Backbenchers took charge of the Brexit impasse in parliament again tonight as the cabinet abstained from voting in indicative votes they tried in vain to stop. This time they came closer than ever to breakthrough with a majority of MPs narrowly failing to coalesce around one was forward for Brexit. ...
What time are the indicative votes? The MPs are debating the various motions today (Monday) and will start voting tonight at 8pm onwards on options, some of which failed to get a majority last week. House of Commons speaker John Bercow has decided which MPs would be able to vote ...
A Post Office in Ayrshire inadvertently gave its customers a glimpse of how basic services could be impacted under a No Deal Brexit this weekend. A sign displayed in the shop advised those posting to the EU that they will now need a Customs Form for all parcels. The signs ...
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An investigation has revealed that hundreds of tonnes of antibiotics are still being used in UK chicken production. This is despite claims from the industry that they have reduced their use by 82 per cent in the drive to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The British Poultry Council had claimed farmers ...
European elections are a near certainty after MPs rejected Theresa May's deal with the EU by 344 votes to 285. A 58-strong majority defeated the government on the day the UK was due to leave the EU. It means the UK has missed an EU deadline to delay Brexit to ...
Conservative MP Jake Berry has suggested that a new Royal Yacht Britannia would act as a boon to the UK’s international trade and “unite” the country following the bitter divisions of the Brexit debate. Speaking to The House magazine he argued the vessel would "bring our country back together" and help ...
Theresa May has thrown down the gauntlet to Brexiteers by giving them the chance to vote on parts of her Withdrawal Deal on what would have been Brexit day. MPs will be asked to vote again on elements of the agreement tomorrow, the initial proposed exit date, but will not ...
Labour is set to vote in favour of a "confirmatory" Brexit referendum on any deal reached with the European Union. MPs are set to cast a number of indicative votes in parliament today in a bid to break the deadlock over Britain's exit from the EU. Labour's motion, put forward ...