The pound has soared to the highest level versus the euro since 2017 after both the government and the opposition gave signs of changing strategy on Brexit. Sterling gained for a third day against the common currency after the Labour party came out in favour of a second Brexit vote ...
Nigel Farage used his LBC slot to berate Jeremy Corbyn last night after the Labour leader announced a framework for backing a second referendum. A furious caller told the former UKIP leader that Corbyn had "betrayed" the north and that the Labour party had “no chance” in gaining seats in ...
UPDATE: "Brexit is a Dog's Dinner" protest outside parliament will now be going ahead on Sunday 10 March. In a barking Westminster protest no one will relish cleaning up after, dog owners from around the country will be having a "dog's dinner" outside parliament to demand a ‘Wooferendum’ on Sunday, ...
This week's announcement that nine Labour MPs have quit the party to join forces with centrist Conservatives as the Independent Group sounds like a little bit of history repeating for those old enough to remember the formation of the Social Democratic Party. In January 1981, four cabinet ministers announced their intention to ...
EU leaders have reacted positively to the letter Jeremy Corbyn has sent Theresa May with his proposals to break the Brexit deadlock and avoid a no deal catastrophe for the UK economy. Donald Tusk has suggested that they may provide a way forward that the EU would accept. Theresa May ...
In a historic night in which MPs tabled motions on Brexit, they voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit. Dame Caroline Spelman (Conservative) and Jack Dromey's (Labour) amendment was non-binding but was won by 318 to 310. The ...
MPs voted against Labour MP Yvette Cooper’s amendment which attempted to stop the possibility of a no deal Brexit happening. The motion was voted against by 298 to 321 votes. The Labour MP’s amendment had the support of the Labour leadership and some Conservative MPs as it tried to stop ...
UPDATE: MP’s have voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit and for Theresa May's deal if there is no backstop: LATEST AND REACTIONS Donald Tusk reacted warning that the backstop was an integral part of the withdrawal agreement ...
As MPs vote on several major Brexit amendments today, a major new study has found Britain more divided than ever, with faith in politicians at an all-time low. Attitudes to parliamentarians have hardened, with over two thirds of Brits now saying that they do not feel represented by the main ...