Brexit, EU and Starmer
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Keir Starmer said Britain should 'get closer' to the European Union and signalled that he could look at rules governing border checks for goods traded with the bloc
On Dec. 31, 2020, the historic Brexit trade agreement with the European Union entered legal force in Britain just hours before the official end of the transition period.
SIR Keir Starmer yesterday insisted Labour’s Brexit “red lines” remain intact after yet another Cabinet minister talked up the benefits of getting closer to Brussels. Downing Street claimed
Former Tory cabinet minister Michael Gove has defended the controversial Brexit bus slogan claiming £350million was going to the EU weekly and should instead be going to the NHS
Wales' controversial post-Brexit subsidy scheme for farmers has come in, almost a decade after the vote to leave the EU. It will provide payments with a greener focus and see farms agree to a checklist of requirements.
Prime minister says closer alignment to the single market could be in the national interest, but rejects customs union idea that Wes Streeting said had ‘enormous’ benefits
Brexit has not only intensified Britain’s weaknesses; its third major cost has been to dull one of the country’s strengths. Britain is the world’s second-largest services exporter after America. City bankers, arty film-makers and hordes of consultants all contribute to a thriving services economy.
It’s 10 years since the Brexit referendum. In 2016, 52% of us voted to leave the EU while 48% wanted to remain. Five years later, we actually left. It was a vote that divided the nation, even families, and it still provokes strong reactions from both sides.