Brexit
At a meeting of the WTO’s Goods Council, fifteen countries raised concern over the so-called Tariff Rate Quotas.
Updated 15 Nov, 2019 08:24am
"Brexit (uncertainty) made it too risky to put a Gigafactory in the UK," Elon Musk says.
Updated 14 Nov, 2019 08:02am
Moody’s says Britain’s 1.8 trillion pounds ($2.30tr) of public debt risks rising again.
Updated 10 Nov, 2019 08:24am
Johnson says lawmakers are "refusing time and again to deliver Brexit and honour the result of the referendum".
Updated 07 Nov, 2019 09:10am
Labour is trailing the Conservatives by 11 percentage points in a poll of polls compiled by Britain Elects.
Published 06 Nov, 2019 07:58am
“It's a matter of deep regret,” says PM Johnson; criticises Trump for saying his deal would prevent British-US trade.
Published 03 Nov, 2019 06:25pm
Nigel Farage urges PM Johnson to follow Donald Trump’s advice and form a “non-aggression” pact with his Brexit Party.
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 09:43am
"This deal [...] you can't do it, you can't trade. We can't make a trade deal with the UK," Trump says.
Published 01 Nov, 2019 11:52am
British PM blames opposition Labour party for failure to exit Europe.
Updated 01 Nov, 2019 08:30am
"There is only one way to get Brexit done in the face of this unrelenting parliamentary obstructionism," says UK PM.
Updated 30 Oct, 2019 08:38am
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to once again ask lawmakers to approve an early election — on December 12.
Published 29 Oct, 2019 04:18pm
Johnson will respond to the EU’s delay offer once he has reviewed the details, his spokesman says.
Updated 29 Oct, 2019 08:59am
EU member states will wait for Britain's reply to its delay offer before launching a "written procedure".
Published 28 Oct, 2019 02:52pm
"Parliament cannot hold the country hostage any longer," Johnson says late on Saturday.
Updated 28 Oct, 2019 08:22am
UK premier tells opposition leader to "man up" and accept snap election.
Updated 26 Oct, 2019 11:05am
The opposition Labour Party has long said it cannot back an election until a so-called no deal Brexit is off the table.
Updated 25 Oct, 2019 08:36am
European Council President Donald Tusk says on Twitter he had recommended late on Tuesday that EU leaders back a delay.
Updated 24 Oct, 2019 08:48am
Under current plans, if Britain pulls out of the EU, the Kolpak system for cricketers will end by 2021.
Updated 23 Oct, 2019 09:21am
Britain could even still crash out with no deal next week.
Updated 23 Oct, 2019 10:00am
British PM hopes parliament supports revised withdrawal deal struck in Brussels and passes legislation in three days.
Published 22 Oct, 2019 05:02pm
"The motion will not be debated today because it would be repetitive and disorderly to do so," says John Bercow.
Updated 22 Oct, 2019 08:46am
"We are going to leave on October 31. We have the means and the ability to do so,” says govt's Brexit planning chief.
Published 20 Oct, 2019 07:42pm
"I will now start consulting EU leaders on how to react," says European Council President Donald Tusk.
Updated 20 Oct, 2019 07:29am
MPs vote 322-306 to withhold their approval on the Brexit deal until legislation to implement it has been passed.
Updated 19 Oct, 2019 10:43pm
In a divided parliament where he has no majority, Johnson must now win the support of 320 lawmakers.
Updated 19 Oct, 2019 09:16pm
Its fortunes — and Britain’s immediate fate — rests in the hands of a few undecided MPs.
Updated 19 Oct, 2019 09:31am
Business leaders see any deal, however imperfect, as better than leaving the bloc.
Updated 19 Oct, 2019 07:49am
British PM Boris Johnson says “we have a great new Brexit deal”; Juncker says all EU countries should endorse it.
Updated 17 Oct, 2019 03:45pm
EU negotiator Michel Barnier says there has been "good progress, and work is ongoing".
Published 17 Oct, 2019 10:06am
Johnson is bound by law to ask Brussels for an extension to talks by October 19 if no deal is reached.
Updated 17 Oct, 2019 08:31am
