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No-Deal Brexit gets more real as discussions stall amid Covid-19 emergency

The long winding road to Brexit got bumpier during this week. While as Euronews points out, "the EU-UK trade talks were never going to be plain sailing", COVID-19 complicated matters. As the June…

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The House of Lords approve bill to prevent no-deal Brexit

The Benn bill, intended to prevent a no-deal Brexit on 31 October, was approved by the House of Lords. It passed the upper house without being amended, which means that…

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Michel Barnier ‘not optimistic’ about avoiding no-deal Brexit

The European Union's top Brexit negotiator has said he is not optimistic about avoiding a no-deal scenario as he cannot meet Britain's demands to scrap the Irish backstop. Michel Barnier…

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Hopes fade for anti-no-deal Brexit alliance

Splits in the anti-no-deal alliance of MPs in parliament threatened to stymie efforts to stop a no-deal Brexit yesterday as Conservatives and independent MPs ruled out backing plans brokered by…

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Ireland stepping up NoDeal Brexit preparations

Ireland will step up its preparations for a disorderly Brexit this week given the chances of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal have never been higher, foreign minister…

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MPs reject ‘no-deal’ scenario – Vote does not rule ‘no-deal’ out

MPs have rejected the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Brexit deal in any circumstances as Parliament took control of Britain’s divorce from the bloc. The Telegraph reports…

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Either May’s deal or long extension

Britain’s lead Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins has said lawmakers face a choice between Prime Minister Theresa May’s exit deal or a long extension of the March 29 deadline for leaving…

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Dutch health officials take measures to ensure critical drugs supplied by Britain are still supplied in case of no-Deal Brexit

Dutch health officials are rushing to ensure “critical” drugs supplied by Britain are still available if the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal next month. The…

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Barclays to move €190bn to Dublin as it ‘cannot wait any longer’ to implement Brexit contingency plan

Barclays is moving €190bn (£166bn) of assets to Dublin because it "cannot wait any longer" to implement its Brexit contingency plan. The High Court, which has approved the move, says…

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Jeremy Corbyn agrees that a delay to Brexit appears inevitable

Jeremy Corbyn has agreed that a delay to Brexit appears inevitable, to allow for a renegotiation of Theresa May’s doomed deal. In a speech, he said a new government would…

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British government defeated in vote on No Deal scenario preparations

A government spokesman says tonight's defeat does not change the fact the UK is leaving the EU on 29 March. They add the government will work with parliament to make…

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Rehearsals for ‘no-deal’ Brexit to start on Monday

Britain will begin rehearsals for the possible chaos of a “no-deal” Brexit on Monday by testing how the road network copes with a tailback of around 150 lorries caused by…

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More than half of Tories prefer a ‘no-deal’ Brexit rather than May’s Brexit plan

More than half of Conservative Party members would prefer to leave the EU without a deal rather than under the prime minister's Brexit plan, according to a poll. In a…

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Government official says that claims that Britain will crash out in event of no-deal Brexit are absolutely untrue

The Government is failing to be "frank" with the public about the extent of no-deal preparations because it wants to shore up support for Theresa May's "disastrous" Brexit deal, a civil servant…

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Met Police Commissioner warns that no-deal Brexit will put public at risk

Britain's most senior police officer has stormed into a political row by suggesting a no-deal Brexit could put the public at risk. Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, said crashing out of…

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