Brexit

Taxpayers face a £200m annual bill for thousands of extra staff recruited by HM Revenue and Customs to deal with Brexit, its top civil servant has said. Jon Thompson also revealed around 40-60% of his time is now spent dealing with the consequences of the vote to leave the EU. HMRC will play a crucial […]

Britain will “meet our obligations” as it leaves the EU and pay for financial commitments made as a member, a Brexiteering Cabinet minister has said amid reports that a “divorce bill” of much as £50bn has been agreed. Transport secretary Chris Grayling refused to comment on “speculation” about the final figure but acknowledged “the price” […]

Ministers could trigger a new Commons vote to rule out having to release their secret papers on the economic impact of Brexit in full. Brexit minister Robin Walker today faced repeated demands from Conservative MPs to develop a revised motion guaranteeing that commercial, market and negotiation-sensitive information would be excluded from material given to the […]

The Government has been warned it could be in contempt of Parliament unless it hands full details of its assessment of the potential impact of Brexit on the economy to MPs. Brexit secretary David Davis faced a furious backlash after passing an edited version of the documents, looking at 58 sectors of the economy, to […]

International Trade Secretary Liam Fox used a speech in Australia today to launch a series of volleys at voters who backed Britain remaining in the EU. At a business event in Sydney to discuss how the two countries could work together in the future Dr Fox said Remainers were “wrong” and “unable to come to […]

David Davis’s Department for Exiting the EU has finally handed over to a parliamentary committee its secret papers on the economic impact of Brexit. The handover of the documents to the Commons Committee on Exiting the EU, chaired by Labour MP Hilary Benn, came a day ahead of the deadline agreed by the Brexit Secretary. […]

This week’s New European features a powerful essay on how we can still be a force for good in the world – if we can end the neurosis and introspection. Michael Jary makes the compelling argument that Britain is neither a fading power nor a chauvinistic example of historical exceptionalism. Michael Jary is senior partner […]

Brexit-backing Labour MP Kate Hoey has been mockingly compared to Donald Trump after saying Ireland will have to pay for a physical border with Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the EU with no deal. She claimed “we won’t be putting up the border” to govern EU-UK business through Northern Ireland, even if Britain leaves without […]

Morrissey – who declared the vote to leave the EU as “magnificent” – has never voted in an election and considers himself “non-political”, he has said. The singer and former Smiths frontman, who often treats the public to his political views, told The Sunday Times Magazine: “I’m non-political. I always have been. I’ve never voted […]

Theresa May today faces fresh pressure over her plans to deal with the Northern Irish border post-Brexit after Ireland’s European Commissioner urged her to change course. Phil Hogan said the problems around the border – one of the key obstacles blocking talks on a UK-EU trade deal after the country leaves the bloc – could […]

The UK and European Union’s plans to share out quotas for cheap food imports from countries around the world after Brexit have come under fire from Australia. The UK and EU’s plans to share out quotas for cheap food imports from countries around the world after Brexit have come under fire from Australia. Restrictions on […]

Theresa May has issued a fresh plea for European Union leaders to move onto the “next stage” in the Brexit negotiations. Arriving in Brussels for the EU Eastern Partnership summit, the Prime Minister said the EU and the UK needed to “step forward together” in the ongoing talks. She confirmed she will be meeting European […]

Another week on Planet Brexit and another podcast has landed. This week Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey delve deep into Philip Hammond’s red box, discuss the Prime Minister’s looming divorce bill offer and ask the age-old question: ‘Does anyone love The Beautiful South enough to consider them their favourite band?’ Some common names are in […]

MICHAEL WHITE on how a brief moment of common sense was engulfed by intransigence of the leavers It must have been a coincidence. But on near-adjacent pages last Saturday’s Times carried high-minded visions of the Brexit process from two cerebral Conservatives who ought to have much in common, but currently don’t. As such their views […]

STEVE ANGLESEY counts down the worst Brexiteers of the week 10 Stella Fellas No-one is suggesting that Brexiteers are desperate for some good news, but Daily Telegraph chief political correspondent Christopher Hope appeared to have caught a glimpse of those famous sunlit uplands when he excitedly tweeted ‘Stella is now selling beer in pint cans. […]

