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.
Commons Committee on Exiting the European Union member and housing minister Dominic Raab has been chosen as the replacement for David Davis, the senior Brexiteer who stood down from his position as Brexit Secretary in Theresa May’s cabinet Sunday evening.
Mass migration has pushed up house prices by 20 per cent, the housing minister has confirmed, admitting the link between open borders and soaring property prices.
