Labour's Keir Starmer says No 10 briefing shows PM "never takes responsibility for his own actions", accusing him of a "reckless blame game" with the EU.

'It was obvious to everybody that shutting down parliament at this crucial time was the wrong thing to do'.

The drumbeats get louder as the call of the wild pulses through the blood of the Conservative party again. The front page of the Telegraph on Thursday splashes, “Cabinet call on PM to ditch ECHR”. On their headcount, a third of the British cabinet want to join Russia and Belarus as pariah states outside the European convention on human rights.

ANAS Sarwar has admitted that Brexit has been a "disaster" for the UK economy - but said he won't back another referendum on rejoining the EU.

There is growing speculation the PM could soon trigger Article 16 as ongoing talks between the EU and UK continue to fail to resolve problems such as the "sausage war". But Boris Johnson is being given fresh warnings about the impact of such action.

Just hours before letter to Donald Tusk, one EU leader insisted withdrawal agreement ‘cannot be reopened’.

The prime minister wants to keep the issue that won him the last election alive until the next one, and so misrepresents Keir Starmer’s position as wanting to take the UK back into the EU.

PM uses conspiracy theorists’ phrase, as he claims Labour leader will overturn Brexit at ‘drop of a hat’.

PM opens debate in parliament, with vote after 4pm expected to be tight. / The government is also under pressure from a group of philanthropists, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who said over the weekend that they would provide £93.5m emergency funding to cover some of the UK aid cuts.

Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns.

Report cites leaked proposals for clearance areas 5-10 miles from border and real-time tracking of goods.

Scottish National Party MP calls for immediate recall of parliament.

Decision on prorogation expected to now go to UK Supreme Court next week. MPs demand parliament be recalled.

In historical terms, however, those transgressions will end up being little more than footnotes. Viewed from afar, Johnson’s greatest failing is liable to be what he hoped would be his glorious legacy: Brexit.

Britons must look at themselves calmly and honestly, recognizing the tough times that lie ahead and the changes needed to get the country back on track. Unfortunately, the country's political leaders remain unwilling to treat voters like grown-ups.

Vauxhall bosses warn the UK will be put at a ‘major competitive disadvantage’ without changes to Brexit import rules.

British car factories could be forced to close if the UK does not renegotiate the current Brexit deal, according to one of the largest automakers in the country.

Police to lose access to database used more than 600 million times a year on 1 January.

Keir Starmer’s tedious, hardline rhetoric on Brexit actually reveals our path back to Europe.

‘Obviously we recognise there are new processes in place,’ says Downing Street. / No 10 has admitted that “new processes” brought in after Brexit has contributed to several days of travel chaos at the Port of Dover.

Voters are increasingly realising that Brexit was bad for Britain.

The price of the Tories’ new border regime beggars belief. In a cost of living crisis, it’s a bill we can’t afford.

The YouGov poll comes after EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the UK should rejoin the EU to "fix" Brexit.

Johnson is at the mercy of his cabinet. The trouble is, as Leavers, none of them will face up to our post-EU crisis either

Amid political quagmire, Starmer must kill false narrative about EU intransigence.

As evidence mounts of the long-term harm being inflicted on the U.K. economy by Brexit, the government is coming under pressure to acknowledge the elephant in the room.

A bit of follow-up on Armenian regulatory competences trade nerds, then it's straight into Salzburg OMG she didn't did she she did! and then Labour Conference and the thrill we felt when Starmer said what he said and the Conference did what it did.

The Labour leader has been warned he risks tying his party to the continuing damage of a Brexit process that isn't working.

The Conservatives have been accused of releasing a misleading campaign video after doctoring footage to falsely suggest that a senior Labour figure had been unable to answer a question about Brexit.

Former PM made ‘huge mistake’, says Michel Barnier – who backs Labour plan for post-Brexit veterinary deal.

European capitals have lost trust, says Irish minister – as Keir Starmer accuses PM of ’wrecking ball’ approach.

Keir Starmer must be brave and try and reunite us in some way with the rest of our continent.

The tide in Britain appears to have turned since the 2016 Brexit referendum. / According to a new poll, only 43% of the British population consider that the UK's departure from the European Union was a good decision, while 57% believe it was a mistake.

Worried farmers hit out at the government, telling NationalWorld it “has no interest in protecting the agricultural industry at all”.

In this video, our Director Brendan Donnelly argues that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt realise Brexit is in trouble. ... The Conservative Party is incapable of extricating itself from Brexit. The force of economic circumstances and changing public opinion may however encourage Labour leader Keir Starmer reluctantly to abandon his futile hope of "making Brexit work".

Keir Starmer denies new poll would case social unrest.

First time Labour leader has formally demanded Commons should get option of 'legislation' on People's Vote.

Labour claims that PM is aiming to invoke emergency powers using the Civil Contingencies Act.

Leader braced for backlash from Remain MPs and activists, but allies think no-deal outcome would be worse.

Keir Starmer QC MP talks about the implications of Brexit With the Government’s triggering of Article 50 to begin the formal withdrawal from the European Union imminent, Keir Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, joins us in April to discuss the legal implications of Brexit.

Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, tells delegates at the Labour party conference in Liverpool that if Theresa May ends negotiations without a deal, 'campaigning for a public vote must be an option … and nobody is ruling out remain as an option'.

Labour leadership frontrunner was only candidate at Dudley hustings not to reject idea of reversing Brexit.

Shadow ministers poised to resign and defy three-line whip when MPs vote on trade deal on Wednesday.

A number of Labour MPs believe there is a palpable shift in public opinion on Brexit due to comparatively worse inflation figures in the UK to Europe and ongoing issues with the trade deal with Brussels.

‘If I was prime minister I wouldn’t appoint him,’ says Labour leader.

The Labour leader has been under pressure to criticise the pact with Brussels amid disruption at Irish Sea ports and complaints about export difficulties.

Keir Starmer’s plans to bring the UK closer to the EU could solve Labour’s Brexit conundrum.

The Labour leadership contender said he would 'of course bring back, argue for, challenge' as he made a passionate plea for EU citizens to live and work in the UK - and vice versa.

Keir Starmer has said it “feels wrong” not to allow EU citizens who live and pay tax in the UK not to have the right to vote in general elections.

MPs who want to stop a no-deal Brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Labour has gone on the attack over Tory handling of Brexit, with Keir Starmer accusing the Government of "ducking hard conversations" and saying that competitors are "nicking our lunch money".

Labour leader will announce plans to push power away from Westminster in keynote speech.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has been encouraged to support making changes to the Brexit deal agreed with the EU to develop a closer working relationship with member states.

"Britain can no longer afford to have one hand tied behind our back with new red tape, new costs and lost opportunities from Brexit," Naomi Smith said.

Labour activists call on leader to intervene as deadline to apply for settled status looms.

The Opposition leader tried to win over firms after Boris Johnson's "rambling" Peppa Pig speech to the CBI conference was panned.

Keir Starmer has expressed doubts that any cross-party Brexit deal lacking a confirmatory referendum could pass parliament, warning up to 150 Labour MPs would reject an agreement that did not include one.

Brexit's the elephant in the room that can be avoided no longer when quitting the European Union plunges a Disunited United Kingdom deeper into economic horror.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis says a “small, very vulnerable” Jewish community is under threat permanent fix can be found to so-called “sausage war”.

'MPs cannot be bystanders while the next Tory PM tries to crash the UK out of the EU,' says Starmer. / Labour will mount a bid to seize control of the Commons agenda to prevent the next Tory prime minister forcing through a no-deal Brexit.

Labour should promise to fix the "mess" caused by Brexit at the next general election, a former minister has said. / Hilary Benn said people "can see what is happening in front of their eyes" and it was time argue for "a new relationship with the EU".

Labour Movement for Europe says there is ‘no excuse’ for leader failing to back closer ties – proposing trade, energy and security.

‘The way they have been treated over the past three years is shameful,’ says frontrunner.

Labour leader struggling to balance conflicting forces in his party over Brexit.

Huge constitutional clash looms if Tory rebels join bid to spike guns of a new Tory leader. / Boris Johnson’s vow to deliver a no-deal Brexit is facing a major cross-party ambush after Labour moved to give parliament new control over the process.

Keir Starmer’s party set out ‘new deal’ for sector – as figures show 6,000 farms have gone bust.

Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson must agree "oven ready" deal with Brussels that he promised in 2019.

Labour has tabled a cross-party motion to try to stop a future prime minister pushing through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs.

Opposition day debate picked for motion backed by SNP, Lib Dems, Greens and a Tory MP.

“We will vote against that legislation because it doesn’t have the support of any of the political parties here in Northern Ireland,” he said.

The evidence shows that Brexit isn’t working and, despite what Starmer claims, it cannot be made to work until we rejoin the single market.

Simply Red has taken to Twitter to label Brexit a "shambles" in an unlikely message to Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer. The band, led by flame-haired frontman Mick Hucknall, made the comment ahead of their concert at Plymouth's Central Park on Sunday night.

The Northern Ireland secretary admitted that the Government was intending to break international law - specifically the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which sets out how Britain and the EU would agree new rules on trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.

Ministers have ruled out extending the Brexit process into 2021 amid calls for it to be delayed due to the Covid crisis and the deadlock in trade talks.

Labour accuses government of ‘litany of lies and falsehoods’ as calls for corrections are ignored.

Opposition MPs have lost critical vote on a bid to prevent a future Tory prime minister from forcing through a no-deal Brexit.

Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott are back for another round of Brexit madness. The team ask 'should Sir Keir quit in protest?' and count Liam Fox's successful trade deals ... on one hand. And Geri predicts the future.

The European Union is taking legal action against the UK once again, after the government announced a bill altering the post-Brexit agreement that deals with trade between Northern Ireland, the rest of Britain, and the EU.

The European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is already visiting the UK for final talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak about a new deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Experts have warned that there is an "existential threat to the UK car industry" as manufacturers consider pulling out of the country.

Boris Johnson has been accused of deliberately picking fights on Brexit with the European Union to distract from domestic scandals.

