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Brexit: the past seven days

As the countdown continues to the scheduled date of Brexit on March 29, here is what has been happening over the past week. Days to...

Eurotunnel withdraws legal claim against post-Brexit ferry contracts

Eurotunnel has withdrawn its legal claim against the Department for Transport (DfT) over post-Brexit ferry contracts after reaching an agreement worth up to £33m,...

EU rejects call for agreement on citizens’ rights in no-deal Brexit

A proposal from Conservative backbencher Alberto Costa for a UK/EU commitment to preserve the citizens’ rights provisions in Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement, even if...

Labour to push for Commons vote on second Brexit referendum – John McDonnell

Labour will push for a vote on calling a second referendum as soon as Theresa May brings her Brexit deal back to the Commons. British...

Tory revolt over May’s Brexit delay offer

Theresa May suffered a revolt from Tory MPs over her plan to give the Commons the chance to delay Brexit. Twenty Conservative MPs opposed a...

Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit vision rejected by British MPs

The British House of Commons has emphatically rejected Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit vision by a margin of 240 votes to 323. The 83-vote defeat will place...

UK strikes deal with WTO to stay in market for government contracts

Britain has struck its first deal through the World Trade Organisation for a post-Brexit world, inking plans to stay part of a market for...

Corbyn ally faces investigation after apologising over anti-Semitism remarks

A prominent ally of Jeremy Corbyn is facing investigation by the party after he apologised for suggesting Labour had “given too much ground” in its...

Brexit ‘will begin with a whimper, not a bang’

Brexit will begin with “a whimper, not a bang”, an MP has said, with no official ceremonies planned for exit day on March 29. No street...

Trump and Kim near opening of second nuclear summit

President Donald Trump hoped for “great things” from his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as he paid a courtesy call on...

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