UK to spend millions to ease Brexit red tape for N Ireland
4 years, 4 months ago

UK to spend millions to ease Brexit red tape for N Ireland

Associated Press  

The British government will spend up 355 million pounds to help businesses in Northern Ireland deal with the red tape caused by Brexit, officials said Friday. The British government says these will be minimal, and is setting up a Trader Support Service to help Northern Ireland firms handle customs declarations and other paperwork involved in importing goods. On a visit to Northern Ireland, Minister Michael Gove, who is in charge of U.K. Brexit preparations, denied there would be “a border down the Irish Sea.” “Northern Ireland businesses, Northern Ireland people will continue to have totally unfettered access to the rest of the U.K,” he said, though he acknowledged there would be some new ”bureaucratic processes.” Friday’s announcements also include 300 million pounds for peace and reconciliation projects in Northern Ireland. Many in Northern Ireland worry that Brexit could undermine the peace process, which ended three decades of violence, by hardening the border with the Irish Republic.

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Brexit: Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU more than eight years after vote to leave
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Brexit: Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU more than eight years after vote to leave

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Brexit Britain is broken – but there’s a blueprint for the government to fix it
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Brexit Britain is broken – but there’s a blueprint for the government to fix it

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The Brexit bill: £100bn hit to UK exports as toy, medical kit and jewellery sales slump
10 months, 1 week ago

The Brexit bill: £100bn hit to UK exports as toy, medical kit and jewellery sales slump

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Irish and U.K. leaders are in Belfast to celebrate the end of Northern Ireland's political deadlock
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Irish and U.K. leaders are in Belfast to celebrate the end of Northern Ireland's political deadlock

The Hindu  

The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland went to Belfast on Monday to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government and bask in a good-news moment after two years of political crisis. The new administration is led by First Minister Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Fein, the party allied with the Irish Republican Army during Northern Ireland’s decades of violence known as …

Northern Ireland sees biggest strike in years as workers walk out over pay and political deadlock
11 months ago

Northern Ireland sees biggest strike in years as workers walk out over pay and political deadlock

Associated Press  

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Tens of thousands of public sector workers walked off the job across Northern Ireland on Thursday to protest political deadlock that has left them without pay increases, and the region without a functioning government. The 24-hour strike by about 150,000 teachers, nurses, bus drivers and others is the biggest walkout in years in Northern Ireland, which …

UK offers a big financial package if Northern Ireland politicians revive their suspended government
1 year ago

UK offers a big financial package if Northern Ireland politicians revive their suspended government

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government said Tuesday it will give Northern Ireland 3.3 billion pounds to ease a budget crisis if stubborn lawmakers stop boycotting the suspended power-sharing Belfast government. The money on offer from the U.K. government would go toward stabilizing Northern Ireland’s public finances and patching holes in health care and other sectors that have worsened during almost …

UK, EU inch closer to deal over N. Ireland-Brexit trade spat
1 year, 11 months ago

UK, EU inch closer to deal over N. Ireland-Brexit trade spat

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s foreign minister met politicians and businesspeople in Belfast bearing good news Wednesday: The U.K. and the European Union are inching closer to settling a post-Brexit trade dispute that brought economic headaches and political turmoil to Northern Ireland. The two sides said the agreement is “a critical prerequisite to building trust and providing assurance” — elements that have …

U.K. presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal
2 years, 5 months ago

U.K. presses on with Brexit rules rewrite; EU calls it illegal

The Hindu  

Britain is ramping up a feud with the European Union by pressing on with a plan to rip up parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it signed with the bloc. The legislation, if approved by lawmakers, would remove checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K., thereby scrapping parts of a trade treaty that Prime Minister …

N Ireland first minister quits over post-Brexit trade rules
2 years, 10 months ago

N Ireland first minister quits over post-Brexit trade rules

Al Jazeera  

Paul Givan resigned after one of his ministers tried to block the inspection of goods arriving from other parts of the UK. Northern Ireland’s first minister has resigned as tensions over the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union triggered a fresh political crisis in the region. Opinion polls suggest Sinn Fein will pass the DUP to become Northern Ireland’s …

EU awaits counterproposals from UK in Brexit standoff
3 years, 1 month ago

EU awaits counterproposals from UK in Brexit standoff

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Another week of Brexit negotiations still left the European Union awaiting a firm counterproposal from the United Kingdom on Friday to ease a standoff over how to deal with the country’s departure from the bloc. Both sides are fighting over differences in how to regulate trade in Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K. but also belongs …

Brexit red tape knocks £17bn off UK trade with EU in just three months, watchdog finds
3 years, 1 month ago

Brexit red tape knocks £17bn off UK trade with EU in just three months, watchdog finds

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UK’s Johnson seeks to quell Brexit fears in Northern Ireland
4 years, 4 months ago

UK’s Johnson seeks to quell Brexit fears in Northern Ireland

Associated Press  

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted Thursday that businesses in Northern Ireland will continue to enjoy seamless access to the rest of the U.K. after a Brexit transition period with the European Union expires at the end of the year. “There will be no border down the Irish Sea — over my dead body,” he said on a …

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