LONDON (Reuters) – Extending Britain’s departure date from the European Union would only be a “sticking plaster” if deep-seated issues are left unresolved, City of London financial district chief Catherine McGuinness said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Catherine McGuinness, Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee of the City of London Corporation, poses for a photograph…
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May has a ‘good shot’ of getting Brexit deal approved next week, UK junior minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May has a good chance of getting her twice-defeated Brexit deal approved by parliament next week, a junior Brexit minister in her government said on Thursday. “We have a good shot at actually landing the deal next week,” Kwasi Kwarten
EU summit readies for Brexit in May – or next week
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders will tell Theresa May on Thursday she can have two months to organise an orderly Brexit but Britain could face a hugely disruptive ejection from the bloc next Friday if the prime minister fails to win backing from parliament. President of the European Council Donald Tusk arrives to deliver a…
Brexit: Revoke Article 50 petition crashes Parliament website
Image copyright HOC A petition calling on Theresa May to cancel Brexit by revoking Article 50 has attracted more than half a million signatures.Parliament’s petitions website crashed on Thursday morning because of the high volume of traffic.It comes as the prime minister heads to Brussels to ask the EU for a delay to next Friday’s…
Brexit: Theresa May at Brussels EU summit to urge short delay
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTheresa May: “I am not prepared to delay Brexit any further than 30 June” Theresa May will make a direct plea to EU leaders later asking to postpone Brexit for three months, hours after telling the British public a delay was “a matter of great personal regret”.At…
Hunt: No PM ‘in living memory’ tested like May on Brexit
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says that no prime minister “in living memory” has been tested like Theresa May.He spoke to Today as the prime minister faces criticism from MPs both inside