#UK: Scottish MP Says Scottish Entry To EU Would "Put Rocket Boosters" On Economy

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Joining the European Union as an independent nation would “put rocket boosters” on Scotland’s coronavirus recovery, a senior SNP MP has claimed.

Alyn Smith, the party’s foreign affairs spokesman, said that currently firms were having to try to survive the Covid-19 pandemic at the same time as coping with the fallout from Brexit.

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#UK: Gov't Adopts New Anti-Corruption Sanctions Program

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The government of the UK has  adopted new sanctions program designed to more closely resemble that of the US, rather than the EU, which UK left recently.

The new regulations are designed to target individuals involved in serious corruption and prevent them from entering the UK or using the UK financial system. To date, 22 individuals have been designated. 

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 enable the UK government to designate persons where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are, or have been, involved in "serious corruption", which covers bribery involving foreign public officials and misappropriation of property by foreign public officials.

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#EU: European Parliament Approves #Brexit Trade Deal With UK

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The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union, clearing the last hurdle towards full ratification of the accord.

EU lawmakers backed the trade and cooperation agreement by 660 votes to five, with 32 abstentions.

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#UK: Final Brexit Deal Reached Between UK And EU

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The EU and UK have reached a post-Brexit trade deal, ending months of disagreements over fishing rights and future business rules.

At a Downing Street press conference, Boris Johnson said: "We have taken back control of our laws and our destiny."

The text of the agreement has yet to be released, but the PM claimed it was a "good deal for the whole of Europe."

Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer - who campaigned against Brexit - said his party would vote for the deal in the Commons, ensuring it will pass.

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#ITALY: EU Braces For More "Brexits" As Italians Vent Anger

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Brexit has appeared to spark those wishing to leave the EU in Italy into action, after a campaigner exclusively told Express.co.uk of a plot to see the country exit the bloc in less than two years.

Euronews recently reported that among voters in the EU’s “Big Four” of Italy, Germany, France and Spain, polling had found that Italians were the “most in favor of leaving the EU in five years’ time if Brexit is seen to be benefiting the UK, with 45% either agreeing or strongly agreeing with the idea."

Italexit Party spokesman Sergio Montanaro told there Express UK newspaper how they plan to take Rome out of the bloc in "less than two years".

He said: "Our goal is to leave the EU because it is possible. It is about political will. The Italian people, just like the British, want to get out of this cage."

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#UK: Senior Johnson Advisor Cummings Quits

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Boris Johnson's right-hand man Dominic Cummings has left Downing Street after a power struggle that has rocked the prime minister's administration.

Johnson's senior advisor exited Number 10 carrying a large box on Friday evening following a bitter dispute which also led to the resignation of Mr Cummings' fellow Vote Leave veteran Lee Cain as communications chief.

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#UK: Nigel Farage Will Launch Brexit Party As "Reform Party"

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Nigel Farage, the man who spearheaded the Brexit campaign, is set to relaunch the Brexit Party as the Reform Party, as more and more ordinary Britons begin to doubt Boris Johnson’s ability to maintain order and deliver a suitable Brexit deal.

The Reform Party, which Farage formally registered last December, will seek to abolish the House of Lords, change Britain’s voting system, and to ensure that Boris Johnson delivers a proper Brexit that’s approved by the people who voted for it.

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#UK: Parliament Begins Debate On Post-Brexit Immigration Bill

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New immigration legislation now being debated in Parliament will focus on putting EU citizens wanting to move to the country on an equal footing with other nationalities, and will end the free movement of EU citizens into the UK, something that existed before Brexit.

But it will also pave the way for the government to introduce a new points-based system, which some say will affect the ability of care workers to come to the UK.

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#BELGIUM: New Law Would Ensure Employment Continuity In Case EU Negotiations With UK Fail Over Brexit

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The federal parliament has approved a bill intended to ensure the continuity of employment in Belgium in the event of a h" Brexit.

The terms of the UK leaving the European Union are being negotiated currently, and are expected to be finished by December of this year.

The new law contains a series of measures designed to prepare the country for the eventuality that the United Kingdom will definitively leave the European Union at the end of the transition period in December without having reached an agreement with the EU.

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#UK: Former PM Tony Blair Backs Boris On Brexit, Warns Of Labour Lurch To The Left

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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has revealed that he supports Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans as the former Labour Party leader said the party should forget about campaigning to rejoin the European Union.

Labour party has to understand its own history. "has to understand its own history," and take lessons from that history if it hopes to win in the future.

"It’s never won when it’s been on the far left, never." Blair is a bit of a lightning rod within his own party, reviled by the Left for being too centrist and supporting the USA during war in Iraq. He served as prime minister for 10 years and as head of his party for 13.

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#UK: Parliament Votes To Leave The EU On January 31st

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By a majority of 124, Britain's parliament has voted to leave the European Union on January 31st. The vote comes after an election largely on the issue of Brexit, held up for three years by a deeply divide parliament after the 2016 referendum.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the country was now "one step closer to getting Brexit done."

With a strong Conservative majority committed to implementing the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated with the EU this fall, the measure had little trouble passing this parliament. The UK Labour Party suffered its worst defeat in over 70 years in the Dec. 12th election, after months of delaying tactics and a muddled message on how to proceed with the issue of Brexit.

