Brexit bill clears final U.K. parliamentary hurdle ahead of Jan. 31 divorce from EU
Britain moved a step closer to its Jan. 31 exit from the European Union when the legislation required to ratify its deal with Brussels passed its final stage in Parliament on Wednesday, bringing an end to more than three years of wrangling in Parliament ...
London calls for regulators' help to attract global business after Brexit
With Britain on the verge of quitting the European Union, the country's financiers are asking the U.K. government to revamp regulations to attract global business. Watchdogs should have the power "to make the U.K. a better place to do business" through a new mandate to ...
U.K.'s Johnson defeated on Brexit legislation for first time since election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was defeated in Parliament on Monday for the first time since a December election, with the upper chamber voting in favor of a move to protect the rights of EU citizens in Britain after Brexit. Johnson's Conservatives won a ...
Brexit spurs foreign policy balancing act for British leader Boris Johnson
Analysis Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears torn between the United States and the European Union as he tries to chart Britain's course on the international stage weeks before Brexit. From the fraught situation in Iran to controversy over the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, Johnson has been ...
Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street — but not bong Big Ben — on Brexit night, the government said on Friday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will also deliver a special address ...
In search of level playing fields
Far from countries outside the EU undercutting EU standards by divergence it may be that it is the central EU authorities who are now the drag on progress and competition.
Nigel Farage, the self-declared "pantomime villain" of Brexit, is leaving his favorite theater — the European Union's parliament in Strasbourg — this week with a sense of mission accomplished. Ridiculed for years, and thriving on the abuse he got from, and dealt to, pro-EU legislators ...
Arlene Foster becomes first minister as Northern Ireland's assembly is restored
Legislators returned to Northern Ireland's assembly Saturday for the first time in three years after a deal was struck to restore the divided region's mothballed power-sharing government. Lawmakers gathered at Parliament Buildings in Belfast and chose a new executive, led by the pro-British Democratic Unionist ...
Northern Ireland's government returns after three-year suspension
Northern Ireland's government was to reopen for the first time in three years on Saturday after rival parties rallied around a new power-sharing agreement that can help the volatile province handle the pressures of Brexit. The region's devolved assembly at Stormont collapsed in January 2017 ...
Brexit in sight as British lawmakers scrutinize divorce deal
Britain moved a step closer to leaving the European Union on Tuesday when Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought his Brexit deal back to Parliament, with MPs finally set to approve it after years of division and delay. The House of Commons began three days of ...
Boris Johnson's top aide seeks 'weirdos and misfits' to change British government
Boris Johnson's top adviser wants to recruit "weirdos and misfits" as part of a drive to overhaul the way the U.K. government works. In a 3,000-word blog post, Dominic Cummings said he's seeking an "unusual set of people with different skills and backgrounds" to work ...
Queen Elizabeth II to admit 'bumpy' year in Christmas speech
Queen Elizabeth II plans to acknowledge that both Britain and her family have endured a difficult year by saying during her Christmas message that it has been a "bumpy" time. The pre-recorded message will be broadcast in Britain and the Commonwealth nations on Christmas Day. ...
