional period after leaving the EU, the party has said. Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer clarified Labor's position on leaving the EU in The Observer.
Monday, August 28th 2017 - 08:39 UTC
Scottish cautious reply to Labour's “transitional period” proposal for Brexit

Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has given a cautious welcome to a change of emphasis from Labour on Brexit, which has said it would advocate the UK remaining within the EU's single market and the customs union “for a transitional period”.
Tuesday, August 15th 2017 - 14:52 UTC
UK wants to secure a post-Brexit “ambitious new customs arrangement” with the EU

The UK has set out the “ambitious new customs arrangement” it wants to secure with the EU after Brexit. Ministers said the plans would mean the “freest and most frictionless possible trade” with the rest of Europe and could include a “temporary customs union” after Brexit to prevent border problems as the UK leaves the EU.
Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 14:53 UTC
Hammond admits post-Brexit transitional deal up, but until general election in 2022

Any “transitional deal” in the period after Brexit must end by June 2022, the time of the next general election, Philip Hammond has said. But the chancellor said there must be “business as usual, life as normal” for Britons as the UK left the EU.