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Theresa May seeks more time, promises Brexit deal vote by March 12
After MPs rejected her withdrawal deal last month, May is seeking ways to address their concerns about its most controversial element, the so-called Irish backstop clause
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With looming Brexit strains, Anglo-Irish relations are 'fraying'
In the tortured history between the two island nations, Brexit is just the latest in a long line of perceived slights the Irish have suffered at the hands of the British
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Brexit could lead to shortage of professional labour force in UK
The UK government called meetings in recent weeks as Brexit jeopardises the already depleted number of workers needed to dig up roads and overhaul the country's out-of-date broadband network
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UK considers ex-convicts to deal with shortage of workers after EU divorce
The latest migration figures show workers from the rest of the EU are now already leaving the U.K. in droves
3 UK Conservatives quit party, call Theresa May's Brexit 'disastrous'
With only 37 days until Britain leaves the EU, its biggest foreign and trade policy shift in more than 40 years, divisions over Brexit are redrawing the political landscape.
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Seven Labour MPs protest James Corbyn's leadership, quit party over Brexit
Though the full implications remain unclear, the split has the potential to complicate Prime Minister Theresa May's task of getting her deal with Brussels through Parliament
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Can technology untie Brexit knot at Irish border where wifi doesn't work?
The EU maintains the so-called backstop, a guarantee in the Brexit deal which binds Northern Ireland closely to the bloc, is needed
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Firms test 'airbags' to mitigate a Brexit crash 40 days ahead of deadline
Businesses and the EU's executive have ramped up planning for a no-deal Brexit
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EU's door is 'always open': Fresh Brexit talks in Brussels next week
Prime Minister Theresa May is also expected in Brussels next week, but he visit has not been confirmed
UK's lamb chops may lose their market in case of a no-deal Brexit
UK farmers export about a third of the lamb they produce, and almost all of that heads to the EU, particularly France and Germany
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More Brexit humiliation for Theresa May as parliament defeats her again
Lawmakers defeated the government 303-258 on the main motion asking them to reaffirm support for her plan to seek changes
Brexiters, Singapore-on-Thames is a fantasy
The state's dominance makes negotiating free-trade agreements much easier than it would be in a post-Brexit UK
UK inflation falls to 2-yr low, offers relief to households before Brexit
Consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 1.8%, down from December's 2.1%, as a new government cap on household power bills kicked in
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No-deal Brexit could put 600,000 jobs worldwide at risks, says study
Some 103,000 jobs would be under threat in Europe's largest economy Germany and 50,000 in France.
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Brexit: Theresa May seeks more time from MPs to secure concessions from EU
The UK parliament last month roundly rejected a Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May had sealed with the remaining 27 EU leaders
Explainer: How will finance work if there is a no-deal Brexit?
British asset managers feared that a no-deal Brexit would stop them from managing funds listed in Luxembourg, Dublin and elsewhere in Europe
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Theresa May takes Brexit backstop battle to Brussels, but with little hope
'I've been wondering what that special place in hell looks like, for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely,' Donald Tusk said
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Romancing Brexit, then and now
Romancing the idea of Brexit is quite different from 'Brexit Romance', as depicted by Clementine Beauvais in her novel
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Nissan cancels investment plan for UK plant, cites uncertainty after Brexit
Nissan had announced in 2016 that it planned to build the X-Trail SUV in Sunderland.
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UK Parliament's 'astonishing' pile of paperwork may delay Brexit deadline
Britain, the world's fifth largest economy, is due to leave the European Union on March 29