UK manufacturers could be hit with 10% tariffs from next year unless they can source electric vehicle parts and batteries locally.

Brexit now considered a mistake by significant majority of the population as UK’s economic fortunes fade.

The London Mayor will call for greater alignment with Europe, putting him at odds with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Sadiq Khan wants to talk about the B-word. Or rather, he wishes Keir Starmer would.

The Tory peer thinks public "anger" could trigger another vote on the UK's membership in the EU.

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston questions Keir Starmer about the fuel crisis and asks how big a role Brexit has played in the chaos seen at forecourts across the country

The leader of the Labour Party has said his party will not support proposed UK legislation to change parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol - the post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland.

Sir Keir Starmer has told an LBC listener whose small business has been hit hard by Brexit that he will raise her problem with the Government.

The Labour leader is the only opposition boss not to have called for the transition to be extended.

Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News the UK needs a "better" Brexit deal and has said a government under his leadership would renegotiate with the EU.

United opposition would ‘send a powerful message to our European friends,’ says MP Ian Blackford — as ministers insist there’s no reason to change timetable.

Stephen Flynn questioned the PM’s description of the Windsor Agreement as "special, exciting and attractive". / The SNP's Westminster leader asked why other parts of the UK were denied the same status.

Economists at ING note that the Pound could thrive in the long term as the Labour party leader aims to rebuild good trade relationships with the bloc.

As small businesses crumble, shelves get emptier and the care-worker shortage intensifies, life outside the EU is having a dire effect on many of us. Why aren’t politicians talking about it?

Labour leader rules out extensive renegotiation if party wins next election.

Several senior figures within the Labour Party have ripped into the impact of Brexit this week - and Keir Starmer has also had his say.

‘He’s a showman with nothing left to show ... once he had said the words ‘Get Brexit Done’ his plan ran out’.

Labour leader accuses British prime minister of ‘reckless’ approach to peace process.

Closer alignment between a Labour government and the EU is a certainty. But the divisive binary choices of 2016 are ancient history.

A Starmer government looks inevitable. And once in No.10, all the pressure on him will be to reject Brexit.

Another Europe Is Possible says Labour must continue to hold Boris Johnson to account on Britain's withdrawal from bloc.

The Labour leader declares he will counter Boris Johnson's Brexit 'chaos and division' by negotiating the best deal for the British people.

Labour’s leader is perceived to be sitting on his hands over Europe. But private discussions with European leaders tell a different story.

Labour leader to urge PM to take on Eurosceptics in attempt to resolve Northern Ireland protocol issues.

Labour MP Rosie Duffield says party should show an ‘understanding of the catastrophe of Brexit’.

Thanks to Brexit, sterling is becoming a risky bet for some investors.

An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.

Boris Johnson’s Trumpian remarks on the “deep state” will almost certainly have a destructive effect on British democracy.

No Conservative will dare admit the searingly obvious: Brexit is proving a catastrophe for Britain.

There's one thing that the two candidates locked in a bad-tempered battle to be Britain's next prime minister agree on: Brexit is nothing to do with any of the woes facing the UK right now. / The inconvenient truth, as the head of the port of Dover has confirmed, is that Brexit has indeed contributed to the chaos.

Fake it till you make it has been the guiding maxim of British government policy for national renewal since Brexit.

Michael Gold makes the case for membership of the European Economic Area, Simon Price outlines our slow economic decline after leaving the EU, and Dr David Mathieson urges Labour to rethink its policy.

Shadow Brexit secretary to call for MPs to hold ‘open and frank debate’ to find ‘credible solutions’ to current crisis.

After Rishi Sunak’s spring statement, the party can no longer rely on the economy to bolster support, so old battle lines are being redrawn.

Expense of fresh red tape on EU imports is simply ‘cost of doing business’, says Tory minister Andrea Leadsom.

More support needed, says union – as Keir Starmer vows ‘better trading relationship’ with EU will help farmers.

Cabinet minister appears to pitch to Brexit Party voters, after No.10 rule out extension to transition period at end of 2020.

So far, in the first two months of Brexit, the following industries have indicated that they have been harmed: Aerospace; Airlines; Architecture; Art and Antiques; Beer; Bees; Cattle and horse breeding; Charities; Cheese; Chemicals; Cars; Classic Cars; Construction; Cosmetics and Perfume; e-Commerce; Fabrics; Fashion; Ferry services; Film and TV production; Financial Services; ...

"Around half of the fiscal hole, and the political instability that comes with that, is down to Brexit," John Springford of the Centre for European Reform.

British lawmakers are voting on whether to overturn a big cut to the U.K.'s foreign aid budget.

A Labour MP said Lord Frost, who was Britain's chief Brexit negotiator under Boris Johnson, had made clear the choice to voters at the next election after he joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Prime minister not being ‘straight’ about consequences of his Brexit protocol, says Labour leader.

Hundreds voice dismay at Sunak and Starmer, accusing them of misreading UK attitudes towards Europe.

The UK’s real problem never had anything to do with the EU – but was about the lack of capable and honest political leadership, according to the former diplomat who resigned from the Foreign Office over Brexit.