Brits seeking post-Brexit Irish passports spikes 22 per cent in 2018 December 31, 2018 The number of Brits applying for an Irish passport soared 22 per cent in the last year, at more than double the amount of annual applications than before the 2016 Brexit referendum. Almost 100,000 eligible applicants from the UK sought a way to retain their EU membership in 2018, according to figures released today by Ireland's [...]
Juncker tells German newspaper all the EU wants from Britain is ‘clarity’, as meaningful vote on Brexit deal looms next month December 30, 2018 Jean-Claude Juncker has said the European Union is not trying to stop Brexit, and wishes to kickstart discussions of future relations between the two as soon as parliament approves the deal. “It is being insinuated that our aim is to keep the United Kingdom in the EU by all possible means. That is not our [...]
UK to spend £108m on ferries to prepare for no-deal Brexit December 29, 2018 The UK is planning to spend £108m on extra ferries to ease potential congestion at Dover in the event of a no-deal Brexit. French, Danish and British companies have been awarded the ferry contracts over the last few months, BBC News reported, which will allow almost 4,000 extra lorries a week to operate at other [...]
Jeremy Hunt says Brexit deal can still get through parliament if Irish backstop issue is clarified December 28, 2018 Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said Theresa May’s Brexit deal can get through parliament if the EU clarifies the so called Northern Irish backstop will be temporary. The backstop, an insurance policy to prevent the return of border checks between Ireland and Northern Ireland, has been a major sticking point in securing the Brexit divorce [...]
MPs demand ‘meaningful’ vote on all trade deals after Brexit December 28, 2018 MPs have called for the power to veto any trade deals negotiated by the government after Britain leaves the EU. In a move likely to be rejected by a government which has already pushed the so-called meaningful vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal back a month to mid-January, the influential International Trade Committee has demanded [...]
Top EU official: MPs could still approve May’s deal in vote next month December 27, 2018 The likelihood of Britain abandoning Brexit altogether and staying in the European Union has increased slightly in recent months, but there is no public support for a second referendum, one of the bloc’s top officials has said. European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told the Funke Media Group that there is still a chance MPs will vote for [...]
Jeremy Corbyn: Brexit will go ahead if Labour win a snap election December 22, 2018 Leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn has said that Brexit would go ahead if Labour won a snap election in the New Year. Corbyn has insisted he would try and secure a better deal with Brussels should Labour take power but refused to rule out a second EU referendum. "My proposal at this moment is [...]
UK car production slumps 20 per cent in biggest decline since 2009 recession December 21, 2018 Britain's car output tumbled by almost 20 per cent in November as Brexit worries weighed on consumer and business morale. It is the biggest decline in car production that the UK has seen since the last recession in 2009, with November's output heavily down on the same period last year. The number of cars produced in Britain [...]
Don’t ruin Christmas by bringing Brexit to the dinner table December 21, 2018 The build up to Christmas has almost reached its agonising conclusion. Since November, when the first few flinching bars of Slade seeped from the radio, we’ve crawled through endless reels of TV adverts and Christmas lights. It’s nearly over, though; the bonus has been frittered on tat for loathed relatives, the out-of-office message is on, [...]
Brexit the top concern for UK investors December 21, 2018 | City Talk Investor concerns about Brexit have soared in 2018 according to Schroders’ annual Adviser Survey, completed by more than 400 financial advisers from across the UK. A remarkable 90% of advisers said that the impact of Brexit was a concern for their clients for the next 12 months, up from 81% in 2017 and 71% in [...]