Crunch Brexit vote in five days: MPs to return to back historic Brexit deal on December 30

MPs have cut their Christmas holidays short by more than a week to gather for a crunch vote on Britain’s new Brexit deal on December 30. Yesterday Mr Johnson presented his ‘Brexit gift’ to Britain in a Christmas video message, as his deal was last night given a double boost with a tentative welcome from … Read more

Brexit deal will see points-based migration system from January 1

The UK’s post-Brexit immigration structure will work on a points based system while new restrictions for British travellers will come into force as free movement ends.  It comes as the government announced a Brexit deal had finally been reached following months of intense negotiations between the UK and European Union. The summary of the deal was published … Read more

Michel Barnier carries 2,000-page binder of the Brexit trade deal as he briefs 27 EU ambassadors

Ambassadors from across Europe today pored over the details of the UK-EU trade agreement, after Boris Johnson last night hailed the historic deal as a ‘Brexit gift’ to Britain in a Christmas video message. As millions across Europe began celebrating Christmas Day, diplomats from each of the 27 EU member state were given a briefing … Read more

Michael Barnier carries 2,000-page binder of the Brexit trade deal as he briefs 27 EU ambassadors

Ambassadors from across Europe today pored over the details of the UK-EU trade agreement, after Boris Johnson last night hailed the historic deal as a ‘Brexit gift’ to Britain in a Christmas video message. As millions across Europe began celebrating Christmas Day, diplomats from each of the 27 EU member state were given a briefing … Read more

Brexit: How explosive negotiations led to EU-UK trade deal

Last minute mathematics bungles, using the Les Miserables soundtrack as a rallying cry and explosive negotiations worthy of being streamed on Netflix all managed to get a Brexit deal over the line.    Four-and-a-half years after Brits voted to leave the EU, Boris Johnson yesterday announced that a trade deal had finally been agreed. The Prime … Read more

Erasmus study abroad programme to be replaced by scheme named after Alan Turing

Britain is to replace Erasmus with a new exchange programme that will see students giving the chance to study at universities all over the world, Boris Johnson has announced. Students from the UK will not be able to use the EU Commission scheme from next year after the Prime Minister made a ‘tough decision’ to pull … Read more

Tory MPs welcome Brexit deal as Keir Starmer’s Labour set to back it

What happens next?  After a Brexit deal text was finalised, the next step is ratification by both sides – and there is not much time before the end of the transition period on January 1.  Christmas Day  Brussels will short-cut its own processes, with the EU Council of member states expected to grant ‘provisional’ implementation … Read more

What’s in Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal from counter-terrorism to fish

Britain and the EU finally agreed the long-awaited – and long haggled-over – Brexit deal today.  But it is more the end of the beginning, with politicians, trade experts and industry leaders ready to pour over the pages of the agreement in the coming days. It’s the document the (political) world has been waiting for … Read more

So what’s in Boris’s Brexit deal?

Britain and the EU finally agreed the long-awaited – and long haggled-over – Brexit deal today.  But it is more the end of the beginning, with politicians, trade experts and industry leaders ready to pour over the pages of the agreement in the coming days. It’s the document the (political) world has been waiting for … Read more

Brexit: Keir Starmer says Labour WILL back EU trade deal next week

Labour WILL back Boris’s Brexit deal when it comes to a vote on 30 December, Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen announced Brexit trade deal today   Sir Keir Starmer said it was not ‘credible for Labour to be on the sidelines’ and party would support it Parliament will be given the … Read more