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Boris Johnson has signed the trade deal, while the bill goes to the House of Lords before going to the Queen for royal assent. That would pave the way for the deal to take effect at 11pm on Thursday when the current Brexit transition period ends. Opening the debate in the Commons, the prime minister said the deal would enable the UK to trade and co-operate with the EU on the “closest possible terms” while taking “sovereign control of our laws and our national destiny”. He said he hope...

Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal has cleared the House of Commons, as the Government seeks to rush approval through Parliament in a single day. After little over four hours’ debate, MPs voted by 521 to 73 to give the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, ratifying the deal finally agreed on Christmas Eve, a third reading. The Bill now goes to the House of Lords, where the debate is expected to continue until around 10.30pm on Wednesday. If, as expected, it passes the upper chamber, it wil...

UK chief trade negotiator, David Frost looks on as Prime MinisterPrime Minister Boris Johnson signs the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement at 10 Downing Street, Westminster. Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal has cleared the House of Commons, as the Government seeks to rush approval through Parliament in a single day. After little over four hours’ debate, MPs voted by 521 to 73 to give the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, ratifying the deal finally agreed on Christmas Eve, a thi...

By Richard Mason Last updated: - MSPs have voted to withhold consent for the Brexit deal by 92 votes to 30, there was one abstention. - MPs voted in favour of the Brexit deal by 521 to 73. - The House of Lords is expected to approve the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill and it is likely to be passed to the Queen for royal assent before the end of the transition period tomorrow. In the coming weeks, only subscribers will be able to...

Brexit deal passed, and the will of the people is now the law Boris Johnson united his once-riven party and both Houses of Parliament 30 December 2020 • 9:01pm UK chief trade negotiator David Frost (L) and British Ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow (R) look on as Boris Johnson signs the Brexit trade deal Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images Europe After four and a half years of interminable Brexit drama, it was only fitting that parliament be theatrically recalled on the day before New Year’s Eve, i...

UK MPs approve historic Brexit trade deal with EU Updated Dec 30, 2020 | 21:29 IST UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had urged MPs to back the "historic" Bill, which he says is not "a rupture but a resolution" of the UKs relationship with its European neighbours. UK MPs approve historic Brexit trade deal with EU &nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI London: Members of the UK Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of the Brexit trade deal 521 votes to 73. UK Prime Minister B...

Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal has cleared the House of Commons, as the Government seeks to rush approval through Parliament in a single day. After little over four hours’ debate, MPs voted by 521 to 73 to give the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, ratifying the deal finally agreed on Christmas Eve, a third reading. The Bill now goes to the House of Lords, where the debate is expected to continue until around 10.30pm on Wednesday. If, as expected, it passes the upper chamber, it wil...

Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour MP Ian Murray supported the Brexit agreement in the Commons KEIR Starmer has been accused of betraying his own principles by backing Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. With Labour MPs largely backing the agreement in the Commons, the party has been told by the SNP that it must "share the blame" for any damage done by "failing to provide any opposition or alternative”. While serving as shadow Brexit secretary, Starmer set out six tests which any potential d...

Boris Johnson Plans to Make His Brexit Deal Law in a Day Bloomberg 12/29/2020 Edward Evans © Bloomberg A U.K. national flag flies beside European Union (EU) flags outside the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Boris Johnson is heading into what may be the most important meal of his life: a dinner with the head of the European Commission in Brussels that could make or break a post-Brexit trade deal. (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. and the European ...

H ardline Conservative Brexiteers from the European Research Group have announced their approval of Boris Johnson’s deal, describing it as an agreement which “preserves the UK’s sovereignty." A self-styled “star chamber” of lawyers – led by senior Tory Sir Bill Cash – was assembled by the European Research Group (ERG) to examine the 1,246-page text of the agreement. They concluded today that the agreement “preserves the UK’s sovereignty as a matter of law and fully respects th...