The level of migration from the EU to the UK has been underestimated by the Office for National Statistics from the mid-2000s to 2016. The ONS said the error affected the number of migrants from eight of the countries which joined the EU in 2004, including Poland. It said it […]
The UK government will do all it can to ensure traffic flows through ports after Brexit, its minister in charge of no-deal planning has said. Visiting Holyhead, Michael Gove again dismissed leaked Whitehall documents predicting chaos as being out of date. He said there was a new government under Boris Johnson, […]
Ireland’s deputy PM says Boris Johnson’s demand to abolish the Brexit backstop is increasing the chances of such a scenario. A no-deal Brexit is more likely now than it has ever been, Ireland’s deputy prime minister has said. Simon Coveney said Boris Johnson’s approach – demanding the abolition of the […]
UK officials are told to stop attending EU meetings from 1 September unless they concern “significant national interest”. Boris Johnson will meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this afternoon, just a day after she added her voice to EU scepticism about his “alternative arrangements” to the Irish backstop. Mr Johnson […]
The government’s plan to end EU citizens’ right to live and work in the UKstraight after a no-deal Brexit will “create chaos”, Diane Abbott has said. The shadow home secretary said EU nationals would be in the “same position as the Windrush people”, without the paperwork to prove they are here […]
Jeremy Corbyn has refused to follow two senior colleagues who say they would back Remain in any further Brexit referendum. His close allies Diane Abbott and John McDonnell both say they would campaign for Remain, regardless of the other options on the ballot paper. But the Labour leader chose only […]
Donald Tusk issues a terse response to the PM’s letter, saying the backstop’s critics have not proposed “realistic alternatives”. The EU’s Donald Tusk has given Boris Johnson’s call to scrap the Brexit backstop short shrift – with a thinly-veiled dismissal of his demand. The European Council president wrote on Twitter […]
The prime minister challenges the EU to make a legal promise not to impose a hard border in a letter to Donald Tusk. Boris Johnson says he is willing to give the EU the “commitments” it needs that alternatives to the Northern Ireland backstop can be put into effect. Striking […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to leave the EU “come what may” by the 31 October – the date the UK must depart if no deal has been reached. An extra £2.1bn of funding has been announced to prepare for such a no-deal Brexit. How could you be affected […]
The chances of a no-deal Brexit are rising, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledging to leave the EU on 31 October, with or without a deal. Mr Johnson wants a new withdrawal deal that removes the backstop (the clause that stops there being physical checks on the Irish border under […]
As Brexit day approaches, two questions are swirling around the Westminster village: Will Boris Johnson pursue a no deal and could MPs stop him? Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK will leave the EU on 31 October “do or die” – even if it means walking away without […]
The possibility of a no-deal Brexit remains very much alive, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson committed to leaving the EU on 31 October. But what does the term “no deal” really mean? What is a no-deal Brexit? In a no-deal scenario, the UK would immediately leave the European Union […]
