Revealed: The UK’s plans for keeping EU trade deals after Brexit are in turmoil
Liam Fox and the Department for International Trade are living in cuckoo land if they think we’ll be able to ‘roll over’ all our trade deals after leaving the EU.
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Scottish devolution is under threat from Brexit – and we won’t stand for it
“The Tories think they can do whatever they want to Scotland and get away with it. We are determined not to let them,” writes the SNP’s Mairi Gougeon.
This Lords decision means Parliament is now in the driving seat on Brexit
Peers have backed a ‘meaningful’ vote on Brexit – and what happens next is up to MPs. Will Tory rebels hold out or give in to the whips?
Sajid Javid must end the hostile environment now – and guarantee EU citizens’ rights
The new Home Secretary must show Britain is a welcoming country. That must include protecting EU citizens after Brexit.
PM warns her ministers to stay away from customs union vote
With her Brexit strategy falling apart, Theresa May has reportedly whipped her cabinet to stay well clear of a backbencher debate being held later this week.
The government just got savaged in the Lords over human rights
Lord Pannick led the charge against May’s Brexiteer Cabinet in a debate over keeping EU’s human rights charter in British law – and won.
The government are ducking the question of workers’ rights after Brexit
Is a non-regression clause worth more than the paper it’s written on? Jude Kirton-Darling writes.
CBI boss slams Cabinet Minister over customs union comments
Business leader Paul Drechsler did not mince his words after Sajid Javid called for Britain to leave the customs union.
Is the government on the verge of a Customs Union u-turn?
The PM is stuck between Brussels and the DUP and only has herself to blame…
Barry Gardiner’s Good Friday Agreement comments reflect Labour’s weakness on Brexit
Claiming the Good Friday Agreement has been ‘played up’ in the Brexit debate was a gross error – but not an isolated one.