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DUP minister Edwin Poots has been criticised for thanking a leading Brexit campaigner for his efforts following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union — even though his party voted against the deal.

The Bill will now go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight.

The Brexiteer made the plea as Parliament backed Boris Johnson’s historic trade deal with the EU.

LONDON/BRUSSELS — British lawmakers approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday, as both sides looked…

UK PM signs ‘historic’ Brexit deal after overwhelming vote in Parliament PTI December 31 | Updated on December 31, 2020 × ‘What we sought was not a rupture but a resolution...of the old and vexed question of Britain’s political relations with Europe’ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson added his formal signature of the Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU) on Wednesday soon after members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly for it, 521 votes to 73 in the House of Commons. “The t...

Tory former chancellor Lord Lamont has declared it “time to let the grass grow over the Brexit battlefield”. The prominent Brexiteer made the plea as Parliament backed Boris Johnson’s historic post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. The European Union (Future Relationship) Bill, which brings the landmark agreement into law, was fast-tracked through the Commons and Lords in a single day. After receiving royal assent, the Act paves the way for the deal to take effect at 11pm on Thursday when th...

The post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and European Union will take effect tomorrow, after it was signed into law.

30 Dec 2020 Both chambers of Britain’s Houses of Parliament have ratified Boris Johnson’s European Union trade deal, meaning the new treaty will be British law when the country ends the Brexit transition period on December 31st. Boris Johnson’s EU trade deal passed the final stage late on Wednesday night, having passed back and forth between the Commons and the House of Lords — skipping the committee stage altogether — in near-record time. While Parliamentary bills, especially major o...

The Bill will now go to the Queen for royal assent, with an announcement expected around midnight.

The Act paves the way for the deal to take effect at 11pm on Thursday when the current Brexit transition period ends.