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  • Britain PM Theresa May addresses lawmakers in parliament. Picture: @ukparliament/Facebook.com

    More time needed, May returns to Parliament for Brexit

    While Thursday’s vote is symbolic, it could again become the focus for increasing frustration in parliament over her strategy to leave the European Union, with many accusing May of running down the clock.

    1230 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on 16 January 2019, ahead of a debate and vote on a motion of no confidence in the government. Picture: AFP

    May seeks more time to find Brexit deal, tells lawmakers: Hold your nerve

    The United Kingdom is on course to leave the European Union on 29 March without a deal unless May can persuade the bloc to amend the divorce deal she agreed last year and get it approved by British lawmakers.

    1231 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London after winning a confidence vote on 12 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    Britain's May seeks more time from MPs for Brexit talks

    Businesses and governments are on edge because Britain is just weeks away from its scheduled departure from the European project after 46 years and still has no firm arrangements in place.

    1233 days ago
  • Britain PM Theresa May addresses lawmakers in parliament. Picture: @ukparliament/Facebook.com

    UK says may have to delay Brexit to pass necessary laws

    The government is considering extending parliamentary hours and cancelling the February holiday of MPs to allow more time to debate Brexit legislation.

    1243 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on 9 January 2019. Picture: AFP.

    British lawmakers instruct May to change Brexit deal; EU says 'No'

    Two weeks after overwhelmingly rejecting May’s Brexit deal, parliament backed a proposal intended to send her back to Brussels with a stronger mandate to seek changes that were more likely to win their support.

    1245 days ago
  • FILE: Brexit. Picture: Facebook

    British MPs to examine life after Brexit for finance sector

    Finance is Britain’s biggest tax raising sector, earning government coffers more than 70 billion pounds each year, and the EU is the sector’s largest single customer.

    1250 days ago
  • FILE: Brexit in the EU referendum. Picture: Facebook.

    Momentum gathers behind British MPs' bid to stop no-deal Brexit

    Prime Minister Theresa May is battling to break the deadlock after last week’s crushing defeat of her two-year attempt to forge an orderly divorce raised the prospect of an exit without a deal.

    1251 days ago
  • FILE: Brexit. Picture: Facebook

    Regretful Brexit backers lobby for another vote

    These "Remainer Now" voters, former Brexit supporters, are adding their voices to the chorus of calls for a second referendum amid political paralysis in Britain over the issue.

    1256 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she speaks during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on 16 January 2019, ahead of a debate and vote on a motion of no confidence in the government. Picture: AFP

    UK PM May reaches out to rivals in Brexit deadlock

    With the clock ticking, May has appealed to opposition leaders to meet for cross-party talks before she presents an alternative proposal to parliament on Monday.

    1257 days ago
  • By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    [CARTOON] They have your back, Theresa!

    By Dr Jack & Curtis.

    1258 days ago
  • A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacting as Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn informs the MPs that he has tabled a vote of no confidence in the Government in the House of Commons in London on 15 January 2019, after MPs voted to reject the government's Brexit deal. Picture: AFP

    Europe reacts to Brexit deal defeat

    The EU and European governments have warned that the British parliament’s rejection of a Brexit deal heightens the risk of a disorderly withdrawal from the bloc.

    1258 days ago
  • German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Picture: United Nations Photo

    Germany sees no reason to delay Brexit

    The centre-left Social Democratic Party politician added that he hoped a no-confidence vote on Wednesday fails to topple PM Theresa May’s government.

    1258 days ago
  • FILE: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: @10DowningStreet/Twitter.

    [EXPLAINER] What next for Brexit? Three main scenarios

    Here are the three main scenarios facing Britain while the clock ticks down to 29 March 2019, the day it is scheduled to depart the EU after 46 years.

    1259 days ago
  • British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) hold a joint press conference at 10 Downing Street in central London on 10 January 2019 following talks. Picture: AFP

    After meeting May, Japan's Abe says world does not want no-deal Brexit

    Some of Japan’s leading companies in Britain have warned that a no-deal Brexit could be a disaster. After meeting May in London, Abe said it was scenario no one wanted to see.

    1264 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    Most of May's Conservative Party members oppose her Brexit deal - survey

    The survey of 1,215 Conservative Party members found 59% opposed May’s deal, with 38% in favour.

    1271 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    May to speak to EU leaders this week over Brexit - FT

    May is seeking assurances that a so-called backstop plan, aimed at avoiding a hard Irish border, will be time-limited, the 'Financial Times' said.

    1272 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London after winning a confidence vote on 12 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    More work to do on Brexit assurances, says May's spokeswoman

    Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokeswoman said that she had spoken to other EU leaders over the Christmas holiday.

    1274 days ago
  • Britain's Queen Elizabeth delivers her Christmas message on 25 December 2018. Picture: @RoyalFamily/Twitter

    Queen warns of 'tribalism' in Christmas address

    The tone of the 92-year-old monarch's annual TV appearances reflected a sombre mood sweeping the island nation as it ponders the perils of leaving the European project after 46 years in March.

    1280 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    EU gives May assurances on Brexit, but cold comfort

    The leaders, meeting over dinner in Brussels, were responding to a plea from May, 24 hours after she survived a bid in her own party to oust her.

    1292 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London after winning a confidence vote on 12 December 2018. Picture: AFP

    'Lame duck for Christmas': UK papers see pyrrhic win for PM

    Theresa May heads back to Brussels on Thursday in a long-shot bid to wrest concessions that could win her some additional votes.

    1292 days ago
  • FILE: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    It’s my deal, no deal or no Brexit at all, says Theresa May

    British PM repeatedly sidestepped questions on whether she would delay the 11 December vote but did hint at possible concessions on the Northern Irish backstop.

    1299 days ago
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