Brexit

David Lammy has accused the Conservatives of “contempt for Parliament” after it emerged all 15 Lords amendments to the EU withdrawal bill will be debated in one marathon session next week. A letter sent to Conservatives MPs today by government chief whip Julian Smith announced that the amendments would be debated and voted on a […]

Arlene Foster has been forced to threatening the prime minister over Brexit, insisting she did not think Theresa May would even consider a deal which would treat Northern Ireland differently. Weekend comments by the DUP leader about the party’s “red line” on customs arrangements post-Brexit were interpreted by some as a veiled threat to pull […]

Any lack of security cooperation post-Brexit will be the fault of “the government’s pigheaded negotiating strategy”, home secretary Sajid Javid was told today. Mr Javid today issued a stark warning about the risk of weakening UK-EU ties on security, saying it would be “wrong and reckless” to advocate any “unnecessary reduction” in co-operation. He described […]

Britain could stay in the European VAT area after the Brexit transition period, according to reports – a move which would see one of Theresa May’s so-called “red lines” crossed. According to the Financial Times (click for link), Britain is taking an ‘active role’ in shaping new EU VAT regulations for the 2020s, suggesting the […]

As the Mamoudou Gassama incident adds to Emmanuel Macron’s accumulation of glowing publicity, BARNABY TOWNS challenges some Brexit myths about the UK’s supposed superiority to our southern neighbour Another day, another picture-perfect photo opportunity for President Emmanuel Macron, this time thanking Mamoudou Gassama — the undocumented immigrant who saved a child dangling from a balcony […]

Sadiq Khan has heaped pressure on Jeremy Corbyn by urging Labour MPs to be “brave” and vote to retain close ties to the EU. The Mayor of London urged MPs to defy their leader when controversial Lords amendments to the government’s flagship EU legislation return to the Commons. Mr Khan – Labour’s most senior elected […]

The UK will be “fully prepared” for leaving the EU without a deal, Downing Street insisted today, after reports civil servants have been drawing up scenarios for a “Doomsday Brexit” that would leave the country short of medicine, fuel and food. Prime minister Theresa May still believes that “no deal is better than a bad […]

A cross-party group of MPs have signed an open letter calling for a final vote on any Brexit deal with an option to remain in the EU. The signatories include Labour MPs from all wings of the party, along with Liberal Democrats. The letter has been coordinated by the anti-Brexit Best for Britain campaign group, […]

Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminium from Europe show that international trade secretary Liam Fox is “as useful as a chocolate fireguard”, a leading anti-Brexit campaigner said today. Best for Britain CEO Eloise Todd said the slapping of tariffs by the Trump administration has shown the ‘failed’ policy of Mr Fox and […]

A “silent majority” among Conservative MPs wants a “sensible” Brexit which minimises disruption to British business, Theresa May’s former deputy Damian Green has said. Along with Amber Rudd and Justine Greening, Mr Green met the prime minister yesterday to assure her that the bulk of her parliamentary party will back compromise with Brussels in Brexit […]

Former chancellor and fervent Brexiteer Lord Lawson has been accused of hypocrisy after applying for French residency as Britain leaves the EU. The Conservative peer and chairman of the Vote Leave campaign, who lives in Gers, south-west France, told France’s English-language magazine Connexion that he is applying for his carte de séjour, which will guarantee […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from Perth Theatre, where local boy Ewan McGregor began his acting career. But who’ll leave us Brassed Off – and which loyalist party hack will seem like an Attack of the […]

Any economic benefits that come from leaving the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) under Brexit must be felt in the communities that depend on the sector, according to a report. The latest publication, part of a project by The UK in a Changing Europe, has called for an assessment of how fishing communities will be affected […]

STEVE ANGLESEY rounds up the losers and losers (because there are no winners) of another crazy seven days on Planet Brexit 10 NIGEL FARAGE The nicotine-stained man-frog managed to give Fox News a pre-royal wedding tour of Westminster without a) correcting host Ainsley Earhardt when she introduced him as ‘basically royalty… you’re the man responsible […]

Stanley Johnson has said the Brexit referendum should be held again if there is evidence there was Russian interference in the vote. The I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! contestant – and father of foreign secretary Boris Johnson – said he was sceptical that there was not interference. He told ITV’s Good Morning […]

