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Trade union leaders agree Labour should support a second referendum on any Brexit deal.

Donald Trump has dramatically escalated the transatlantic war of words over the leak of the British ambassador’s advice describing his administration as “inept”.

There would be a “great deal of reluctance” amongst European leaders to grant the UK another Brexit extension, the Irish premier has warned. Leo Varadkar said a lot of European countries had become very frustrated at the rolling extensions in the Brexit process but he did not rule out the ...

The accusation comes after Civil Emergency planners described Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport as “unhelpful” and decried it for omitting “key” information when planning for a no-deal Brexit.

MPs are set to launch a fresh bid to block a no-deal Brexit during a Commons vote on Northern Ireland on Monday. The Government has tabled a Bill to delay any new election to the Northern Ireland Assembly while talks to restore powersharing are ongoing. Speaking to the BBC, former ...

A no-deal Brexit would be “absolutely disastrous” for agriculture and could force shepherds to slaughter their flocks, the National Farmers’ Union president Minette Batters has warned. She said the prospect of losing access to European markets for British lamb could devastate the industry. A no-deal Brexit would be “catastrophic” for ...

Department for Transport accused of ‘omitting key information’ in planning Civil emergency planners have described Chris Grayling’s Department for Transport as “unhelpful” and decried it for omitting “key” information when planning for a no-deal Brexit, according to letters obtained by PA. The leaders of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight ...

Treasury officials and lawyers are so overstretched they have splashed out £3 million hiring law firm Hogan Lovells to help with Brexit preparations, new documents show. The firm will spend a year working with the Treasury, to help navigate the “marked and continuing” increase in its legal work over Brexit and help ...

Bosses of the UK’s three biggest supermarkets have warned the next prime minister that setting up a potential no-deal Brexit for the end of October could hit shoppers’ Christmas celebrations. Chief executives from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, which account for more than half of all food sales in the country, ...