Brexit

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Boris Johnson is obliged to write to the EU requesting a Brexit delay if no deal is in place Judges are to consider whether a court can sign a Brexit extension request letter on behalf of the government. The Inner …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain’s latest proposal for an agreement on the terms of its divorce from the European Union has been widely rebuffed in Brussels because it does not meet the objectives of the so-called Irish border backstop. Below is an explanation …

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain’s latest proposal for an agreement on the terms of its divorce from the European Union has been widely rebuffed in Brussels because it does not meet the objectives of the so-called Irish border backstop. Below is an explanation …

By Conor Humphries and Gabriela Baczynska DUBLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and Ireland said on Thursday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals were unlikely to yield a deal, with Dublin bluntly warning that Britain was heading tow…

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, on Oct. 2, 2019. Frank Augstein/The Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented his final offer for a Brexit deal …

Parliament repetedly shot down former Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan, fatally compromised by its complicated arrangements for keeping Ireland free of border controls. Parliament also has passed a law forcing current Prime Minister Boris Johnson to d…

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and say that, if Brussels does not engage with it, Britain will stop talking and leave on Oct. 31 regardless. In his closing s…

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain is due to present the European Union with proposals for an amended Brexit agreement later this week, including ideas to replace the contested ‘backstop’ insurance policy to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland t…

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain’s government knows the outline of what it sees as a possible deal to leave the European Union, Michael Gove, the minister in charge of planning for a no-deal Brexit, said on Sunday. Speaking at the governing Conservat…

Boris Johnson could soon be forced out of office, in order to make way for Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn to become prime minister. Here's why. The UK prime minister is currently the leader of a minority government, following the defection of one former C…