Politics

The unions have agreed to support a public vote on any deal agreed by a Tory prime minister, but what is Labour's position?

Trade union leaders agree Labour should support a second referendum on any Brexit deal.

There would be a “great deal of reluctance” amongst European leaders to grant the UK another Brexit extension, the Irish premier has warned. Leo Varadkar said a lot of European countries had become very frustrated at the rolling extensions in the Brexit process but he did not rule out the possibility entirely. It comes as Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney warned that the chances of a no-deal outcome have never been higher. The Irish Government will publish an updated...

The Eurosceptic rebel had faced calls for her deselection over sharing a stage with Nigel Farage.

The owners of Bristol Port made a substantial contribution to Johnson’s coffers shortly before he called for Bristol to become one of the ports used in a pilot scheme to provide tax-free trade zones after Brexit.

A formal leak investigation has now been initiated, but what was revealed about Trump in the leaked secret cables?

A formal inquiry will take place into the leak of sensitive diplomatic memos detailing the “uniquely dysfunctional” and “inept” White House under Donald Trump. The documents detail UK ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch’s assessments of the Trump administration from 2017 to the present – and could prove highly embarrassing for the Foreign Office. Cabinet minister David Gauke condemned the “disgraceful” leak, which will now be the subject of a Civil Service inquiry, and said ambassadors should feel able to...

MPs are set to launch a fresh bid to block a no-deal Brexit during a Commons vote on Northern Ireland on Monday. The Government has tabled a Bill to delay any new election to the Northern Ireland Assembly while talks to restore powersharing are ongoing. Speaking to the BBC, former attorney general Dominic Grieve said this Bill was a “perfectly legitimate place” to explore ways to block a no-deal Brexit. He told Pienaar’s Politics: “We’re going to have, in the...

A no-deal Brexit would be “absolutely disastrous” for agriculture and could force shepherds to slaughter their flocks, the National Farmers’ Union president Minette Batters has warned. She said the prospect of losing access to European markets for British lamb could devastate the industry. A no-deal Brexit would be “catastrophic” for the farming sector as a whole, she said. https://twitter.com/RidgeOnSunday/status/1147792027767189504 “It would be socially and economically absolutely disastrous for this sector,” she told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday. Using sheep...