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Why No.10 Is Resisting A Brexit Extension
21/12/2020
Even Tory MPs are calling for a delay as Brexit threatens to combine with Covid to plunge Britain into a bleak midwinter.
Leaving without deciding what kind of relationship we want with the EU will simply prolong the agony.
The U.K. risks failing to recruit the 50,000 customs agents the logistics industry says are needed before Britain’s final parting with the European Union, spelling potential chaos at the country’s busiest border.
Under cover of Brexit - Chris Grey
03/07/2020
The most important Brexit event of the week came and went with relatively little fanfare, yet it marks a significant moment.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union on Saturday requesting a Brexit delay and a separate note saying that he did not want an extension, a British government source said.
A European Union grandee today said the UK could be refused a Brexit extension if Theresa May fails to get agreement in the Commons.
The UK government has said it remains “absolutely committed” to Brexit negotiations and the December 2020 transition date despite the coronavirus outbreak limiting talks between the two sides.
Civil service to stand down its no-deal contingency plans in light of new departure date. / The government has stood down an army of 6,000 civil servants who had been preparing for a no-deal Brexit, at an estimated cost of £1.5bn.
The coronavirus has increased the challenges of negotiating a new trade agreement for the UK before December 31.
France is expected to demand the removal of the post of British European commissioner as a price for a long Brexit delay, leaving Britain without a seat at the top table of Brussels decision-making for the first time since 1973.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been told there is "significant opposition" to the United Kingdom Government's refusal to consider extending the timetable for talks.
UK must ‘immediately’ start building new customs posts for Northern Ireland trade checks, EU says
01/05/2020
UK has made little progress on new infrastructure needed for checks Boris Johnson signed up to.
Cabinet office minister drops 'no compromise' stance, saying: 'If that is the price that we have to pay, then there we go'
Brussels chief criticises MPs for prioritising May’s removal above finding agreement. / Jean-Claude Juncker has suggested that the UK is drifting towards another Brexit extension in October as he criticised MPs for prioritising the prime minister’s removal over finding agreement on a Brexit deal.
THE UK Government has rejected calls from the SNP's Michael Russell to extend the Brexit transition period during the coronavirus crisis.
Theresa May will not get her Brexit deal through the Commons, Donald Tusk has warned, leaving the UK with the option of “a chaotic Brexit” or an extension of its membership of the EU beyond 29 March.
The government is to apply much less rigorous EU border checks on imports than it initially had planned, after the Brexit transition period finishes at the end of this year.
Theresa May has written to the European Union to request a further delay to Brexit until 30 June.
TWO-THIRDS of Scots want Brexit to be delayed, according to a new poll. With coronavirus engulfing the political machinery of the UK and the EU, Boris Johnson is coming under increasing pressure to extend the transition period beyond December this year.
European Council president Donald Tusk has urged the European Parliament to "be open to a long extension, if the UK wishes to rethink its strategy".
Tusk receives UK's Brexit extension request
19/10/2019
The British government has sent the European Union a request to postpone the date of its departure from the bloc, European Council President Donald Tusk has said.
Two of the EU's most influential characters have urged the bloc's 27 leaders to grant a UK request for a Brexit extension.
Frances O’Grady urged MPs to secure article 50 extension before letting go of control over Brexit.