Feb 22 Ireland takes steps to offset damage of a potential ‘no deal’ Brexit By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Proposed legislation aims to prop up Irish businesses and ensure that citizens can still get health care and pension payments in the U.K. after Brexit. Continue reading
Feb 12 UK’s Theresa May asks lawmakers for more time on Brexit By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May urged restive lawmakers Tuesday to give her more time to rework a divorce agreement with the European Union, heightening concerns that Brexit uncertainty will continue right up to the edge of the U.K.'s departure on… Continue reading
Jan 28 UK lawmakers seek some control over Brexit with proposed amendments By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka, Associated Press Lawmakers threw out Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal two weeks ago and will debate and vote Tuesday on competing plans for what to do next. Continue reading
Jan 15 Parliament just rejected May’s Brexit deal. Now what? By Gretchen Frazee After lawmakers overwhelming voted against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, the nation has until March 29 to come up with an alternative. Continue reading
Jan 15 WATCH: UK lawmakers overwhelmingly reject Brexit deal By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka, Gregory Katz, Associated Press After more than two years of political upheaval, lawmakers voted against Prime Minister Theresa May's deal that provides a framework for the UK leaving the European Union. Continue reading
Jan 14 UK’s Theresa May implores lawmakers to back imperiled Brexit deal By Jill Lawless, Associated Press The British prime minister made a frantic last push Monday to swing lawmakers' support behind her seemingly doomed Brexit deal, warning that its defeat risked scuttling the U.K.'s departure from the European Union and "betraying the vote of the British… Continue reading
Jan 11 EU offers UK helping hand, but no reopening of Brexit deal By Raf Casert, Jill Lawless, Associated Press European Union officials are working with Britain on ways to help Prime Minister Theresa May avoid a no-deal British departure from the bloc, although an EU leader insisted Friday that his helping hand won't include any renegotiation of the Brexit… Continue reading
Dec 17 Britain’s Theresa May calls Brexit deal vote for week of Jan. 14 By Jill Lawless, Danica Kirka, Associated Press Opposition legislators — and many from May's Conservative Party — remain opposed to the deal and to the prime minister's handling of the Brexit negotiations. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 7:43 British police brace for backlash to Brexit vote By Malcolm Brabant As the British Parliament prepares to vote Tuesday on U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to exit from the European Union, police are taking precautions for what could be a violent backlash. To some, the vote is the biggest decision… Continue watching
Dec 05 UK accuses Facebook of giving certain companies preferential access to users’ data By Danica Kirka, Associated Press The U.K. Parliament committee says Facebook "whitelisted" or gave preferential access to certain companies, such as Airbnb and Netflix, even after the tech giant announced changes in 2015 to end access to a user's "friends." The allegations are based on… Continue reading