A group of senior Tory MPs including several former ministers have stepped up calls for the Brexit vote to be respected and for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union cleanly as the Commons prepares to vote on Theresa May’s compromise deal on Tuesday.
As Theresa May’s premiership approaches what could be its final act, would-be successors are setting out their stalls.
Theresa May has repeatedly refused to say she will resign as prime minister if her Brexit deal fails in the House of Commons.
Dominic Raab has said that the prime minister has allowed the United Kingdom to be “bullied and blackmailed” by Brussels in exit negotiations.
Britain’s Theresa May suffered two cabinet resignations in short succession over her “worst deal in history” Brexit agreement, with Northern Ireland minister Shailesh Vara’s departure being followed shortly by Brexit Minister Dominic Raab on Thursday morning.
Prime Minister Theresa May spoke outside her official residence on Downing Street Wednesday evening after a marathon cabinet meeting to discuss the “technical level” agreement she has struck with Brussels negotiators that pro-Brexit leaders have dismissed as the “worst deal in history”.
With the March 2019 deadline for Brexit looming, Prime Minister Theresa May will have to clinch a deal — or not — with the EU soon.
The Brexit secretary has said a deal is expected to be finalised with the European Union (EU) in just three weeks’ time.
French officials have slapped down British claims France will frustrate and “slow” trade passing through Calais in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
The Brexit minister has blasted the European Union (EU) for their “deliberately intransigent approach” to Brexit talks as reports suggest the government will start legislating for a “no deal” in weeks.
Talks between Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and EU negotiator Michel Barnier have broken down, and ministers and civil servants have been told to have preparations for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit ready within weeks.
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Brexit secretary made a rush visit to Brussels on Sunday for surprise talks with the top European Union negotiator as Brexit talks accelerated ahead of a summit later this week.
UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove used his Conservative Party conference speech on Monday to describe Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a “Moscow-loving, Hamas-hugging, high-taxing, moderate-bashing, job-destroying, national anthem-avoiding, Nato-hating, class war-provoking one-man museum of economic folly.”
UK Conservative Dominic Raab called out the opposition Labour Party’s entrenched anti-Semitism on Monday by using the example of his own father’s escape from the Holocaust and the incipient anti-Jewish hatred generated by Nazism.
Britain’s chief Brexit minister is warning the European Union, and his divided party, that the country will leave the bloc without a deal rather than accept close adherence to its rules and obligations.
David Davis’s successor as Brexit Secretary, Dominic Raab, claims some in the EU want Britain “penalised” — but warns the country will not “crawl” for a deal.
The UK’s Brexit minister has said the European Union (EU) “has a habit of spurning democratic votes” and claimed the bloc is fuelling the populist spring across the continent.
A pressure group has slammed new government housing statistics as hopelessly flawed, arguing they dramatically underestimate the rate of growth in England driven by high levels of net migration.
David Davis’s successor as Secretary of State for Brexit, Dominic Raab, has said Britain will not pay a £39 billion ‘divorce bill’ to the European Union if it refuses to come to a formal exit agreement.
The European Union (EU) is preparing to welcome Theresa May’s Chequers “soft Brexit” plan, which keeps the UK tied to all of the bloc’s trade rules, whilst pushing hard to keep the Irish border open.
Germany’s European Commissioner, who is responsible for the EU budget, has admitted the bloc has no “Plan B” if Britain refuses to hand over its so-called divorce bill in the event of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit — while Sweden’s foreign minister says she wants the 2016 referendum overturned.
The British minister responsible for Brexit negotiations has admitted that the country and the European Union may fail to meet the self-imposed October deadline for striking an exit deal.
A series of technical papers on Britain’s preparedness for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit have squashed scare stories about the Army being deployed and the country running out of sandwiches.
EU lead negotiator Michel Barnier has holed Theresa May’s ultra-soft Brexit plan below the waterline, rejecting her proposal — seen as a major concession by Brexiteers — for Britain to collect customs duties on the EU’s behalf.
The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) will officially no longer lead the Brexit negotiations with Brussels, with Downing Street and Civil Service bureaucrats taking control of talks.
Amazon’s manager in the United Kingdom is reportedly planning for “civil unrest” within two weeks of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit.
The UK will refuse to pay Brussels the agreed £39 billion Brexit ‘divorce bill’ if the European Union (EU) fails to agree on a trade deal with Britain, the Brexit secretary has threatened.
The new Brexit secretary is to ramp up preparations for a “no deal” Brexit, as both Brexiteer and pro-Brussels Tory MPs threaten to rebel against the Prime Minister’s widely unpopular Brexit deal.
UKIP leader Gerard Batten has called on Theresa May to stand down as Prime Minister after she unveiled her proposed plan for a soft Brexit and following the resignation of her Brexit secretary David Davis.
Leading Brexiteer and chair of a Eurosceptic group of MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg will, if it continues as stated, vote against the Prime Minister’s Brexit plan, in a revelation of growing back-bench discontent that came as Brexit Secretary David Davis was handing his resignation to Theresa May.
