Brexit

Veteran politicians willing to lead anti-Brexit government

Veteran British lawmakers from the ruling Conservative and opposition Labour parties have both said they… Read More

Online spending helps UK retail sales grow unexpectedly in July

Britain’s economy contracted in the second quarter, a hangover from stockpiling before the original March… Read More

Labour vows to bring down British PM Johnson and delay Brexit

Johnson has promised to take Britain out of the European Union by Oct. 31, with… Read More

Italy not thinking about leaving euro: Salvini

“The idea of leaving Europe, leaving the euro has never been in the pipeline,” Salvini… Read More

No-deal Brexit preparation is top priority, Johnson tells officials

Johnson wrote to all government employees on Friday to tell them that preparing for a… Read More

UK economy contracts for first time since 2012

Johnson set up a showdown with the EU by vowing to negotiate a new divorce… Read More

UK economy suffers shock 0.2pc contraction pre-Brexitin second quarter

Annual growth in June alone was the weakest since August 2013 at 1pc Read More

‘Suffocating’ UK factories report biggest fall in output in seven years

British manufacturers’ output fell by the most in seven years last month as Brexit worries… Read More

No-deal Brexit preparations to cost UK extra £2.1 billion

Britain said it is ramping up preparations for a no-deal Brexit by spending an extra… Read More

Brexit ‘no matter what’, PM Johnson promises as sterling falls

Johnson was expected to tell Welsh farmers on Tuesday they will get a better deal… Read More

Brexit is a ‘massive economic opportunity’: PM Johnson

"When people voted to leave the European Union, they were not just voting against Brussels,… Read More

Theresa May: a legacy sunk by Brexit

In a forlorn bid in March to appease the most ardent eurosceptic MPs in her… Read More

Trump says new British Prime Minister Johnson ‘will be great’

LONDON: Boris Johnson, the ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the… Read More

Boris Johnson wins race to become next British prime minister

Johnson defeated Hunt by 92,153 votes to 46,656 votes cast by members of the Conservative… Read More

Final hours of voting in race to become British PM

The voting window slams shut at 5:00pm (1600 GMT). Read More

EU hits back at Boris Johnson’s Brexit fish tale

Boris Johnson railed against EU red tape he said was punishing the producer of the… Read More

No-deal Brexit forecast to spark year-long UK recession

Britain will slide into a year-long recession should it leave the European Union without a… Read More

German minister becomes first woman to win EU top job

The 60-year-old conservative was nominated to become the first woman in Brussels’ top job last… Read More

Northern Ireland could lose 40,000 jobs in no-deal Brexit

A so-called no-deal exit would could cut the region’s exports to the Republic of Ireland… Read More

It’s Brexit, stupid: the appeal of Boris Johnson

"Boris is seen as the true Brexiteer who will take Britain out without a deal,"… Read More