Brexit

LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-European Union lawmakers will seek next week to block a new prime minister from taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal and against the will of parliament by trying to cut off some of the government’s funding. Former C…

LONDON (Reuters) - Any attempt to cut off funding to British government departments would be “grossly irresponsible”, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, after reports that lawmakers would try to do so to stop a no-deal Brexit. Ea…

While Boris Johnson, the likely successor to British Prime Minister Theresa May, takes his country down a path of diminished trade, the European Union is negotiating one of the largest free-trade agreements in the world. One really has to wonder what the "fre…

LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, front-runner in the race to become British prime minister, has challenged his rival Jeremy Hunt to commit to leaving the European Union on Oct. 31, whether he has agreed a Brexit deal or not. “For my part, I have been clear…

Jeremy Hunt, left, and Boris Johnson, right, pictured outside 10 Downing Street. (File) The ruling Conservative Party said on Tuesday the successor to former prime minister Theresa May would be announced on July 23. Brexit campaigner and former foreign secr…

At a time that U.S. stock markets are partying like there is no tomorrow, global bond markets, together with actions by the worlds major central banks, are telling a very different story. They seem to be warning that Europe could soon be experiencing major cr…

LONDON (Reuters) - Seeking to regain momentum in his bid to become the next prime minister of Britain, Boris Johnson said on Monday he was seriously prepared to take the country out of the European Union in October even if a deal with the bloc had not been re…

By Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, the favorite to become British prime minister, said he was prepared to lead Britain out of the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31 and said any EU attempt to impose trade tariffs…

LONDON (Reuters) - In August 2018, Spanish authorities uncovered a plot by anti-Brexit campaigners to assassinate leading Brexiteer and now favorite to be Britain’s next prime minister, Boris Johnson. Or did they? That story and others like it were created …

The European Union (EU)s top leaders on Friday fired a Brexit warning to whoever wins the battle to become the next British Prime Minister, saying the existing divorce deal could not be changed. Boris Johnson will face Jeremy Hunt in a run-off vote to decide…