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UK’s top Brexit minister accuses Europeans of ‘lazy thinking’ for seeing Brexit as isolationist
09/05/2019
Theresa May’s chief Brexit minister has complained that Europeans are prone to “lazy thinking” about Brexit and for some reason associate the project with Nigel Farage and the “Little Englander” mentality.
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay says UK should be given ‘until December 2020’ to come up with plan for Irish border.
SCOTTISH civil servants are furious after Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay ruled they would no longer go to meetings in Brussels from next week to discuss fishing, agriculture and other devolved issues, The National has learnt.
The UK Chancellor said the Treasury would not lend support to manufacturers that favour EU rules.
The UK’s Brexit Minister has written to the EU encouraging it to agree to ‘ring-fence’ the rights of Britons living abroad in the EU and EU citizens abroad in the UK – however contrary to some reports, the EU has issued no response to this as yet.
Brexit Secretary admits businesses will need to fill out export declaration forms.
Importing fresh food through the port of Dover would only be the Government’s third highest priority in the event of a no-deal Brexit later this year, it has emerged.
Firms in Northern Ireland will have to submit declaration forms for goods heading to the rest of the UK, under the government's Brexit deal.
Decision by Northern Ireland’s MLAs will not affect UK’s departure from EU at end of month.
Brexit secretary confirms only 43 of 161 agreements seen as essential have been rolled over.
Steve Barclay accused of "confusing" Europeans worried about their right to remain in the UK after Brexit.
Brussels fears prime minister has ‘lost control’ of events and warns that hopes of an agreement are now ‘very low’.
EU gives go-ahead to weekend meetings after PM appears to backtrack on customs stance.
Accusations come as PM is set to meet Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin.
Prime minister also warned that renegotiation would backfire on UK – by reopening controversies over Gibraltar, fishing and the Brexit 'divorce bill'.
Brexit Secretary had warned Ireland would suffer more than UK.
Government told to wake up to extent of unionist anger over ‘betrayal’ of Northern Ireland.
Brexit secretary under fire after admitting Northern Ireland firms will be forced to fill out export forms when sending goods to Britain
21/10/2019
'Just to be clear, exit summary declarations will be required in terms of NI to GB'
Brexit secretary prompts fury with suggestion new referendum should not happen due to far-right protests outside parliament
08/01/2019
MPs have condemned the Brexit Secretary after he suggested the intimidating protests outside parliament should rule out a fresh referendum.
The Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay, has complained to EU ambassadors that Brussels is failing to come up with ideas for replacing the Irish backstop as talks with the bloc became stuck in an “impasse”.
The minister from the department for exiting the European Union has written a Twitter thread about Brexit readiness that has spectacularly backfired.
While businesses struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, ministers are busy with commemorative coins.