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14 Nov 2023

Meet David Cameron, The Ex-UK PM Who Returns To Politics As Foreign Secy

David Cameron, a seasoned politician and former Conservative Party leader, served as the UK Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016. A graduate of Eton College and Oxford University, he was tasked with modernizing the Conservative Party and led it to victory in two general elections.

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21 Apr 2022

To score a trade deal, Boris Johnson may offer India visa flexibilities

Total trade between India and UK in 2019 was worth 23 billion pounds Britain has made getting a trade deal with India one of its post-Brexit priorities

10 May 2021

Labour Party's Sadiq Khan re-elected as London mayor

Labour Party candidate Sadiq Khan defeated his Conservative Party rival, Shaun Bailey Sadiq Khan is of Pakistani origin Sadiq Khan was the first Muslim mayor of a European capital city when he was first elected in 2016

14 Mar 2021

US support key to post-Brexit stability, says Ireland's Micheál Martin

Ireland is counting on U.S. support to help maintain the political stability of Northern Ireland Dublin seeks "a stronger structure" for British-Irish relations in the aftermath of Brexit Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary groups were temporarily withdrawing support for the 1998 peace agreement due to concerns over the Brexit deal

25 Dec 2020

UK clinch narrow Brexit accord from European Union, week before deadline

Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal just seven days before deadline. Just seven day before it exits one of the world`s biggest trading blocs, the EU.

24 Dec 2020

EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord, British PM says 'the deal is done'

Britain has clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union. This comes seven days before it exits one of the world`s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire.

14 Dec 2020

UK and EU still apart on Brexit but PM doesn't want to walk yet: Minister

Britain and the EU are still apart in Brexit trade talks ,Business Secretary Alok Sharma said. He added that PM Johnson does not want to walk away yet.

12 Dec 2020

No deal on Brexit trade 'very very likely', says British PM Boris Johnson

Britain quit the EU in January but remains an informal member until December 31. Dec 31 is the end of a transition period during which Britain has remained in the EU single market and customs union. Both sides say they want to agree on arrangements to cover nearly $1 trillion in annual trade.

10 Dec 2020

UK tells EU: Back down by Sunday night or we'll walk

Britain warned the EU that it must make significant concessions to break the impasse in Brexit trade talks. PM Johnson and the EU chief executive gave themselves until the end of the weekend to seal a new trade pact. Britain formally left the EU in January.

06 Dec 2020

Britain's threat of breaking Brexit treaty a 'negotiating tactic': Ireland

Britain`s upper house of parliament last month voted to remove the controversial clauses from the Internal Market Bill. But the government intends to reinstate them in the lower chamber on Monday, just as trade talks reach crunch time. The British government has openly admitted that the clauses are a breach of international law.

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10 Nov 2020

UK PM Boris Johnson's treaty-breaking Brexit laws defeated in parliament

UK PM Boris Johnson suffered heavy defeat in parliament`s upper chamber over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain`s EU exit treaty.

17 Sep 2020

EU's Michel Barnier still hopes trade deal with Britain possible: Sources

The EU`s Brexit negotiator told the bloc`s 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still hoped a trade deal with Britain was possible, stressing that the coming days would be decisive, sources told Reuters. Michel Barnier addressed the gathering on Wednesday and the three sources either participated in the discussion behind closed doors or were briefed on its content. A second diplomat, asked what Barnier said on Wednesday and whether there was still a chance for a new agreement with the UK, said: "The hope is still there."

16 Sep 2020

UK sees 'a way through' parliamentary maze for Brexit treaty breach bill

British PM Boris Johnson`s government sees a `way through` the parliamentary maze for his bill that would break the Brexit divorce treaty as it talks with rebels in the Conservative Party, a minister said. Johnson`s Internal Market Bill, which the EU has demanded he scrap by the end of September, is currently being debated in parliament. The EU says Johnson`s bill could collapse trade talks and propel the United Kingdom towards a messy Brexit.

14 Sep 2020

Former UK PM Cameron says he has misgivings about Brexit move

Former British PM David Cameron expressed concern at Boris Johnson`s plan to break international law by overriding parts of the Brexit divorce treaty with the European Union. Former prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major said on Sunday that Britain must drop its "shocking" plan. Cameron said a proposed bill that lawmakers will vote on later on Monday had to be seen in the context of tough trade talks with the EU.

10 Sep 2020

Emergency Brexit talks as EU explores UK plan to break divorce treaty

Britain and the European Union will hold emergency talks on Thursday over Prime Minister Boris Johnson`s plan to undercut parts of the Brexit divorce treaty, a step Brussels has warned could scupper any chance of a trade deal. After Britain explicitly stated that it would act outside international law by breaching the divorce treaty, EU negotiators are trying to gauge how to deal with London. Britain signed the treaty and formally exited the EU in January, but remains within the single market until the end of this year under a status quo agreement.

06 Sep 2020

UK warns EU on Brexit, says we won't blink first

Britain will not blink first in Brexit trade negotiations with the European Union and is not scared of a no-deal exit, the country`s top Brexit negotiator warned the bloc on Sunday. Britain left the EU on January 31 but talks have so far made little headway on agreeing a new trade deal with the bloc by the time a status-quo transition arrangement ends in December. Talks are due to resume in London on Tuesday but they have stalled over Britain`s insistence that it have full autonomy over state aid and its demands over fishing.

31 Aug 2020

France accuses United Kingdom of stalling in post-Brexit trade talks

The 27-nation EU and the UK remain deadlocked in their talks on future trade ties after a transitional divorce period ends on December 31. That has raised concerns that no agreement will be in place in time and that tariffs and other impediments to trade will have to be enacted at the start of next year. The main points of difference appear to center on rules for state aid for businesses and on fisheries.

01 Feb 2020

Brexit done: UK leaves EU as Boris Johnson hails new dawn

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the historic moment as the dawn of a new era for the UK in his address to the nation just before Brexit.

31 Jan 2020

Brexit: What changes and what stays the same when Britain officially leaves EU

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is confident of clinching a new trade agreement with the EU during a transition period that begins on Saturday and runs until the end of 2020.

20 Dec 2019

British PM Boris Johnson wins vote on Brexit deal in time for Christmas

Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval for his Brexit deal in parliament on Friday, the first step towards fulfilling his election pledge to deliver Britain`s departure from the European Union by Jan. 31 after his landslide victory.

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