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Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever. YouGov polling on Wednesday showed the number of Brits who think leaving the EU was a good idea is at ...
Brexit (/ ˈ b r ɛ k s ɪ t, ˈ b r ɛ ɡ z ɪ t /, [1] a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Following a referendum held in the UK on 23 June 2016, Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).
The Brexit plan, officially known as The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union (Cm 9417), was a UK Government white paper laying out the approach on the upcoming negotiations the Government was intending to take once Article 50 had been triggered as well as laying out the new partnership once the United Kingdom had left the European Union following the outcome ...
Part of a series of articles on Brexit Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms Background European Communities Act 1975 EC membership referendum UK rebate Bruges speech No. No. No. Maastricht Rebels Black Wednesday European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 European Union Act 2011 UK opt-outs from EU legislation Euroscepticism in the UK UK opinion polling on EU ...
On January 1 a new series of rules come into place for goods shipped to the UK as part of the post-Brexit trade agreement.
Between 2017 and 2019, representatives of the United Kingdom and the European Union negotiated the terms of Brexit, the UK's planned withdrawal from membership of the EU.. These negotiations arose following the decision of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which in turn followed the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016 in which ...
Chequers—the official country residence of the prime minister since 1921—where the Brexit proposals were agreed by the Cabinet. The Chequers plan, officially known as The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (Cm 9593), was a UK Government white paper concerning Brexit, published on 12 July 2018 by the prime minister, Theresa May.
On 29 November, the Bank of England's Mark Carney said, with reference to Bank stress tests in event of Brexit, "In the disorderly Brexit scenario, the term premium on UK government bond yields rises by 100 bp. And as the sterling risk premium increases, sterling falls by 25%, in addition to the 9% it has already fallen since the May 2016 ...