Dublin will not give up on the Northern Ireland backstop clause in Britain’s EU Withdrawal Agreement, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has warned.
Ashley Fox says organisation will not hesitate to take public bodies to court if they breach Brexit withdrawal agreement.
‘We are not in a souk:’ Luxembourg’s PM gives exasperated response to UK’s Brexit demands
21/03/2019
'We found the best possible deal and we are not in a souk where we are going to bargain for the next five years'
‘Veil of secrecy’: Brexit committee says government denying MPs access to key decision-making details
24/06/2020
European Scrutiny Committee writes to Michael Gove demanding transparency on EU/UK Joint Committee.
The European Parliament has voted to ratify the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), with 660 out of 697 MEPs voting in favour of the deal, but a Brexit expert has said it is only the beginning.
‘There will be consequences’: No US trade deal if Boris Johnson reneges on Brexit agreement, Congressman warns
08/09/2020
‘I can’t believe that any side would be acting in such a cavalier way when we're talking about a fragile peace in the North of Ireland’
EU citizens rights campaigners The3Million have said that “numerous” EU nationals are being refused Universal Credit because of their settlement status.
Brexit is like “political climate change” and will go on “forever”, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has told the Fine Gael parliamentary party.
Ivan Rogers says plan by ‘dishonest’ government to override Northern Ireland protocol may cause trade war.
Two government sources suggest the Meaningful Vote “take 3” might happen on Thursday of next week.
‘If the UK moves forward with this Internal Market Bill… there will be no US-UK trade deal – period’ – Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle [3 mins]
09/11/2020
We spoke to Democratic Congressman Brendan Boyle, who sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which is responsible for international trade agreements.
"It leaves some of the most vulnerable children in the UK undocumented and facing an insecure future."
‘Britain does not break treaties’: EU president quotes Thatcher as she tells Boris Johnson he cannot change Brexit deal
16/09/2020
Ursula von der Leyen says EU will ‘never backtrack’ on withdrawal agreement.
Prominent Brexiteer and Tory MEP Daniel Hannan has said that he believes Brexit will “not happen at all”.
DUP's Brexit spokesperson Sammy Wilson has said there is no point in his party agreeing to something that is not deliverable.
Watch Ed Miliband attack Boris Johnson as he accuses PM of trying to ‘get Brexit undone’ [2 mins]
14/09/2020
Ed Miliband accused Boris Johnson of seeking to "get Brexit undone" during a widely-praised speech against the controversial UK Internal Market Bill.
European commission chief responds to claims that No 10 plans to renege on withdrawal agreement
Taoiseach wants to keep a guarantee there will be no return to hard borders. / Leo Varadkar has said that removing the border backstop would be as bad for Ireland as a no-deal Brexit.
Jonathan Jones resigns after plans emerge to alter legally binding Northern Ireland protocol
A European Union grandee today said the UK could be refused a Brexit extension if Theresa May fails to get agreement in the Commons.
Leo Varadkar says government must submit plans in writing before EU summit in October.
The UK position 14 months ago is in sharp contrast to the flat rejection of an EU office in Belfast under Boris Johnson's government.
New border checks in Kent and elsewhere reverse 47 years of removal of trade barriers.
Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreement.
Government to enrage Brussels by overwriting Brexit withdrawal agreement