The UK face “chaos” unless it is properly prepared for all potential Brexit outcomes, Chancellor Philip Hammond said today after he used his Budget to set aside a £3bn war chest to cope with leaving the EU. Mr Hammond said Brexit preparations were “not an optional piece of expenditure” and it was an “absolute obligation” […]

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A look at the week’s big stories, including a riddle over Jeremy Corbyn’s name, the fresh-faced new mayor of Lübeck and France’s averted butter crisis Angela Merkel’s domestic discomfort has been the source of some schadenfreude for the Brexit brigade with Jacob Rees-Mogg, predictably, among those suggesting it could give the UK some handy leverage […]

MPs will finish their line-by-line assessment of key Brexit legislation by Christmas, Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said today. The Commons leader and arch-Brexiteer said the eighth and final day of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill’s committee stage will be December 20 – the penultimate sitting day before the Christmas recess. The Bill, which seeks to […]

Philip Hammond attempted to challenge his image as a grey spreadsheet obsessive in his Budget speech with a string of jokes. So how did he do? The Chancellor peppered his annual speech on the nation’s finances with a number of one-liners. We put them all in one place so you can avoid the dull bits… […]

A Brexit war chest of at least £3bn has been set aside to prepare the UK for the prospect of failing to secure a deal with Brussels. Hard Brexiteers have put pressure on Chancellor Philip Hammond to commit money to preparations for a “no deal” scenario to show the European Union that the UK is […]

Tory former cabinet minister Nicky Morgan has warned Chancellor Philip Hammond to guard against a march to “economic nationalism” under the banner of Brexit. Speaking after Mr Hammond delivered his Budget, the Treasury Select Committee Chair warned that post-Brexit, the UK needed to retain its commitment to “openness, trade, investment and migration”. She said the […]

The UK government is failing to offer credible answers to the “hard questions” about the fate of the border post-Brexit, the Irish foreign minister has said. Simon Coveney rejected suggestions by Brexiteers that politicians in Dublin and Brussels were seeking to exploit the uncertainty over Northern Ireland’s position to strengthen the EU’s hand in the […]

Brexit Secretary David Davis today warned there was a possibility of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal – before falling off the stage himself. The arch-Brexiteer said a trade deal was the most likely outcome of the divorce talks, but added that the government was prepared to leave without a deal. […]

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Brexit has left Britain exposed to the sort of mockery and pity we once reserved for other countries, argues former Minister for Europe DENIS MACSHANE Brexit is fast turning Britain into the laughing stock of the democratic world. In the past, our politicians and journalists liked to mock Latin American or Mediterranean nations for their […]

My fellow parliamentarians should remember that voters will not forgive those who stand by and allow the country to be downgraded, says Labour MP NEIL COYLE Boris playing the rear of the ass and David Davis widow Twanky may appear funny to some but our Parliament becoming a pantomime is far from amusing for our […]

The NHS – and false claims about that £350m – helped tip the referendum. But as the threat from Brexit to the health service becomes clearer, it must now be the battleground on which the argument is finally won, argues senior doctor CHARLES HOUSE Even those who made the promise now appear to accept the […]

Our editor-at-large ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the ‘holy trinity’ required for any winning organisation – leadership, strategy and teamship I’ve written here before about some of the public opinion tests I do on any UK audience I speak to … ‘show of hands please… optimistic/pessimistic re Trump Presidency; optimistic/pessimistic re Brexit; will Theresa May fight the […]

Many in Grimsby voted Leave to revive its fishing heritage. So why are locals now seeking an exemption from Brexit for its seafood industry? ANTHONY CLAVANE reports There are some fantastic bargains on offer at Fred’s Fisheries. Cod, sea bass and small haddocks to name but three. Lovely fresh fish sold by a traditional fishmonger […]

Comedian, musician and writer MITCH BENN on a year in which politics is quite literally crazy So, where were you on November 8 last year? I can remember exactly where I was; I was alone in a room in the Holiday Inn in Media City, the gleamingly futuristic development in Salford Quays to which much […]

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