European Union

Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green on Brexit.

Britain faces a “very hard Brexit”, according to the Norwegian prime minister who’s warned the UK has difficult task in negotiating its departure from the EU because it lacks the right experience.  The criticism comes just after the appointment of Britain’s new EU ambassador.

In the last hour, the Foreign Office has confirmed that Britain has a new Ambassador to the EU. Just a day after Sir Ivan Rogers suddenly resigned from the job, Theresa May has appointed another career diplomat, Sir Tim Barrow, to take over the post.

Interview with former Lib Dem leader and current Europe spokesman, Nick Clegg.

Interview with former Ukip leader Nigel Farage.

He was Britain’s top man in Brussels. One of the country’s most experienced EU negotiators, he had been earmarked to play a key role in this year’s Brexit talks. But today Sir Ivan Rogers stunned the political world by announcing his resignation.

If the world’s major institutions are looking distinctly creaky, so too is the European Union, heading for an uncertain future after Brexit. Britain’s hopes of forging new, independent relationships with the rest of the world were given a boost by Australia, whose high commissioner to the UK promised a new trade deal would be reached quickly.

The Mayor of Eastern Aleppo told European Leaders at their summit in Brussels that more action is needed to save civilians in his city.  But the situation in Syria was just one item on the European Council’s agenda – with the migrant crisis and the situation in Ukraine taking up much of the meeting.

Should the Government promise to safeguard the rights of EU citizens living in Britain before it begins Brexit negotiations? Until now, ministers have avoided giving such a commitment until they can be sure of reciprocal arrangements for Britons living elsewhere in the EU.

A little light has been shed today on the government’s “have cake and eat it” approach to Brexit negotiations. But it looks like we may have to pay for it first. The Brexit Secretary, David Davis suggested to MPs today that Ministers might be prepared to continue contributions to the EU to maintain access to…

Brexit could face a new legal challenge from a think tank which claims the UK could stay inside the single market, even if it leaves the European Union.

He’s a 62 year old French MP whose campaign slogan vowed to slash half a million public sector jobs over the next five years. This is former prime minister Francois Fillon, the man most likely to become the centre right’s presidential candidate, after winning a landslide in this weekend’s primary.

Business leaders are clamouring for certainty and a post-Brexit plan. Are they going to get it? Our Business Editor Siobhan Kennedy has been talking to some leading figures.