Bradley says draft Brexit deal offers safeguards around backstopDUP’s Jim Shannon claims the endorsement of the deal by the Ulster Farmers’ Union had not been cleared at the highest levelWed Nov 21 2018 - 18:59
May warns Brexiteers they could jeopardise UK’s departure from EUBritish prime minister rejects calls to renegotiate draft withdrawal agreementWed Nov 21 2018 - 16:39
£12bn in Libyan funds cannot be used to compensate IRA Semtex victimsIan Paisley says victims of attacks using Libyan-supplied explosive will die without receiving damagesTue Nov 20 2018 - 20:15
Quelling of Conservative rebellion is May’s latest Brexit missionTechnological border and another shot at negotiating at summit are UK delusionsTue Nov 20 2018 - 20:05
Technology suggested as Border solution as May woos EuroscepticsRees-Mogg admits failure to get 48 MPs’ signatures needed for PM confidence voteTue Nov 20 2018 - 19:06
May lobbies business on Brexit deal amid split in partyDowning Street insists draft agreement covers Gibraltar as Spain demands vetoMon Nov 19 2018 - 19:10
May to emphasise immigration control in selling Brexit dealNo preferential treatment for EU citizens after Brexit, UK prime minister saysMon Nov 19 2018 - 09:30
Embattled May fights on in bid to deliver Brexit dealConcern in Dublin for May’s prospects as ministers resign and MPs move to oust herThu Nov 15 2018 - 22:49
Theresa May defends Brexit deal after two cabinet ministers resign‘My approach throughout has been to put the national interest first’Thu Nov 15 2018 - 20:25
Theresa May stands forlorn as MPs line up to attack her Brexit dealLondon Letter: Parliamentary arithmetic suggests deal will be defeated in December voteThu Nov 15 2018 - 20:00
May faces party revolt after winning cabinet backing for Brexit dealProtocol on Northern Ireland provides backstop guarantee that will safeguard a soft borderThu Nov 15 2018 - 00:34
Angry Tory Brexiteers and DUP present a danger to May’s planPM faces grim parliamentary arithmetic that offers no apparent route to victoryWed Nov 14 2018 - 22:36
May wins her cabinet over by pointing to grim alternatives to her proposalReport claims 10 ministers spoke out against prime minister’s deal at cabinet meetingWed Nov 14 2018 - 22:00
Conservative Brexiteer says deal ‘puts us in a position worse than EU membership’Former Brexit minister Steve Baker predicts if the deal is put to a vote in the Commons dozens of Conservative MPs will vote against itTue Nov 13 2018 - 22:24
May to chair emergency cabinet meeting to discuss draft Brexit dealTaoiseach and Tánaiste meet officials to discuss text agreed by negotiatorsTue Nov 13 2018 - 22:19
May reliant on key cabinet members to back Brexit dealSupport of attorney general and Brexit secretary crucial to prime minister’s strategyTue Nov 13 2018 - 20:59
Brexit: EU and UK agree draft withdrawal dealFoster says NI trade rules being set in Brussels would be ‘democratically unacceptable’Tue Nov 13 2018 - 16:36
Common Travel Area 'may need new treaty' after BrexitTheresa May says speculation about an imminent breakthrough in talks is prematureTue Nov 13 2018 - 00:10
Obstacles remain as May labels Brexit process ‘immensely difficult’Downing Street given Wednesday deadline if Brexit summit to be held by November’s endMon Nov 12 2018 - 21:30
Clock is ticking for Theresa May and Brexit backstopIf there is no breakthrough by Wednesday evening a deal will have to wait until December 13thMon Nov 12 2018 - 20:42
Cross-party MPs vow to block May proposals on Brexit dealConservative Brexiteers and pro-Europeans opposing stance on EU customs arrangementMon Nov 12 2018 - 01:00
Brexit: Downing Street rejects DUP’s ‘betrayal’ claimsMay’s letter ‘raises alarm bells’ for those who value the integrity of the union, says FosterSat Nov 10 2018 - 00:55
Theresa May faces showdown with DUP over Brexit backstop planArlene Foster accuses British PM of breaking promises over proposal for Northern IrelandSat Nov 10 2018 - 00:52
May’s Brexit promise cannot be a watertight guaranteeBritain wants a UK-wide customs arrangement to be written into the legally-binding withdrawal agreementFri Nov 09 2018 - 20:14
Conservatives’ fear of a no-deal Brexit may help Theresa May seal a dealDowning Street will seek a UK-wide customs backstop, which will alarm BrexiteersFri Nov 09 2018 - 01:00
London and Dublin cautious on prospect of Brexit accordCoveney warns agreement within UK cabinet not same as overall member state approvalThu Nov 08 2018 - 21:08
Calls for May to publish attorney general’s advice on backstopUK cabinet likely to sign off on a Brexit withdrawal agreement within a weekWed Nov 07 2018 - 19:09
UK cabinet could agree to backstop review dealEU believes movement on Border issue this week would allow for November summitTue Nov 06 2018 - 20:47
May’s cabinet to discuss Brexit talks amid standoff over backstopBrexit secretary Dominic Raab dismisses reports he is on the verge of resigning over backstopTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00
Coveney says backstop that can be ended unilaterally by Britain is not a backstopMay’s spokesman declines to say if Britain is seeking a system of third-party arbitration to determine when the backstop should endTue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00
May's backstop plan needed by next week, Government saysTaoiseach underlines ‘consistent’ stance on Border in call with British prime ministerTue Nov 06 2018 - 00:05
Key Leave campaign sponsor says he would now vote to RemainArron Banks claims the ‘sewer’ of British politics is unleashing ‘demons’ over BrexitSun Nov 04 2018 - 20:21
If there is a Brexit deal this is what it will look likeDeal would see EU writing the outline of a bare-bones customs union covering all the UKSat Nov 03 2018 - 06:00
My barber not the only one unsure what will happen here post-BrexitLondon Letter: Britain’s policy seems to be puzzling immigration minister Nokes tooFri Nov 02 2018 - 01:00
Arron Banks referred to UK crime agency over Brexit campaign fundingElectoral Commission refers Leave campaigner after investigation into referendum fundingThu Nov 01 2018 - 13:00
Raab indicates he expects Brexit deal by November 21stDiscussions to resume in earnest next week in an effort to find a breakthroughWed Oct 31 2018 - 21:45
Animal population has fallen 60% in last 40 years, report statesHumankind ‘sleepwalking to a cliff edge’ as biodiversity loss threatens people’s futuresTue Oct 30 2018 - 20:24
No-deal Brexit haunts Hammond’s budgetAnalysis: Proposed tax on tech giants is a backstop plan to a similar EU planMon Oct 29 2018 - 19:04
Tech giants face new digital services tax in UK from 2020Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond declares era of austerity at ‘an end’Mon Oct 29 2018 - 18:26
Lack of trust between EU and Britain emerging as issue in backstop talksLondon Letter: Fears Britain could seek to use Border issue for trade deal leverageFri Oct 26 2018 - 01:00
Brexit: Tory MP says Ireland will suffer most if Calais enforces go-slow‘Biggest impact would be on trade with Ireland that passes through this country’Thu Oct 25 2018 - 18:40
Theresa May’s ‘killing zone’ turns out to be a petting zooBritish PM survives 1922 Committee meeting but Brexit mutiny is still in the airThu Oct 25 2018 - 08:54
MPs vote to monitor how NI’s rights comply with rest of UKNorth moves a step closer to abortion rights and marriage equalityWed Oct 24 2018 - 21:45
Theresa May gets support from backbenchers despite Brexit disquietBritish prime minister receives warm reception from Conservative 1922 CommitteeWed Oct 24 2018 - 20:32
Brexit: May’s challengers may be close to triggering confidence votePM’s spokesman brushes aside report that EU ready to offer UK-wide customs backstopTue Oct 23 2018 - 20:28
Taoiseach has ‘every confidence’ in UK commitment to backstop‘Britain is an important country, a serious country, a great country with great history’Tue Oct 23 2018 - 13:14
Defiant May sets out four backstop solutions – with room to manoeuvreImmediate threat to May’s leadership recedes as she delivers carefully crafted speechTue Oct 23 2018 - 04:00
Theresa May calls for UK-EU joint customs territoryBrexit withdrawal text must include Northern Ireland backstop, say EU negotiatorsMon Oct 22 2018 - 20:31
UK will not renege on backstop commitment, says BradleyNorthern Secretary claims government plans to stick to December agreement over BorderMon Oct 22 2018 - 16:46
Coveney: UK repudiating Border pledge ‘not going to fly’Tánaiste alludes to no deal after Brexit secretary Raab suggests backstop ‘alternative’Mon Oct 22 2018 - 13:48