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DUP says deal will put a border down the Irish sea and threaten the union with Britain.
Arlene Foster turns on Boris Johnson, saying she will never take him at his word again: 'Once bitten, twice shy'
09/12/2019
DUP leader says customs officials told her there would have to be checks at Irish Sea, contrary to Boris Johnson's promises.
John Major breaks Tory ranks as he urges young voters to stop Boris Johnson's Brexit plan
06/12/2019
Sir John Major will tonight call on millions of young people to use their votes to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans in an extraordinary general election intervention.
This Treasury document sets out things that trade experts have been saying pretty clearly, but that the government has refused to accept.
Conservative manifesto plans mean continued Brexit uncertainty and risk no-deal crash-out at end of 2020, says thinktank.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit policy risks no-deal crash-out next year that will trigger a recession and return to austerity, expert IFS analysis indicates
28/11/2019
Institute for Fiscal Studies says it is 'plausible' to expect a £50 billion boost to UK economy if Brexit is cancelled.
A former UK ambassador to the EU has stated that the biggest crisis in the UK's attempts to leave the European Union is still a year away. / Sir Ivan Rogers, who was the senior civil servant dealing with Brexit after the EU referendum until his resignation in 2017, argued that the UK has been mired in a "political shambles" since the 2016 vote.
Boris Johnson’s claims he will get Brexit done are “diplomatic amateurism” and his deal will be even harder to achieve than Theresa May’s, a former ambassador to the EU has warned.
Boris Johnson's government admits it has no plans to carry out an economic assessment of his Brexit deal
19/11/2019
Boris Johnson's government is accused of an "utterly staggering and a complete dereliction of duty" after admitting that it has no plans to carry out an assessment of the economic impact of the prime minister's Brexit deal.
Boris Johnson government will not carry out any economic impact assessment of his Brexit deal, officials admit
19/11/2019
Protest that 'public is being kept in the dark' over expected economic hit of up to £130bn.
PM repeats discredited claim "there will be no checks" between NI and GB.
Boris Johnson says single market access after Brexit is ‘great deal’ for Northern Ireland
08/11/2019
Critics ask why PM wants to drag the UK out of the EU if the terms of its membership are so beneficial.
General election 2019: Brexit Party candidates quit in protest at Nigel Farage's opposition to Brexit deal
05/11/2019
Around 20 Brexit Party candidates are believed to have pulled out in recent weeks.
Senior Tories insist Brexit deal would not scupper US trade agreement after shock Trump intervention
01/11/2019
'We can’t make a trade deal with the UK,' says US president.
The report estimated the PM's deal would be worse for the economy than continuing with the current indecision and uncertainty
Brexit deal means ‘£70bn hit to UK by 2029'
30/10/2019
Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found.
Only 19 per cent of voters believe agreement is good deal – and more hold prime minister responsible for delay than Labour.
Since the summer MPs have been formulating plans under Standing Order 24 to take control of parliament's timetable.
Leaked government documents 'confirm worst fears' about workers’ rights after Brexit, says Labour
26/10/2019
The Labour Party has hit out at leaked plans to diverge from EU workers' rights laws after Brexit.
The Briefing - Room Brexit: a pivotal week? [28 mins, expert commentary on Johnson's deal]
24/10/2019
David Aaronovitch is joined by: Jill Rutter - Senior Research Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe; Rob Ford - Professor of Politics, University of Manchester; Sam Lowe - Senior research fellow, Centre for European Reform; Alison Young - Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge; Sam McBride - Political editor at The Belfast News Letter
'UK Government has not conducted an economic impact assessment on the effect of the Brexit deal on Holyhead Port.' - Delyth Jewell AC/AM
24/10/2019
Michael Gove just confirmed to me at @SeneddEAAL that the UK Government has not conducted an economic impact assessment on the effect of the Brexit deal on Holyhead Port. This did not stop him from claiming that the deal would leave Holyhead in "a stronger position than ever".
Boris Johnson was responding to SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford's call to respect the convention that UK legislation which affects Scotland should have Holyrood's consent.
Boris Johnson has said he will give MPs more time to debate his Brexit deal, but only if they agree to a 12 December general election.
Northern Ireland committee members criticise Julian Smith over plans to require paperwork to move goods.
Fake news row as Tory chiefs claim Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has already 'passed' Parliament
24/10/2019
Conservative chiefs sparked a fake news row today by claiming that Boris Johnson’s landmark Brexit deal had already “passed” Parliament.