Keir Starmer is warned shadow ministers will RESIGN and defy three-line whip to back Brexit deal

Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that a ‘firm decision’ about the future of Brexit negotiations should be made by Sunday. As the clock ticks towards the deadline for agreement on a trade deal, here is a look at the key moments in the saga: January 23, 2013 … Read more

Keir Starmer is warned shadow ministers will RESIGN and defy three-line whip to back Brexit deal

Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that a ‘firm decision’ about the future of Brexit negotiations should be made by Sunday. As the clock ticks towards the deadline for agreement on a trade deal, here is a look at the key moments in the saga: January 23, 2013 … Read more

Boris Johnson urges hardline Brexiteers to back Brexit deal ahead of vote

Hardline Brexiteers have trawled through the Brexit deal for ‘land mines’ as the full 1,255-page document was published today – and Boris Johnson has urged them to vote in its favour. MPs and peers have been summoned back to Parliament to vote on the deal on December 30 – just a day before the end … Read more

Boris Johnson urges hardline Brexiteers to back Brexit deal ahead of vote

Hardline Brexiteers have trawled through the Brexit deal for ‘land mines’ as the full 1,255-page document was published today – and Boris Johnson has urged them to vote in its favour. MPs and peers have been summoned back to Parliament to vote on the deal on December 30 – just a day before the end … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: As he brandished his Brexit deal, the PM had the giddy look of a child

There he stood in front of a brightly decorated tree, somewhat flustered and doggy-chopped, his mouth slightly crooked, caught somewhere between smirk and smile. It was obvious he wanted to appear magnanimous in his hour of triumph but the eyes betrayed him. With Boris, it’s always the eyes. Buried deep in their sockets they twinkled … Read more

So what does this deal mean for you?

Visa-free travel for six months every year    Will I still be able to go on holiday in Europe? Yes. UK citizens can travel across Europe without a visa for up to six months in a year, and a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period. This would have been the case even in a … Read more

So what does this deal mean for you?

Visa-free travel for six months every year    Will I still be able to go on holiday in Europe? Yes. UK citizens can travel across Europe without a visa for up to six months in a year, and a maximum of 90 days within a 180-day period. This would have been the case even in a … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon seizes on Brexit deal to make fresh demands for second independence referendum

Nicola Sturgeon is expected to use the Brexit trade deal to launch a fresh push for Scottish independence. The First Minister hit out at the agreement reached on Thursday, saying it showed now was the time for Scotland to ‘chart our own future as an independent, European nation’. Reacting to the news that a Brexit … Read more

Boris’s Brexit deal is set to help boost the economy by 6.1% next year

The economy will bounce back in 2021 helped by the post-Brexit trade deal, experts said last night. After a bleak year dominated by the coronavirus crisis, business leaders claimed the agreement with Brussels would serve as a springboard toward a ‘bright future’. The pound and financial markets are tipped to rise and a leading accountancy … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: As he brandished his Brexit deal, the PM had the giddy look of a child

There he stood in front of a brightly decorated tree, somewhat flustered and doggy-chopped, his mouth slightly crooked, caught somewhere between smirk and smile. It was obvious he wanted to appear magnanimous in his hour of triumph but the eyes betrayed him. With Boris, it’s always the eyes. Buried deep in their sockets they twinkled … Read more