Labour MPs label Brexit a ‘disaster’ as government urged to intensify UK-EU reset
MPs lined up to label Britain’s exit from the European Union a “disaster” in a House of Commons debate on Monday evening. Labour MP Stella Creasy vowed at the outset of her speech to speak plainly about the impact of Brexit, which she rubbished as “a disaster by anybody’s metric.” In one of several swipes […]
Sadiq Khan: ‘Brexit was a mistake’
Sadiq Khan is set to tell European Union (EU) diplomats that “Brexit was a mistake” as he renews calls for closer alignment and a youth mobility scheme. At a summit hosted by the London mayor and attended by the EU’s Heads of Mission in the UK, Khan will tell delegates that Britain’s withdrawal from the […]
Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit reset’ comes with traps for Badenoch and Farage
The constitution and EU relations minister delivered a major speech this morning setting out the framework for the government’s “Brexit reset”. Nick Thomas-Symonds, a longtime close ally of the prime minister who resides in the Cabinet Office, revealed that the government’s negotiating position will be moulded by the interlinked imperatives of “prosperity, safety and security”. […]
EU minister vows ‘ruthless pragmatism’ as Brexit reset ‘pillars’ set out in major speech
The minister for the constitution and European Union relations has set out the “three pillars” — prosperity, safety and security — shaping the government’s approach to its attempted reset of relations between the UK and EU. Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister responsible for leading Keir Starmer’s “Brexit reset”, insisted that the UK wants “closer working with […]
Farage pledges to ‘improve’ Brexit deal, but EU meeting shows PM is ‘rejoiner at heart’
Nigel Farage has said the prime minister’s meeting with European leaders on Monday night shows he is a “rejoiner at heart”. Speaking on Monday, Keir Starmer reiterated that the UK rejoining the EU is “not going to happen” but that a “better, closer relationship” on trade and security could be achieved as he arrived for […]
Britain has ‘reaped the benefits’ of Brexit, Conservative Party declares on fifth anniversary
Britain has “reaped the benefits” of Brexit, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel has said as the nation marks five years since withdrawing from the European Union (EU). The Conservative Party is looking to use the anniversary to warn voters of the government’s attempts to “dismantle” Brexit and “drag us back into the EU’s grasp”. “This […]
Ed Davey marks Brexit anniversary: Conservative deal has been ‘disaster’ for Britain
Ed Davey has labelled the Conservative Party’s Brexit deal a “disaster” and urged the government to “show the urgency and ambition” needed to fix the UK-EU relationship. Marking five years since Britain left the European Union, Davey also accused the prime minister of “living in a parallel universe” if he thinks that the UK economy […]
Rachel Reeves cannot escape Labour’s Brexit reckoning
What didn’t Rachel Reeves say in her growth speech yesterday? The widely trailed address surveyed the wide expanse of the government’s economic programme — from the “difficult” decisions taken in the autumn budget to the latest controversy surrounding a third Heathrow runway. The chancellor spoke unapologetically and, yes, optimistically about Britain’s growth prospects. “Everything I […]
Belief that Britain was right to leave the EU falls to new low of 30%, poll finds
Just three in ten Britons now say that it was right for the UK to vote to leave the EU, according to a new poll published on the eve of Brexit’s fifth anniversary. Three in ten, or 30%, is the lowest proportion of the public saying that Britain was right to vote to leave since […]
‘We’ve got to move on’: Rachel Reeves rejects calls to negotiate UK-EU customs union
Ministers have rejected calls for the UK to move significantly closer to the EU in order to boost economic growth, insisting that Brexit has brought “opportunities” and some benefits for the British economy. Speaking to Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, chancellor Rachel Reeves and business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds both suggested […]
