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Brexit and Dutch Exports: Fewer glasshouses, more glass towers as agri-food shrinks and finance gains

The Netherlands is likely to be one of the European countries that is going to be significantly affected by the United Kingdom’s planned departure from the European Union (Brexit).




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Brexit and the declining value of Britishness

‘Young Britons risk being excluded from Erasmus — and won’t have the luxury of taking migration for granted’




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Wanted: British export and innovation expertise post-Brexit

The UK needs new ideas and skills for expanding sales worldwide




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UK proves to be ‘unicorn’ haven despite Brexit fears

London remains pre-eminent European tech hub, but Paris, Berlin and others are also growing




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Coronavirus and hard Brexit — the last combination the UK needs

It’s hard to find a single trade type who thinks failing to agree an extension is anything but a potential disaster




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UK steps up plans to train 50,000 form fillers for post-Brexit trade

Gove unveils ‘customs agent academy’ and is talking to freight businesses




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StanChart pay row, Citigroup on Brexit and Facebook's Libra

David Crow and guests discuss Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' 'voluntary' pay cut after a dispute over his pension allowance, Citigroup's confidence in the City of London regardless of the outcome of Brexit, and gathering clouds for Facebook's much hyped digital currency, Libra. With special guest David Livingstone, chief executive of Citigroup in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.


Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

 

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Britain's Brexit gambit, Thiam ouster

Matthew Vincent and guests discuss revelations about the UK's opening gambit in seeking a deal on 'equivalence' with the EU, Tidjane Thiam's ouster from Credit Suisse, HSBC's delay in choosing a permanent chief executive, and challenger bank Starling's fund raising. With special guest Ann Boden, chief executive of Starling Bank.


Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

 

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The battle for the Brexit-backing north

Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports




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Election: Nigel Farage unveils Brexit party’s manifesto – as it happened

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

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Election: Tories promise new state aid system after Brexit — latest news

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

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Election: Brexit party MEPs defect and back Conservative party — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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General election 2019: Boris Johnson declares ‘powerful mandate to get Brexit done’ — as it happened

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

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UK election results: Boris Johnson says he has ‘stonking mandate’ on Brexit — as it happened

The Conservatives secure the biggest majority in parliament since Margaret Thatcher with Labour's 'red wall' crumbling; stocks in London surge while the pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its sharpest rally in nearly three years

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Saving the planet the Brexit way

EU has reservations about allowing Britain to link to its carbon cap-and-trade system after Brexit




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Boris Johnson's 100-day Brexit deadline

Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has set himself a 100-day deadline to achieve Brexit, with or without a deal with the European Union. Siona Jenkins discusses his chances of achieving this with Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent.


Contributors: Siona Jenkins, editor, UK news, Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

 

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The Brexit hopes of Britain's 'left behinds'

Many of those who voted to leave the European Union live in deprived towns and cities of the UK and were disillusioned with politics. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation teamed up with a think-tank, UK in a Changing Europe, to find out what policies they would like to see to improve their lives. Andy Bounds discusses the findings with Anand Menon, one of the report's authors. Read Andy's article here


Contributors: Andy Bounds, Enterprise Editor and North of England correspondent, and Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of the UK in a Changing Europe. Producer: Fiona Symon

 

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Brexit: the final chapter?

The stage has been set for the next, potentially decisive, act of Brexit after the UK parliament voted to back a December election and the EU formally signed off a delay to Britain’s departure until the end of January. David Bond discusses what happens next with Laura Hughes, parliamentary correspondent, and Sam Fleming, Brussels bureau chief.


Contributors: David Bond, Brexit editor, Laura Hughes, parliamentary correspondent, and Sam Fleming, Brussels bureau chief. Producers: Persis Love and Fiona Symon

 

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Crest Nicholson profits tumble after sales hit by Brexit paralysis

FTSE 250 housebuilder also takes charge for fire safety review after Grenfell tragedy




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Brexit solved with the sword of Damocles

The UK is being belligerent, the EU inflexible. But a deal can be done this year




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Looking beyond the Brexit gloom

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets




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Hedge funds calculate cliff-edge Brexit fears overdone

Lansdowne, Odey and Wadhwani among those betting on a revival of UK equities




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London market passes first post-Brexit test with £1.3bn listing

Smart meter group’s IPO boosts hopes of fundraising uptick after lacklustre 2019




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How to secure the EU’s post-Brexit future

Recognition of a two-speed Europe would help fix divides




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Why coronavirus is making me miss Brexit

In a choice between discussing the WTO and the WHO, I’d take a rules-of-origin trade debate any day




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Britain after Brexit will not be alone, but it will be lonelier

The UK is entering a new world, going its own way while superpowers dominate




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France is a big loser from Brexit

