Tag: brexit
British opposition leader Corbyn meets EU on Brexit
BRUSSELS: The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, met senior EU officials in Brussels Thursday after warning he may oppose any...
UK govt ‘agrees not to favour EU workers after Brexit’
LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed that EU citizens should not have preferential access to work in Britain compared to people from elsewhere...
Labour wants election if PM May can’t get backing for Brexit...
LIVERPOOL: Britain’s opposition Labour Party wants a national election if Prime Minister Theresa May cannot win the support of parliament for her Brexit deal,...
EU summit to defuse migrant tension, set Brexit countdown
BRUSSELS: European leaders will gather Wednesday for a summit to put summer tensions over migration behind them and to set up the last stretch...
EU leaders to tackle Brexit, migration failures at summit
BRUSSELS: EU leaders grapple this week with two of the biggest threats to the entire European project: the messy divorce with Britain and their...
No special treatment for EU citizens after Brexit, report recommends
LONDON: Britain should not give preferential treatment to European Union workers in its post-Brexit immigration system but should prioritize the higher-skilled, a report commissioned...
It’s my Brexit agreement or no deal: PM May
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned opponents of her blueprint for Brexit that rejecting it means crashing out of the European Union...
EU must do ‘everything possible’ to avoid hard Brexit, says Austria
PARIS: The European Union must do "everything possible to avoid a hard Brexit," Austria's chancellor said on Monday ahead of a summit of EU...
UK finance minister says time running out on Brexit
LONDON: Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday time was running out to secure a Brexit deal and confirmed that Bank of England...
PM May says Britain will not compromise over Brexit plan
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May said she would not compromise with Brussels over her plans for Brexit as a media report said rivals...
EU, Britain talk up chances of autumn Brexit deal
BRUSSELS: EU and UK negotiators on Friday talked up prospects of agreeing a Brexit deal this autumn, citing recent progress in detailing very close...
London mayor Khan consults disaster planners over no-deal Brexit
LONDON: London’s mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday he had asked the organisation that deals with militant attacks and disasters in the British capital...
UK voters should make final Brexit decision if talks collapse: poll
LONDON: If Brexit talks break down without a deal, half of Britons believe the final decision over whether to leave the European Union should...
No-deal Brexit? What it might mean for Britain
LONDON/GENEVA: The prospect of a "no-deal Brexit" appears to have grown after the European Union's negotiator rejected last month central elements of Prime Minister...
UK says Brexit no-deal warnings are ‘Project Reality’, not ‘Project Fear’
VIENNA: British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt denied on Wednesday that warnings about fallout from a disorderly exit from the European Union were an attempt...
UK FM begins Brexit bargaining tour
LONDON: Britain's new foreign minister begins his first major international trip with a visit to China on Monday, bidding to strengthen trade ties with...
Britain to set out ‘sensible precautions’ for no deal Brexit: PM...
LONDON: Britain will set out 'sensible precautions' in a series of notes looking at how to prepare for a possible exit from the European...
