Latest Brexit Headlines
All the headlines from our Brexit Topic Page, ordered by recency.
London Continues to Lose Financial Sector Jobs Over Brexit
Apr 15 2019 // Job vacancies in London’s finance industry have halved in two years as uncertainty over Brexit knocks business confidence, a survey by recruiter Morgan McKinley has found. The number of jobs available in the...
British CFOs Fears of Long-Term Brexit Downturn Grow
Apr 15 2019 // An increasing number of chief financial officers expect Britain’s long-term business climate to worsen after the U.K. leaves the European Union, according to a Deloitte survey. More than 80 percent of 89 British...
EU Gives Britain 6-Month Brexit Extension, Despite French Resistance
Apr 11 2019 // European Union leaders gave Britain six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May says she needs but less than many in the bloc wanted, thanks to fierce resistance from France. The summit deal in...
Prime Minister May Seeks Another Brexit Delay, Setting Up Battle With EU
Apr 5 2019 // Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the European Union to delay Brexit until June 30, setting up a battle with the bloc ahead of a key summit next week. May wants an extension to June 30 and aims to avoid holding European...
UK Parliament Votes to Block Damaging No-Deal Brexit as Deadlock Continues
Apr 4 2019 // Britain took a decisive step away from a damaging no-deal Brexit as members of Parliament and political leaders backed efforts to prevent a disorderly departure from the European Union. The House of Commons vote shortly...
UK Financial Services Business Flows to EU to Avert Possible Brexit Disruption: Report
Apr 3 2019 // Financial firms in Britain continue to shift business to new European Union hubs and won’t stop unless Brexit is canceled, a think tank told British lawmakers on Wednesday. William Wright, head of New Financial, said...
Root of Brexit Crisis Is that No Good Compromise Exists: Opinion
Apr 3 2019 // The root of the Brexit crisis is not, as you might think, the failure of the hard-Brexit Tories to compromise. Rather, it’s that no good compromise exists. For three years Britain’s politicians have refused to...
EU Financial Services Chief Warns of Market Disruption from No-Deal Brexit
Apr 2 2019 // A no-deal Brexit would cause disruption and might also have an impact on liquidity in financial markets, the European Union commissioner in charge of financial services said on Tuesday in a stark reminder of the risks...
Brexit Stalemate Continues as Senior UK Ministers Consider Delaying EU Divorce
Apr 2 2019 // Theresa May is expected to confront her most senior ministers with the potentially explosive option of delaying Brexit by months, as the U.K. struggles to find a plan for leaving the European Union. The British prime...
Hard Brexit Fears Rise as UK Parliament Again Rejects Prime Minister’s Deal
Mar 29 2019 // Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it...
Brexit Political Impasse Deepens Even with Prime Minister’s Offer to Quit
Mar 28 2019 // Britain’s political standoff over Brexit escalated further, with even Theresa May’s announcement that she’ll quit as prime minister doing nothing to move closer to a resolution. It leaves the country...
UK Parliament Seizes Control of Brexit Process from Prime Minister May
Mar 26 2019 // The U.K. Parliament seized control of the Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May and will now seek to decide how Britain exits the European Union. In a vote late Monday, the House of Commons split 329 to 302 to...
EU Gives UK Prime Minister Two Extra Weeks to Avoid No-Deal Brexit
Mar 22 2019 // European Union leaders staved off the threat of the U.K. crashing out of the bloc without a deal next Friday by giving Theresa May an extra two weeks to work out what to do. At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, the leaders...
Liberty Mutual Opens European Headquarters in Luxembourg in Preparation for Brexit
Mar 21 2019 // Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, said it has re-domiciled its European insurance company Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (LMIE) to Luxembourg, the home of its European...
UK on Brink of No-Deal Divorce with EU as Brexit Endgame Nears
Mar 21 2019 // Theresa May gambled on a desperate bid to get her Brexit deal approved by Parliament, as a standoff with the European Union drove Britain to the brink of an economically disastrous no-deal divorce. The premier heads to the...
UK Prime Minister to Ask EU for Brexit Delay – But How Much Time Is Needed?
Mar 20 2019 // Britain’s messy divorce from the European Union is once again stuck between the demands of Theresa May’s divided government and the reality of what the bloc is willing to offer her — this time over how...
Brexit Makes It Harder for Fintech, Financial Services Firms to Recruit Top Talent: Report
Mar 19 2019 // Leaving the European Union is making it harder for fintech firms in Britain to recruit top talent, a report said on Tuesday, threatening to slam the brakes on a 7 billion pound ($9 billion)growth sector just as EU states...
Lengthy Brexit Delay Grows More Likely After House Speaker Torpedoes PM May’s Plans
Mar 19 2019 // Theresa May looked set to seek a long extension to the U.K.’s European Union membership after the House of Commons speaker torpedoed her plan to win Parliamentary approval for her deal to leave the bloc. Officials...
UK Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ask EU for Brexit Delay
Mar 14 2019 // British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to seek a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union, setting the stage for Prime Minister Theresa May to renew efforts to get her divorce deal approved by...
UK Parliament Rejects No-Deal Brexit; Vote Planned to Delay EU Exit
Mar 13 2019 // British lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected leaving the European Union without a deal, paving the way for a vote to delay Brexit to seek a way out of Britain’s worst political crisis in...