When Britain leaves, the power imbalance between Berlin and Paris will be laid bare




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UK election will not settle Brexit

Fundamental questions about the country’s direction will remain unanswered




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Realpolitik for post-Brexit Britain

The UK needs a hard-headed assessment of how to safeguard the national interest




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Memo to Brexiters — free trade is no vote winner

The aggregate gains are distributed unevenly — witness how well the top 1 per cent have done




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Johnson’s covert Brexit plan is self-isolation

The real story is that all traces of the EU are to be expunged from the public realm




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Scottish voters could back splitting from the UK after Brexit

The findings - by the pro EU Best for Britain - will fuel claims that pursuing a hard Brexit risks breaking up the United Kingdom. The poll found a 47-43 pro Independence split after Brexit.




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'Prophecy Prepper' spends thousands as he fears riots after Brexit

Mark McLean, 33, has spent more than £2,000 amassing food, a first aid kit, basic medications and camping gear. He currently lives in a Glasgow city centre flat but will live off the land when riots start.




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Premiership clubs look to increase overseas player quota next as Brexit puts Kolpak players at risk

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Some players from South Africa, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa will lose their right to work as the 2003 EU Association Agreement will not apply from December 31.




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Atletico Madrid 'facing Brexit headache over Kieran Trippier as already have three non-EU players'

The UK is set to formally complete their exit from the European Union at the start of 2021, which will see Trippier become a non-EU player.




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DOMINIC LAWSON: How anti-Brexit bigwigs have turned themselves into a laughing stock

Dominic Grieve is one of a number of former Tories telling people to vote 'tactically' to stop Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the EU on January 31, writes DOMINIC LAWSON.




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Premier League clubs beef up their global scouting departments ahead of post-Brexit regulations

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Premier League clubs have strengthened their global scouting teams as they prepare to take advantage of relaxed post-Brexit regulations on homegrown players.




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Caroline Lucas calls for emergency cabinet of top female politicians to block No-Deal Brexit

Caroline Lucas has written to ten female MPs calling for an all-women Cabinet. The Green MP proposes a cross-party female leadership team to deliver a new referendum after winning a confidence vote.




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Labour party holds talks with SNP to block No Deal Brexit and thwart plans for early election

Labour looked set to stop Boris Johnson's plans for an early election last night following talks with the SNP. The parties are thought to have agreed an election can only come after a Brexit extension.




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'They lost... suck it up': Piers Morgan rows with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon over Brexit

Piers Morgan challenged Nicola  Sturgeon to 'suck it up' comparing her defeat in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum to Scotland's rugby loss to Japan yesterday.




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Dominic Cummings warns Labour-SNP pact would 'sink Brexit'

In a dramatic intervention, Dominic Cummings said the General Election was 'much tighter' than the polls suggested and warned of a 'very real possibility of a hung parliament'.




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Nicola Sturgeon FINALLY waves the white flag: Scottish leader admits Brexit 'now seems inevitable'

The SNP leader made the admission as she addressed the Holyrood parliament and tore into the Prime Minister after his election win. The SNP itself now holds 47 of the 59 seats in Scotland.




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Jeremy Corbyn backs Brexit referendum and says Labour would support REMAIN

In a letter to party members the opposition leader said that the party would demand a new public vote on a Tory Brexit plan or a No Deal departure.




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MPs vote to STOP Boris Johnson suspending Parliament in run-up to Brexit

Philip Hammond is believed to be the first Chancellor to have ignored a three-line whip and not being sacked or forced to resign by the incumbent prime minister.




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Voters would prefer No Deal Brexit than for Jeremy Corbyn as PM

Some 48 per cent of people said they would rather the country left the EU without an agreement than for the Labour leader to get into Downing Street, the YouGov poll found.




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Corbyn invites Opposition and Tory rebels to Brexit No Deal meeting

Jeremy Corbyn wrote to opposition parties and Tory rebels inviting the SNP, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, the Greens, Change UK and five Conservatives to am August 27 meeting to stop No Deal.




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Boris Johnson accuses Jeremy Corbyn of 'frustrating Brexit'

Boris Johnson met Jeremy Corbyn for crisis talks this morning in an effort to agree a timetable for passing the deal.




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Labour seats where Brexit Party could win if Tories don't stand

He insisted Boris Johnson should be the one to make the next concession, as there were a number of Leave-leaning Labour strongholds where only the Brexit Party had a chance of winning.




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Labour hints it would KEEP freedom of movement after Brexit

Labour today hinted it would keep freedom of movement even if the UK leaves the European Union as Jeremy Corbyn again refused to say whether he was for or against Brexit.




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Nigel Farage's Brexit Party election 'contract' aims at Labour

Nigel Farage today unveiled his party's plans to allow voters to hold a Brexit referendum every ten years.