The European Union will not reciprocate the UK’s pledge to treat goods crossing the British-EU border with a light touch customs check, saying it will impose full controls “to protect the Single Market”.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has repeated the Conservative government’s position that the UK will diverge from EU regulations after the Brexit transition period.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has told businesses to prepare for the UK to diverge from EU regulations, saying “we will not be a ruletaker” after the transition period.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson still believes he can strike a deal with EU over Brexit, but has suggested that the UK may be in the bloc’s Customs Union and Single Market for another “couple of years” after the October 31st Brexit date.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that his negotiations with the Conservatives to push for a super-soft Brexit are at risk of crumbling because government ministers want a trade deal with the United States.
The foreign secretary told the prime minister her Brexit deal was a “Turkey trap”, risking locking the UK in negotiations with the European Union (EU) for more than 30 years, just like Turkey.
The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has hinted at plans to collude with anti-Brexit Tories and Labour to vote down Theresa May’s Brexit proposals and push through a “Norway model” exit.
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.