Brexit has been compared by a leading Remain supporter to appeasement of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Former Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown, head of the Best for Britain group, made the comments after billionaire George Soros announced a campaign for a new Brexit referendum is set to be launched. Mr Soros – who is […]

Labour MP Chuka Umunna has called again for a People’s Vote on a final Brexit deal after an influential global body warned of continuing “high uncertainties” over its outcome. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s twice-yearly Economic Outlook report found that economic growth remains “modest” in the UK, compared with other major economies. […]

Food safety standards could be put at risk by Brexit if the UK quits the EU without a deal to keep exchanging information on public health issues, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. A failure to protect access to shared intelligence in areas such as animal health systems will increase the chance of a […]

Labour MEP SEB DANCE on why he agreed to take part in Channel 4’s warts-and-all documentary When I first got the phone call from Christian, I thought the idea was far-fetched. Surely there had been many programmes about the European Parliament? Did people really want to know more about the supposed ‘elite’ in Brussels? Those […]

Feminist campaigner and journalist Caroline Criado-Perez will guest edit The New European as we become The New Feminist for one week only to showcase women’s voices and stories. The takeover edition will replace The New European’s May 31 issue and will feature a line-up of female journalists, authors and thinkers, commissioned by Criado-Perez to take […]

The country is agreed, says CHRIS WRIGHT. Hard Brexit is unthinkable Last week, David Miliband warned that Jeremy Corbyn would be the ‘midwife of hard Brexit’ if he does not commit his party to staying in the single market. Meanwhile, both Nick Clegg, the former Liberal Democrat leader, and Nicky Morgan, the former Conservative education […]

Boris Johnson discussed the UK’s relationship with Russia in a phone conversation with pranksters posing as the Armenian prime minister. In an embarrassing security breach, the foreign secretary spoke about subjects including the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia during the hoax call. Pranksters Alexei Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, known by […]

Who is on Question Time tonight and where do they stand on Brexit? Here’s your guide… The BBC’s flagship current affairs programme tonight comes from Worthing Assembly Hall, home of the largest Wurlitzer organ in Europe. But what sort of tune should we expect from the panel on Brexit? Here’s who you can expect… Sarah […]

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Businesses could be left up to £20bn worse off if the customs plan favoured by Brexiteers is implemented, the head of HM Revenue and Customs has warned. The so-called “max fac” plan to use modern technology to solve the Irish border question would leave firms facing huge charges for customs declarations and for EU “rules […]

The £39bn Brexit divorce bill could be signed off by Parliament without any formal legal commitments on a future trade deal with the European Union, MPs have been told. Brexit minister Suella Braverman acknowledged there was currently no explicit condition in the withdrawal agreement between the UK and EU but both sides had promised to […]

Theresa May’s de facto deputy has failed to respond to an “urgent” call from Scottish ministers to come to Holyrood to try to end the dispute over Brexit powers. Mike Russell, the Scottish Brexit minister, wrote to David Lidington on May 15 – the same day that Holyrood voted formally against the UK Government’s EU […]

Boris Johnson’s idea for a new brightly-coloured “Brexit plane” to help him sell Global Britain abroad appears to have failed to get off the ground. Speaking on an official tour of Latin America the foreign secretary had said the RAF Voyager jet shared by the prime minister, senior Cabinet members and the royal family “never […]

A proposed plan to replace the customs union after Brexit will not be fully ready by the end of 2020, MPs have been told. HM Revenue and Customs chief executive Jon Thompson told the Brexit Select Committee that elements of the so-called “maximum facilitation” plan could take three years to put in place. The plan, […]

Former Ipswich mayor Inga Lockington has had her application for British citizenship turned down by the Home Office – because officials will not accept that she is a UK resident. Mrs Lockington, who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor for 19 years and was mayor of her adopted town 10 years ago, is Danish. She […]

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Axel Scheffler, illustrator of the Gruffalo children’s books, used his acceptance speech at the British Book Awards to launch a ferocious attack on Brexit. The German, who was presented with an award for illustrator of the year, said “I can’t pretend it’s business as usual. It’s just 10 months until ‘Freedom Day’ – next March. […]