Theresa May has proposed delaying leaving the European Union’s (EU) Customs Union for a further year after failing to agree on a solution to the Irish “backstop” issue.
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to urge the European Union (EU) to strike a Brexit deal and form a close relationship with the UK, days after rejecting Theresa May’s ‘Chequers’ plan.
Theresa May’s “endgame” for Brexit talks is keeping the UK tied to the bloc’s Single Market and its rules, and effectively continuing open borders by conceding “freedom of movement by another name”, sources have claimed.
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has attacked the Labour Party for moving towards supporting the continued free movement of people after Britain leaves the European Union (EU).
The Labour Party has dramatically changed its Brexit policy, promising to fight to keep the UK tied to the Single Market’s principle rules and regulations, despite making a manifesto pledge to pull out.
The Foreign Secretary has defended a clean Brexit and blasted the Prime Minister’s “crazy” plan to keep the UK tied to the Customs Union, as Theresa May moves to pressure her cabinet into back the plan.
Theresa May’s plan to keep the UK tied to the European Union (EU) with a “customs partnership” is faltering, as the bloc rejects it and the majority of her Brexit cabinet is now opposed.
Iceland’s independence is viewed as a “nuisance” by the European Union (EU) as it pushes to become an integrated superstate and pressures the Nordic nation to accept more and more of the bloc’s rules and regulations.
The European Union (EU) has rebuffed the UK’s Brexit secretary and insisted there will be no ambitious trade talks with the bloc before the Brexit date in less than a year.
The European Union (EU) will allow the UK to change its mind on a clean Brexit and stay inside the bloc’s Single Market, tied to many of its rules, for years after the Brexit date.
The Prime Minister will push back against European Union (EU) demands that Northern Ireland effectively remain inside the Customs Union, despite agreeing in December to keep the region in “regulatory alignment” with the market.
The UK will sign up to European Union (EU) regulations on a “voluntary” basis but will be able to “diverge” from the bloc’s rules in some ways, the Cabinet has concluded after an eight hour Brexit meeting.
The leadership of the Labour Party is secretly plotting with the European Union (EU) to potentially allow more migrants in and keep the UK tied to the bloc’s Customs Union, memos suggest.
The Prime Minister is considering a plan to stay partially inside the European Union’s Single Market.
The so-called Brexit ‘transition’ period is “not a given” and could fail to materialise, European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier has insisted.
Northern Ireland will remain locked in the European Union’s (EU) Single Market and Customs Union, a hardline draft withdrawal agreement, seen by British negotiators, has demanded.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said the UK cannot remain locked inside the European Union’s (EU) Single Market after Brexit.
Rumours are swirling that Theresa May is willing to effectively leave Northern Ireland within the EU’s Customs Union and Single Market to meet its demands on Britain’s border with the Irish Republic.
Starting salaries in Britain are rising sharply as the supply of cheap labour from the EU dwindles — as predicted by Brexit campaigners and even Remain campaign chairman Lord Stuart Rose.
Brexit-supporting veterans have blamed EU rules on competition and tendering for the Government’s decision to open naval contracts to foreign shipbuilders.
Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary has used the party conference to insist the UK could stay inside the European Union’s (EU) Customs Union and Single Market
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said his party could push to keep the UK locked in the European Union’s (EU) Single Market after Brexit, which would almost certainly include continued open borders.
Labour has retreated even further from its previous support for a clean Brexit from the EU’s Single Market and Customs Union, with Sir Keir Starmer suggesting Britain should stay in the latter indefinitely.
The Labour Party will impose a three-line whip on its MPs to vote against the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in a move described as a “monstrous betrayal” of voters.
The head of the third largest trades union in the UK has demanded ending free movement is prioritised over retaining European Union (EU) Single Market membership after Brexit.
Labour has been slammed for “betraying” voters as shadow ministers appear to pressure leader Jeremy Corbyn towards forcing a vote on Single Market membership – something which could split the Tory party and cause Brexit chaos.
The Labour party’s shadow Brexit Secretary and Chancellor have said the party is open to a so-called ‘soft-Brexit’ with the UK still locked inside the European Union’s (EU) Single Market.
Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Sir Vince Cable has revealed he is holding informal talks with Tory Remainers to force the Government into a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’.
Long thought to have been fighting a rearguard action against Brexit within the Tory Cabinet, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has conceded Britain will leave the bloc, its Single Market and its Customs Union – with a few caveats.
Britain’s Chancellor Phillip Hammond is drafting detailed plans for a “soft Brexit” whereby Britain will retain associate membership of the single market, foregoing the opportunity to forge her own bilateral trade deals. Under his bespoke plans, Mr Hammond hopes Britain
Ruth Davidson, the Europhile leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, will use her newfound influence in Parliament to push for a so-called ‘Soft Brexit’ which puts the Single Market ahead of controlling immigration.
The Scottish National Party has demanded powers to control Scotland’s immigration policy in their general election manifesto – a move which would allow Free Movement and mass migration to the whole United Kingdom to persist via a Scottish “back door”.
Free Movement between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom could continue after Brexit, says Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Boris Johnson.
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for a more federal model of government in Britain as a patriotic, third way alternative to the SNP breaking up the United Kingdom and seeking readmission to the European Union (EU). Addressing the Festival
A majority of the British public support the UK leaving the European Union (EU) single market, the first poll since the prime minister’s landmark Brexit speech has revealed.
