As the Tory Party leadership battle, which will also see the election of a new Prime Minister, hots up the challengers are being buffeted by outside forces, pushing them further towards a hard Brexit.
The race to become the new Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has begun with Theresa May’s announcement that she will stand down on the 7 June.
Prime Minister Theresa May is clinging to power as another minister resigns and polls show that Tories will have a catastrophic European election.
Conservatives and Labour members rejected PM Theresa May’s latest attempt to get her Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament. The deal looked dead in the water, minutes after May’s speach.
Theresa May has agreed with her backbench Members of Parliament to set a date to resign her premiership shortly after the fourth meaningful vote in early June.
Members of Parliament (MPs) have indicated that they will vote down Theresa May’s European Union Withdrawal Deal for a fourth time after the Prime Minister said she would bring the deal back to Parliament in early June. Labour Party officials have said they will vote against the deal if there is no agreement during compromise […]
Support for the newly formed Brexit Party, led by the former U.K. Independence Party member Nigel Farage, has piled more pressure on British Prime Minister Theresa May as Conservative Party support in the upcoming European Parliamentary election hemorrhages. Opinion polls are consistently showing the Conservative Party in third place behind the Brexit and Labour parties, […]
Uncertainty around the ability of Theresa May to sustain her leadership remains a problem in the Labour Party’s Brexit negotiations with the Tories.
Theresa May has survived another attempt to oust from her role as Prime Minister, but her position remains precarious with support from her own party having declined substantially since March 2019.
Backbench MPs fail to reach an agreement on rule changes that will cancel the one year vote of confidence regulation allowing them to challenge Theresa May as her popularity falls and her Brexit policy stalls.
Conservative Party backbenchers hope to change the rules on leadership challenges so that they can oust Theresa May, following last December’s failed bid. Members in local associations are also resuming the battle to remove the party leader.
European Council leaders agreed to extend Article 50 again delaying the UK’s departure from the EU until no later than October 31, with the option of leaving earlier if possible.
Brexit should reach a temporary resolution this week with an extension to Article 50 following the approval of the Cooper/Letwin bill that limits the Government’s ability to withdraw from the EU without a deal.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker has ruled another short extension and Yvette Cooper’s new legislation have torpedoed Theresa May’s strategy for a rapid, pre-European election Brexit.
Parliament has again failed to reach a compromise solution for Brexit, voting down all four motions put forward as alternatives to Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdralwal deal.
UK Parlimentarians will debate and vote on four alternatives to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The Speaker of the House chose the four motions from nine proposals put forward by Members of Parliament.
Parliament has effectively killed Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal defeating the Government in Parliament for a third time, this time by a substantial 58 votes. The EU offered a swift response calling a summit ofr 10 April.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has made the ultimate sacrifice, offering to fall on her sword, if MPs will back her Brexit deal following the failure of Parliament to agrre to any of the alternatives so far. Yet May’s deal remains unlikely to pass if it is voted on again on 29 March.
British Member’s of Parliament are debating up to 16 different alternatives to Theresa May’s version of Brexit, as the Prime Minister works hard behind the scenes to gain support for her deal and a third meaningful vote.
Clarity in the Brexit debate is no nearer for businesses after Parliament has taken control of the process and is attempting to find a consensus. But what does Brexit mean today following the MPs attempt to wrest control from Theresa May?
As the British Parliament votes on the Government’s motion for the Withdrawal Agreement, Prime Minister Theresa May heads for another defeat as Parliament is expected to take control of Brexit in today’s votes.
European Union negotiators took control of the Brexit process on 21 March by giving the UK an extension up to 22 May if Theresa May’s deal is passed next week, but if it fails a new way forward will need to be decided by 12 April.
European Council President Donald Tusk indicates that EU 27 could allow a short extension if May’s deal is voted through by Parliament next week. If the deal fails for third time, a no deal withdrawal or a longer extension could still be achieved at the eleventh hour.
Prime Minister Theresa May has shoved Britain closer to a no deal Brexit by asking for a short extension to Article 50 leaving time for her deal or no deal as the only options. A move described as “downright reckless” by one of her own MPs.
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly writing to the European Union asking for an extension to Article 50 of up to two years. And she plans to return to Parliament again next week for a vote on her deal.
The Speaker of the House of Commons has potentially thrown a spanner into Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit works after ruling that the Government cannot return with the same bill or motion to Parliament twice, scuppering any further votes on her deal.
Chaos in the United Kingdom following this week’s voting in Parliament has seen sentiment shift from despondency, to anger and finally utter confusion as politicians complicate Brexit.
The UK’s House of Commons has rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement with the EU by a massive 149 votes, the second time the deal has been voted down by a huge margin in Parliament.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement will go to a Parliamentary vote again today with the expectation of another heavy defeat for the Government.
Brexit-Day in the United Kingdom is approaching with this week billed as a critical week in the process. Prime Minister Theresa May is battleing to save her deal and could fly to Strasbourg for more talks with the European Commission ahead of tomorow’s vote.
The Brexit debate is hotting up in Britain as expectations are that an outcome of some sort will be reached on 12 March. In Europe the debate is also raging, with varied views on the next steps for the UK in Europe…or out of it.
The British Government and Eurotunnel have come to a £33 million agreement that will keep them out of the High Court, following what the rail company believed were secretive no-deal Brexit contract awards to roll-on/roll-off ferry companies.
The United Kingdom’s Parliament voted on a series of amendments to The Governments Brexit withdrawal deal today and has manged to increase the possibility of a no-deal Brexit by voting to renegotiate the withdrawal deal.
Voting on amendments to the British Governments proposals to withdraw from the European Union are set to take place today. Seven amendments have been selected for discussion and vote.
Voting on amendments to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal will take place tomorrow, but it is unclear which amendments will be chosen by the Speaker of the House. Meanwhile, retailers warn of the dire consequences of a no-deal EU withdrawal.
Theresa May has returned to Parliament with a Plan B that MPs say looks suspiciously like Plan A, ministers and MPs across the party lines are railing against her plan again.
Parliament amended the Brexit debate time table and demanded a new plan from Prime Minister Theresa May, making a ‘no deal’ Brexit somewhat less likely.
European Commission lays out ground rules and a regulation relaxations post-Brexit; Uber loses latest legal bid over driver rights; European Union announces a 37.5% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030.
Brexit is right around the corner, but the U.K. and the EU are struggling to come to terms with a deal that could be a win-win for both the factions.
Still no clarity for business as Prime Minister May wins vote of confidence in UK Parliament.
Brexit preparations have been thrown into even greater turmoil as conservative members of parliament have triggered a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.
Theresa May and Donald Trump have patched things up; US warehouse capacity tightest in decades; transpacific container rates moving up quickly; Canadian Pacific and its two unions reach a mutually beneficial deal; Lufthansa Cargo offers spot capacity on its app.
