Title of unknown new body that will mediate UK-EU trade disputes is the ‘Joint Partnership Council’ 

A new body to mediate disputes over the Brexit trade deal will reportedly be called the Joint Partnership Council, it is understood.  The regulatory body will ensure the newly struck deal is properly applied and interpreted and will mediate any clashes between Britain and the EU over trade, it has been claimed.  The body will be established … Read more

Michael Barnier carries 2,000-page binder of the Brexit trade deal as he briefs 27 EU ambassadors

Ambassadors from across Europe today pored over the details of the UK-EU trade agreement, after Boris Johnson last night hailed the historic deal as a ‘Brexit gift’ to Britain in a Christmas video message. As millions across Europe began celebrating Christmas Day, diplomats from each of the 27 EU member state were given a briefing … Read more

Brexit: How explosive negotiations led to EU-UK trade deal

Last minute mathematics bungles, using the Les Miserables soundtrack as a rallying cry and explosive negotiations worthy of being streamed on Netflix all managed to get a Brexit deal over the line.    Four-and-a-half years after Brits voted to leave the EU, Boris Johnson yesterday announced that a trade deal had finally been agreed. The Prime … Read more

How the Brexit deal was done: Explosive negotiations worthy of Netflix got agreement over the line

Last minute mathematics bungles, using the Les Miserables soundtrack as a rallying cry and explosive negotiations worthy of being streamed on Netflix all managed to get a Brexit deal over the line.    Four-and-a-half years after Brits voted to leave the EU, Boris Johnson yesterday announced that a trade deal had finally been agreed. The Prime … Read more

Tory MPs welcome Brexit deal as Keir Starmer’s Labour set to back it

What happens next?  After a Brexit deal text was finalised, the next step is ratification by both sides – and there is not much time before the end of the transition period on January 1.  Christmas Day  Brussels will short-cut its own processes, with the EU Council of member states expected to grant ‘provisional’ implementation … Read more

What’s in Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal from counter-terrorism to fish

Britain and the EU finally agreed the long-awaited – and long haggled-over – Brexit deal today.  But it is more the end of the beginning, with politicians, trade experts and industry leaders ready to pour over the pages of the agreement in the coming days. It’s the document the (political) world has been waiting for … Read more

Brexit: Keir Starmer says Labour WILL back EU trade deal next week

Can Boris get this Brexit deal through Parliament? Boost as Keir Starmer says Labour WILL back agreement when it comes to a vote on 30 December Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen announced Brexit trade deal today   Sir Keir Starmer said it was not ‘credible for Labour to be on the sidelines’ and party … Read more

Brexit trade deal: UK to control ALL its fishing waters in 6 years

Boris Johnson today boasted that the UK will have ‘prodigious’ quantities of extra fish thanks to his Brexit deal – despite admitting he had made concessions to the EU. The historic agreement struck with Brussels will mean Britain claws back 25 per cent of the bloc’s existing catch over the next five and a half … Read more