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  UK-EU agree on post-Brexit deal to ease Spain-Gibraltar border movement | What it means

  World | June 12, 2025 7:13 IST

  UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the agreement a "breakthrough", saying it protects British sovereignty and supports Gibraltar’s economy

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  'Britain partition?': Pakistan-origin leader demands Scotland's independence from UK's Sunak

  World | March 29, 2023 20:06 IST

  The SNP wants a new vote, but the central government in London has refused to authorize one, and the UK Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland can’t hold one without London’s consent.

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  Boris Johnson resignation: From Brexit to Partygate, controversies that ensured British PM downfall

  World | July 07, 2022 16:28 IST

  Boris Johnson resignation: The PM was marred by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and a steady stream of ethics allegations, from alcohol-fueled government parties that broke lockdown rules to how he handled a sexual misconduct scandal

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  UK publishes plan to override parts of Brexit deal

  World | June 14, 2022 4:00 IST

  While the British government insists the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is aimed at fixing parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the EU is opposed to the move because it warns it goes back on agreed terms signed by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over two years ago.

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  UK to introduce bill next week to breach Brexit deal with EU

  World | June 11, 2022 1:00 IST

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman, Jamie Davies, said “the bill has been agreed by the relevant cabinet committees and will be introduced to Parliament on Monday.”  

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  UK Brexit minister David Frost resigns as new COVID rules spark anger

  World | December 19, 2021 7:37 IST

  Brexit Minister David Frost said in a letter to Johnson that he was stepping down immediately after a newspaper reported that he had planned to leave the post next month.

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  EXPLAINER: Why are UK and the EU still fighting over Brexit?

  World | October 13, 2021 19:34 IST

  The EU and the U.K. say they will hold several weeks of “intensive” talks on the latest proposals.

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  'Deal is done', says a jubilant Boris Johnson after post-Brexit pact

  Business | December 24, 2020 22:34 IST

  Declaring that the UK had taken back control of its "destiny, money, borders, laws and waters", the UK prime minister hailed the new "comprehensive, Canada style, free trade deal" that will allow goods to be sold "without tariffs and without controls in the EU markets".

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  Breakthrough: UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade agreement

  World | December 24, 2020 20:59 IST

  After months of talks and at almost the last minute, Britain and the European Union struck a provisional free-trade agreement on Thursday that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of certainty for businesses after years of Brexit turmoil. 

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  UK PM's controversial Brexit bill clears first hurdle in Parliament

  World | September 15, 2020 15:19 IST

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial bill that aims to override parts of the Brexit divorce agreement struck with the European Union (EU) cleared its first parliamentary hurdle by winning the first House of Commons vote by 340 to 263 votes.

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  New points system for overseas players coming to Premier League post Brexit

  Football | April 29, 2020 10:41 IST

  The English Football Association disclosed in its annual financial report on Tuesday plans for a points-based system for the Premier League, which had wanted a way of maintaining the status quo.

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  Meet Kate Forbes, 29-yr-old Scotland minister who presented pound 34 £ bn budget

  World | February 06, 2020 23:52 IST

  Kate Elizabeth Forbes who is the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament became the first woman to deliver the Scottish budget at very short notice. 

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  UK flags disappear in EU as Brexit transition begins

  World | February 02, 2020 23:50 IST

  The European Union (EU) has removed all traces of the UK from its buildings after Britain ended its 47-year relationship with the bloc, a media report said.

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  Brexit: Britain begins new chapter outside European Union

  World | February 02, 2020 0:04 IST

  European leaders have expressed sadness at the UK leaving the European Union (EU) after a long association of 47 years, with French President Emmanuel Macron emphasising Britain's "unrivalled ties" with France.

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  Brexit comes into force: UK officially leaves EU, ending 47-year-long membership

  World | February 01, 2020 6:33 IST

  As the clock ticked down the final seconds, thousands of Brexiters partied outside Parliament, while anti-Brexit campaigners mounted several protests along the Irish border. In a televised address to the nation, Johnson called the UK's withdrawal from the EU "an astonishing moment of hope."

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  Johnson hails UK's 'new beginning' as Brexit day arrives

  World | January 31, 2020 17:27 IST

  Britain officially departs the EU at 11 p.m. local time Friday, midnight in Brussels (2300 GMT, 6 p.m. EST). The departure comes 3½ years after the country voted by a margin of 52%-48% to walk away from the club that it had joined in 1973.

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  Historic Brexit vote in European Parliament on Wednesday

  World | January 29, 2020 14:02 IST

  The European Parliament is set to approve the terms of the UK's departure from the European Union (EU) in a historic vote on Wednesday. 

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  Brexit: UK's Queen Elizabeth gives assent to bill, making it a law

  World | January 23, 2020 23:03 IST

  Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill has become law, removing the last UK obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. House of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans announced on Thursday that the Withdrawal Agreement Act had received royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II, the final formality in the measure's legislative journey.

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  EU, UK must renegotiate 600 agreements before transition period for Brexit expires

  World | January 10, 2020 10:20 IST

  The UK is a member of the EU in 600 international agreements, which expires at the end of the year when the transition period for Brexit expires and "the time to negotiate is very short", said EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.

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  British lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for January 31 exit

  World | January 10, 2020 0:03 IST

  Britain passed a major milestone on the road to Brexit when the House of Commons on Thursday approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of the month.