A Brussels-imposed deadline for solving a post-Brexit fishing dispute has passed without an agreement being announced. There had been suggestions on Friday that negotiations over fishing licences for small French boats in British waters could lead to a breakthrough. But there has been no announcement expected from the UK government as the midnight deadline came…
UK and Jersey Issue More Fishing Licences in Post-Brexit Row With France
The UK and Jersey governments have issued further licences to French fishing boats to trawl British waters in an apparent attempt to ease cross-Channel tensions. The Brussels-imposed deadline of midnight on Friday into Saturday for solving a post-Brexit fishing row passed without an agreement being announced. However, the UK government has since confirmed that talks…
Britain Delays Post-Brexit Import Trade Controls Again
LONDON—Britain has delayed the implementation of some post-Brexit import controls for a second time, saying it would phase in checks through next year rather than impose them now when industry supply chains are under strain. Britain left the European Union’s single market at the beginning of 2021 and the immediate introduction of checks on British…
EU Rejects Reworking Northern Ireland Deal, Urges Calmer Tone
BELFAST—The European Union rejected a British demand to renegotiate their deal governing the trading position of Northern Ireland, saying that to so would only bring instability and uncertainty. European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic, who oversees EU relations with post-Brexit Britain, said on Friday that the Northern Ireland protocol needed to be properly implemented. “A renegotiation…
Brexit Lorry Traffic Controls to Be Made Permanent
Lorry traffic controls designed to prevent post-Brexit disruption around the Port of Dover are to have their “sunset clauses” removed, allowing the emergency measures to be used indefinitely. It means that the implementation of a traffic reconfiguration to the M20 will be able to continue past its current Oct. 31 deadline once changes have been…
Vodafone Reintroduces Roaming Charges When Travelling Across Europe
Vodafone has become the latest mobile network to reintroduce roaming charges for Britons who travel to other countries in Europe. The post-Brexit blow means new and upgrading customers will have to pay up to £2 ($2.78) per day to use their monthly allowance of data, calls, and texts. Roaming fees when travelling across Europe ended…
UK’s Johnson Urges EU to Consider Post-Brexit Proposals Seriously
LONDON—Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday to consider seriously Britain’s proposals to change what he called the “unsustainable” way a Brexit deal is governing trade with Northern Ireland. Since it completed its exit from the EU at the end of last year, Britain’s ties with the bloc…
Britain Tells EU on Brexit Deal: It Wasn’t Going to Last Forever
LONDON—British Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on Thursday the European Union had been inflexible over renegotiating the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit divorce accord and cautioned Brussels that it was not a deal that would last for ever. “A deal is a deal but it wasn’t something that was going to last forever,” Kwarteng…
Full Brexit Checks Risk Becoming ‘Incendiary’ in Northern Ireland, M&S Says
LONDON—The introduction of full customs checks between Britain and Northern Ireland risks becoming “incendiary” when prices rise and favourite products fail to get through, one of the country’s biggest retailers said. Archie Norman, the chairman of Marks & Spencer, told BBC Radio that the planned introduction of full post-Brexit checks in October would be “business…
UK Set to Irk EU With Bid to Change Post-Brexit Trade Rules
LONDON—Tense post-Brexit relations between Britain and the European Union face further strain on Wednesday, when the UK calls for major changes to trade rules agreed on by both sides. Brexit minister David Frost will set out proposals for smoothing out trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK that has a land…
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