Nigel Farage urges Brexiteers to prepare for second referendum
Nigel Farage has urged Leave campaigners to prepare for a second referendum as Britain’s Brexit deadlock continues.
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Boris Johnson urges Theresa May to use Brexit to unite country
Boris Johnson is calling on the Government to “use Brexit to unite the country” and focus on the issues that drove the vote for EU withdrawal.
Johnson blames low wages on ‘big business access to foreign labour pools’
Boris Johnson is calling for careful thinking on how to control immigration as he backs a wage boost for workers and insists the Government should “use Brexit to unite the country”.
Gordon Brown calls to extend Article 50 for a year to consult public
Gordon Brown said he had never seen the country more divided as he called for the Government to extend Article 50 by a year to consult people on Brexit and give the public the final say.
Britain more divided on Brexit than it was on poll tax: Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown has called for Britain’s Brexit deadline to be extended by a year, as he warned the country is now “more divided” than at the time of Margaret Thatcher’s poll tax.
Public aghast at Brexit pantomime, says Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein’s deputy leader Michelle O’Neill has said the public are “aghast” at the “Brexit pantomime” at Westminster.
‘Impossible’ for Government to rule out no-deal Brexit, PM tells Corbyn
Theresa May has said it is “impossible” for the Government to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
No-deal Brexit would become exercise in damage limitation, says Coveney
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs minister has said a no-deal Brexit would become an exercise in damage limitation for the country.
Don’t engage with May over Brexit, Corbyn tells MPs as backbenchers break ranks
Jeremy Corbyn has urged his MPs not to “engage” with the Government over a Brexit deal after at least three prominent backbenchers took up an offer of talks with ministers.
Brexit a ‘game-changer’ for police, warns Justice Secretary
Planning for Brexit has been a “game-changer” for Scotland’s police force as it prepares to recruit 120 more officers, the Justice Secretary has said.
Into the Brexit unknown: What happens next?
She’s won a confidence vote but seen her Brexit deal eviscerated by MPs in the greatest parliamentary humiliation of a serving prime minister in the modern era.
Brexit conference to rebalance ‘misrepresentation’ by unionist politicians
The organisers of a Brexit conference have defended not inviting unionist politicians, insisting the event will instead rebalance their “misrepresentation” of public opinion in Northern Ireland.
Nicola Sturgeon to reveal indyref2 details in ‘matter of weeks’
Nicola Sturgeon has promised to reveal her plans for a second Scottish independence referendum in a “matter of weeks”, regardless of what happens with the Brexit deal.
Brexit: Who are the main groups at Westminster?
Prime Minister Theresa May is holding consultations with party leaders and other senior MPs representing the various strands of opinion in the Commons in an attempt to find a way forward on Brexit.
Prime Minister in discussions with MPs over alternative Brexit deal
Theresa May and senior Cabinet ministers were engaged in intensive discussions with MPs from all sides of the Brexit debate, as the Prime Minister fought to find a deal which could command support in Parliament.
Corbyn blasts May Brexit talks ‘stunt’, as activists applaud new referendum talk
Jeremy Corbyn has blasted Theresa May’s offer of cross-party Brexit talks as a “stunt” – as he was applauded by Labour supporters for saying that a second referendum was still an option.
Date set for MPs to debate Theresa May’s Brexit plan B
Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom has set the date for MPs to debate the Government’s Brexit plan B after the Prime Minister’s deal suffered a historic defeat on Tuesday.
Europe prepares for no-deal Brexit
European Union nations are spending millions, hiring thousands of workers and issuing emergency decrees to cope with the increasingly likely possibility that Britain will leave the bloc on March 29 without a plan.
Brexit delay now inevitable, says Tony Blair
The Brexit negotiations are in a “mess” and a delay to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU is almost “inevitable”, Tony Blair has said.
Theresa May in cross-party talks to find way forward on Brexit
Theresa May and senior Cabinet ministers are meeting representatives of other parties in a bid to find consensus to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit.