In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips
The PM is promising to strengthen EU ties at a time when the eurosceptic Reform party is on the rise.
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UK, EU reach landmark deal: All you need to know
The new deal will allow EU boats to continue fishing in UK waters before the first post-Brexit UK-EU summit.
Kemi Badenoch: UK Conservatives’ new leader fighting ‘left-wing nonsense’
She was a passionate supporter of Brexit and threw her weight behind the much-maligned Rwanda deportation scheme.
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Britain’s Starmer in Brussels for talks on EU reset
The British PM ruled out any return to the EU’s single market, its customs union or freedom of movement arrangements.
Britain’s Conservatives trounced in local elections as Labour makes gains
Discontent with Conservative Party sees loss of hundreds of seats while Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins London mayoral race.
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Why are British farmers pleading for a universal basic income?
Brexit spelled the end of EU subsidies, leaving farmers with ‘raw deal’ from the UK government.
Northern Ireland agreement could end deadlock, restore government
The political deadlock in the region began after the UK left the European Union.
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Forced to become British: How Brexit created a new European diaspora
Many European residents felt compelled to seek citizenship, but the Britons that Brexit made are not like the rest.
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Number of Britons regretting Brexit hits new record high: Survey
About 57 percent of Britons tell YouGov pollsters the decision to leave the EU in 2016 was the wrong one.
Northern Ireland’s DUP to vote against new Brexit deal with EU
In blow to Prime Minister Sunak, Unionist leader says ‘imposition of EU law’ on Northern Ireland has not been resolved.
EXPLAINER
What’s in the post-Brexit deal agreed by the UK and EU?
New agreement on trading rules for N Ireland removes ‘any sense of a border in the Irish Sea’, UK PM Rishi Sunak says.
