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The Straits Times Britain not ready for Brexit, warn MPs Deal or no deal, change is coming on Jan 1, as Britain will leave the EU single market and customs union.PHOTO: REUTERS PublishedDec 19, 2020, 4:42 pm SGT https://str.sg/JaF8 They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month f...

UK Lawmakers Voice Concern About UKs Readiness For Brexit Sat 19th December 2020 | 05:50 PM LONDON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th December, 2020) A UK parliamentary committee voiced concern on Saturday over the countrys preparedness for the end of the Brexit transition period at the end of the year, and called on the government to ensure there is a "robust" contingency plan to deal with "whatever happens" after January 1. "We are ... concerned about the overall state of readiness," the Hous...

London Correspondent A British parliamentary committee has called for the UK government to produce robust contingency plans to cope with disruption caused leaving the EU single market and customs union on 1 January. The cross-party Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union warns of a potentially challenging start to 2021 as businesses, traders and citizens adjust to life outside the single market and customs union. It is concerned that there will be traffic disruption aro...

  As we find ourselves just two weeks away from a comprehensive and permanent change in the relationship between the EU and UK, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak this evening   I promised to keep Members updated on Brexit developments and I think I have kept my word.  This is the 18 th “Brexit Statements” session I have taken in the Dáil or Seanad since mid-2017.  In that period, the Government has also answered over 3,000 Brexit related PQs, and I have chaired over 20 meeting...

A recall of Parliament will be sought over the festive period if a Brexit deal needs to be approved, Jacob Rees-Mogg has confirmed. The Commons Leader announced no business is currently scheduled for the House of Commons in the week beginning December 21. But he told MPs: “Subject to the House’s decision later, we will rise for the Christmas recess at the close of business today but MPs will recognise that talks with the European Union continue. “Should a deal be secured, it is the Govern...

A Zoom video meeting of Parliaments Brexit select committee was today bizarrely interrupted by a call from an unknown woman. The Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union was meeting to put questions to minister Michael Gove over Britains no deal preparations, which he is in charge of.     On the call was Mr Gove, who was seen seated at a table with officials Jess Glover and Brendan Threlfall, as well as committee chairman Hilary Benn and Brexiteer Tory MP Peter Bone.  B...

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The UK’s cabinet office minister Michael Gove has said there will be no negotiations with the EU on a trade deal in 2021 if one is not agreed by the end of this year. Taking questions from MPs, he confirmed "the most likely outcome is we will leave on WTO terms" - meaning no deal - as he was quizzed on the ongoing Brexit negotiations. Negotiations between the UK and the EU are coming to a head, with the transition period set to end on December 31 - less than two weeks time. At this point, if ...