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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union on Saturday requesting a delay to Brexit but he also sent another message in which he stated he did not want the extension, a government source said. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to head for the

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts his last-minute Brexit deal to a vote in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday, a day of reckoning that could decide the course of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to head for the

LONDON (Reuters) – When Elton John was working on his new autobiography, the legendary singer, songwriter and performer pulled out diaries he had been encouraged to write during a stint in rehab. One entry read like this: “Got up, tidied the house, bought a Rolls Royce, had dinner, wrote ‘Candle in the Wind,’ had dinner

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Brexit deal that Britain has struck with the European Union faces a big hurdle in a vote in the country’s parliament on Saturday but its approval is better than

LONDON (Reuters) – British shoppers grew more cautious about their spending in the three months to September despite rising wages, official figures showed on Thursday, raising concerns about the health of the economy in the run-up to Brexit. People shopping on Oxford Street in central London, Britain, December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Files Consumer spending has

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at Downing Street in London, Britain October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will go to Brussels early Thursday in a move to have some useful meetings for a Brexit deal, Beth Rigby, Sky News political

A British Union Jack flag is seen during a plenary session on preparations for the next EU leaders’ summit, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Files BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks between the EU and Britain to seal a Brexit divorce deal this week have hit a “standstill”, according to sources

DUBLIN (Reuters) – The small Northern Irish party supporting Britain’s minority government insisted on Tuesday that the region must remain within the United Kingdom customs union as part of any Brexit deal and not have to follow tariffs set by the European Union. FILE PHOTO: DUP leader Arlene Foster speaks at a Bruges Group event

LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers have not yet stockpiled groceries ahead of Brexit though they are considering doing so, market researcher Kantar said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A woman shops at a Sainsbury’s store in London, Britain December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo It said a quarter of UK shoppers say they are thinking about

(Reuters) – The parents of a British teenager killed in a car crash involving a U.S. diplomat’s wife vowed on Monday to keep fighting until they get justice for their son after the American woman returned to the United States following the accident. FILE PHOTO: Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, parents of Harry Dunn, leave

LONDON (Reuters) – A British employers’ group criticized on Monday what it said would be the “beyond eye-watering” cost of the opposition Labour Party’s plans to return utilities, train companies and the Royal Mail to public ownership. FILE PHOTO: Postal workers move mail bags from a van at a Royal Mail sorting office in Altrincham

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet on Sunday a last-minute Brexit deal was still possible but there was significant work to be done to reach one, as intensive talks with the European Union entered their most critical stage. In a pivotal week that could decide the future of Brexit and

FILE PHOTO: Leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, delivers a speech during a visit to Chingford, London, Britain September 28, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson (Reuters) – UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he is unlikely to support a deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union, Sky News reported

LONDON (Reuters) – A mooted eleventh-hour solution to the deadlock over Brexit cannot work because Northern Ireland must remain in a full United Kingdom customs union, the deputy leader of the province’s key political party said on Saturday. Deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party Nigel Dodds walks in Whitehall in London, Britain, September 3,

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British police said five people had been injured after a man lunged at passers-by with a large knife in a shopping centre in northern England on Friday in a “brutal” attack officers were treating as terrorism. The man attacked people around him and chased two unarmed officers shortly after entering Manchester’s

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain agreed on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days in a bid to secure a deal over Britain’s departure from the bloc, but arrangements over British-Irish border controls remain at issue, the EU said. Britain’s Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay poses with European Union’s chief