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#UK: PM Boris Johnson And His Conservatives Win Huge Electoral Victory

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to deliver Brexit and repay the trust of voters after he led the Conservatives to an historic general election win and yesterday's UK election.

The prime minister - who has met the Queen to ask to form a new government - has a House of Commons majority of 78, with one seat still to declare. His party has won 365 of 650 seats in parliament, with Labour holding only 203, a devastating loss of 59 seats.

He said he would work "flat out" and lead a "people's government," and said that he was grateful for all the Labour Party voters who crossed the aisle to vote for him and the Conservatives.

Jeremy Corbyn said he would not fight another election as Labour's Party Leader, amid recriminations over the party's defeat.

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#UK: Britain Goes To The Polls To Elect A Parliament; Will Determine Future Of Brexit

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Millions of Britons go to the polls today to elect a new parliament. At stake is the future of Brexit, the exit of the UK from the European Union, supported by the Conservative and Brexit parties and oppose by the Liberal Democrats and many in the Labour Party, who would call for a second referendum to put the question before voters a again.

The Conservatives lost their majority in the General Election on June 8, 2017 - and now Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be hoping to restore his party's dominance against Jeremy Corbyn's Labour. In the past two years, the Conservatives have been hampered by opposition parties in bringing Brexit to a conclusion, despite over 17 million people voting for it in 2016.

The Labour Party has trailed in most polls, with Leader Jeremy Corbyn facing low personal approval ratings. But the upstart Brexit Party could split the pro-Brexit vote and hand Labour some victories today.

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#UK: Johnson Blames Labour Party For Brexit Uncertainty As UK Election Campaign Kicks Off

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson kicked off the UK's election today by saying "hundreds of billions" in pent up investment will be poured into the UK if British voters put their trust in the Conservative Party at the general election. Johnson voiced his frustration at parliament interfering with government plans to take the UK out of the European Union and said a Conservative Party majority after the December 12th election would put an end to the uncertainty. Speaking outside of his official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, the Prime Minister said: "This delay is now bad for the country and for the economy."

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#UK: Poll Shows Johnson's Conservatives Ahead; Labour Being Dragged Down By Leader Corbyn

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to win a Parliamentary majority in the December 12th national election which would give him the leeway he needs to get his Brexit deal through the House of Commons, a pollster has predicted.

Chris Hopkins, head of politics at ComRes, made his remarks after the publication of its latest Voting Intention poll, suggesting Johnson’s Conservative Party currently enjoys an eight point lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, a fact he attributed partly retaining the Leave vote better than Labour was managing to retain the Remain vote. Hopkins added negative perceptions of Corbyn himself appear to be hampering his party’s chances - with significantly more people saying they would like to have Christmas dinner with the prime minister.

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UK: Parliament Set To Approve December Election With Labour Party Backing

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The UK looks set for a December general election after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced his party was dropping it's opposition to an early evening and is ready to fight the "most radical campaign ever."

Corbyn said his condition of taking a no-deal Brexit off the table had now been met after the EU agreed to extend the deadline until January 31, 2020.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson can only hold an election with the support of MPs - who have blocked it three times.

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#UK: Corbyn Appeals To Oppo. Parties, Cons. Rebels, For "No Confidence" Vote In Johnson Gov't

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Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has urged the leaders of the other opposition parties and Tory rebels to install him as caretaker PM in order to stop a no-deal Brexit.

If he wins a no confidence vote in the government, the Labour leader plans to delay Brexit, call a snap election and campaign for another referendum.

But Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson said she would not support making Corbyn prime minister.
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#UK: Wales Special Election Loss For Conservatives Narrows Majority To One Seat

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The Liberal Democratic party has won a special election in Wales, giving Boris Johnson his first loss just days into his term as prime minister.

Welch Liberal Democratic party leader Jane Dodds defeated Conservative Chris Davies by just over 5%, or 1,425 votes.

Davies was ousted last month after nearly 20% of his constituents signed a petition in uproar at his conviction for faking expenses claims.

His loss means that the Conservatives have a majority of just one seat in the House of Commons. The pro-EU Liberal Democrat has vowed to oppose Johnson's "no deal" Brexit plans.

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#UK: Boris Johnson Is New Conservative Leader And Prime Minister, Inherits Brexit Mess

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Boris Johnson today declared himself "The Dude" after Conservative voters elected him as their party's leader and the next Prime Minister after defeating Foreign  Minister Jeremy Hunt in a landslide.

The new Tory leader will have just 100 days to deliver on his do-or-die promise to take Britain out of the EU on October 31 - after winning twice as many votes as his rival.

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#UK: Anti-Brexit Change UK Party Loses 6 of Its 11 MPs

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Six of the 11 members of parliament who formed the Change UK Party (The Independent Group) last month to contest the European elections have left the new party. Only five remain in the Anti-Brexit party.

MP Anna Soubry has become the Leader of the party, which was founded just three months ago and failed to won any seats in the May

EU Parliamentary elections. However, she says they will continue on as a party.

In a statement posted on the party's Twitter account, Soubry wrote: "We registered as a political party to stand in the European elections but it was never our sole purpose. It is vital we continue leading on the fight against a damaging Brexit, pressing for a People’s Vote & being prepared to revoke Article 50."

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