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Britain is free to pursue independent trade policies for the first time in more than four decades.

Britain is free to pursue independent trade policies for the first time in more than four decades.

The UK is free to pursue independent trade policies for the first time in more than four decades after the Brexit transition period with the European Union came to an end. Membership of the single market and customs union expired at 11pm – four and a half years after the in-out referendum which sought to settle the issue but sparked political turmoil. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the EU had provided the UK with a “safe European home” during the 1970s, but the country has now “chang...

What Brexit chaos? Britain says EU trade is running smoothly as trucks cross Channel on UKs first day outside single market - as first Irish Sea checks take place under new deal Lord Llewellyn visited the port at Calais and the Eurotunnel terminal to see the situation on the ground The breakaway finally came nearly four-and-a-half years after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the EU Lorries have began arriving from EU into Britain and in the other direction with no delays as trade deal kic...

Share If the verdict of the ERG ‘court’ – informally chaired by Brexit warhorse Sir Bill Cash, 80 – was that Mr Johnson had given away too much, then it would instruct its MPs to vote against it. Allies of Mr Johnson told me yesterday that he has calculated all along that about 20 ERG ‘hardliners’ would vote against a deal – any deal. Such is the ‘purity’ of their approach to Brexit it would be impossible to produce an agreement that would match their standards. These MPs incl...

| UPDATED: 07:32, Wed, Dec 23, 2020 Link copied Brexit: EU wouldnt take us on over fisheries says Mummery Sign up to receive our rundown of the days top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes theyll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any t...

TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps is among 16 Tory scrooges who clawed back Christmas Day expenses, the Morning Star can reveal, as cuts force more families to use foodbanks over the festive period. Current Conservative MPs have claimed hundreds of pounds in expenses for travel on December 25 over the last 10 years. By comparison, MPs from all other parties have claimed a mere £2.25 in total for such travel since 2010. A leading Labour MP said that the “Chris Rea-gate scandal” drove home f...

3 months old This article is more than 3 months old More than 30 Brexiter Tories could withhold support if Boris Johnson gives significant ground Veteran Eurosceptic Sir Bernard Jenkin said Britain must not ‘sell out on issues, including fish’. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP Veteran Eurosceptic Sir Bernard Jenkin said Britain must not ‘sell out on issues, including fish’. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP Sun 20 Dec 2020 04.00 EST More than 30 pro-Brexit Tory MPs are privately threatening ...

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