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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 the current Brexit transition period – during which the UK has continued to follow EU rules – ends...

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 ones, can take weeks and months to get through the scrutiny of the two Houses, the Parliamentary auth...

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.