Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May walks out of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson (Reuters) – UK cabinet ministers are set to tell Prime Minister Theresa May to ‘stare down’ the EU on the Irish border issue or face Brexit deal being destroyed, the Sun newspaper reported bit.ly/2AOTXIt on Monday.

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May believes a deal in which Britain will leave the European Union is almost done and is confident of a solution on Northern Ireland, currently the sticking point for Brexit to happen

FILE PHOTO: Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, speaks at a ‘Getting Ireland Brexit Ready’ workshop at the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters) – A middle-ground position on the “backstop” arrangement to keep the Irish border open after Brexit can be found but it must

FILE PHOTO: People pass the Bank of England in the City of London January 16, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is confident that it will “imminently” reach a deal with the European Union on its post-Brexit financial services trade with the bloc, Britain’s financial services minister John Glen said on Monday. Britain

FILE PHOTO: Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, speaks at a ‘Getting Ireland Brexit Ready’ workshop at the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo DUBLIN (Reuters) – Neither Ireland nor the European Union would ever sign up to a backstop agreement to keep the Irish border open

Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls (Reuters) – British Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has privately demanded the right to pull Britain out of a “backstop” arrangement for the Irish border after three months, the Telegraph reported on

Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls (Reuters) – British Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab privately demanded the right to pull Britain out of a “backstop” arrangement for the Irish border after three months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.

FILE PHOTO – Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hosts a ‘Getting Ireland Brexit Ready’ workshop at the Convention Centre in Dublin, Ireland October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters) – Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement which ended thirty years of violence in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday. “Brexit has

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain and Ireland will seek to hold regular summits between leaders and ministers after Brexit to maintain ties strained by Britain’s decision to leave the EU, senior ministers from both governments said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: David Lidington arrives at 10 Downing Street, London, Britain January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo Relations

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington said he “hoped and expected” that Brexit negotiators will secure a final agreement in the coming weeks, a view shared on Friday by Irish Foreign

FILE PHOTO: Cuadrilla’s Preston Road fracking site is seen near Blackpool, Britain, October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Cuadrilla extracted its first shale gas from its site in northwest England, it said on Friday, after it began fracking operations there just over two weeks ago. Cuadrilla said the gas flows were small

Police cars are seeen in central London, Britain November 2, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. BEN SABET /via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Sony Music said two of its catering staff had been involved in a violent altercation at its UK head office in central London on Friday after police reported two people

FILE PHOTO: A truck passes a sign for Customs and Excise on a road near the border with Ireland near Kileen, Northern Ireland, October 17, 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – It would be unacceptable for Northern Ireland to be in a separate customs territory from the rest of the United Kingdom after Brexit, British Prime Minister

FILE PHOTO: Construction work is seen on high-rise office blocks in the financial district of London, Britain, July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s construction sector recovered last month from a slowdown in September thanks to a bounce-back in civil engineering projects, but confidence in the outlook slumped to a near six-year

LONDON (Reuters) – A scientist or mathematician — but not an economist — will feature on Britain’s next 50 pound banknote, the Bank of England said on Friday as it asked the public to propose candidates. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney attends a Bank of England news conference, in the City of London, Britain

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone displaying the DriveNow app with cars available in Berlin’s city centre is held up next to a car from the DriveNow service in this picture illustration taken in Berlin, Germany, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – BMW is expanding its car-sharing service DriveNow into five more London boroughs

LONDON (Reuters) – European Union negotiators have floated a tentative Brexit plan to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland and to give Britain stronger guarantees that a customs border would not be needed along the Irish Sea, the Financial Times said on Thursday. A Guinness truck passes a sign for Customs and

A Guinness truck passes a sign for Customs and Excise on a road near the border with Ireland near Kileen, Northern Ireland, October 17, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne (Reuters) – The European Union is weighing a compromise on a plan for Northern Ireland that would give Britain stronger guarantees that a customs border would not be

LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom and the European Union have made progress on a deal to give London’s dominant financial centre basic access to EU markets after Brexit, two British officials said, but no agreement has yet been clinched. The deal being discussed would be based on the EU’s existing system of financial market

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May walks out of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May told a meeting of European business leaders on Thursday that she was confident of reaching a Brexit deal with the European Union, May’s office said in a statement.

LONDON (Reuters) – A deal that would give UK-based financial services firms basic access to European Union markets after Brexit is nearly done, a British official said. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls The Times newspaper reported that a tentative deal had been reached

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May stands at the door of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May has struck a deal with the European Union that would give UK financial services companies continued access to European markets after Brexit, The Times reported

FILE PHOTO: A construction worker casts a shadow as he works on a Taylor Wimpey housing estate in Aylesbury, Britain, February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh LONDON (Reuters) – British builders are planning to construct the biggest number of homes in 11 years, boosted by a bounce-back in London, an industry body said on Thursday. Builders

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May appeared assured when she met business leaders on Wednesday, attendees of the meeting said, and sounded confident on prospects for striking a Brexit deal despite concern that Britain might leave the European Union without one. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond leave

LONDON (Reuters) – A Brexit deal is now firmly in sight and should be finalised by Nov. 21, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said in a week-old letter to a lawmaker that was published on Wednesday and briefly sent sterling sharply higher. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab arrives

LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will set out on Wednesday plans to “reinvigorate and expand” British diplomacy after years of budget cuts as the country looks to boost its influence around the world after Brexit. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay With just

FILE PHOTO: Pete Wishart MP (2ndL) and John Swinney MSP arrive at Perth Congregational Church in Perth, Scotland October 18, 2014. A private memorial service was held to commemorate David Haines. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) – A senior member of the Scottish National Party has questioned his party’s backing for a second vote on European

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bestowed names on Wednesday to two newly-hatched young of New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi, in the northeastern town of Rotorua, on the final day of their two-week tour of the Pacific. The couple visited a breeding programme for the endangered species and admired two

LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer morale slid to a three-month low in October, dragged down by worries about the economic outlook in the run-up to Brexit, a survey showed on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: A shopper walks through the underpass of Elephant and Castle traffic roundabout in south London, Britain October 5, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall The

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is to hire nearly 1,000 more diplomatic staff as it looks to expand its links with countries around the world after Brexit, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce on Wednesday. They will comprise 335 new