Latest Brexit Headlines
All the headlines from our Brexit Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Britain Reviews How to Improve Financial Services Regulation After Brexit
Jul 23 2019 // Britain has kicked off a review of how regulation of finance could be improved after Brexit, saying it would not tweak the existing set-up of watchdogs introduced in the aftermath of the financial crisis a decade ago. The...
Germany’s Merkel Says UK Should Be Given More Time for Brexit If Needed
Jul 19 2019 // German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the U.K. should be given more time to leave the European Union if it needs it, as she pointed to a way out of the Brexit impasse that falls far short of what the U.K.’s next prime...
No-Deal Brexit Could Push UK Economy into Recession, Says Fiscal Watchdog
Jul 18 2019 // A no-deal Brexit could plunge the British economy into recession, hammer the pound and drive up government borrowing, according to the U.K fiscal watchdog. The analysis from the Office for Budget Responsibility is based on...
EU Braces for No-Deal Brexit if Johnson Becomes UK Prime Minister
Jul 16 2019 // The European Union is bracing for either a no-deal Brexit or another delay if Boris Johnson becomes Britain’s prime minister next week with a pledge to renegotiate a deal the bloc says it will not reopen. The...
UK Business Executives Grow Increasingly Angry at Brexit Deadlock
Jun 17 2019 // There are only so many ways U.K. business chiefs can express their dismay at the Brexit deadlock engulfing the country. Frustration at politicians has morphed into outright anger in the three years since the referendum on...
Threat of No-Deal Brexit Isn’t Likely to Win EU Concessions: UK Business Chief
Jun 14 2019 // Threatening to leave the European Union without a deal isn’t likely to win Britain concessions from the bloc, the country’s biggest business group said in a warning to candidates jostling to succeed Prime...
EU Says It’s Ready for ‘Undesirable’ No-Deal Brexit, but Some Insurers Are Unprepared
Jun 13 2019 // The European Union said it’s ready for the U.K. to leave the bloc without a deal and isn’t planning any further contingency measures. In a progress report on its no-deal Brexit planning, the European Commission...
Here’s How 11 Tory Contenders for UK Prime Minister Plan to Fix Brexit
Jun 6 2019 // Eleven Conservatives are in the running to succeed Theresa May as U.K. prime minister. Each has their own vision of how to fix Brexit, and their views are so divergent that whoever wins will struggle to unite the party...
London Must Avoid Becoming ‘Offshore’ Financial Center After Brexit, Says CFTC Chief
Jun 5 2019 // Policymakers should “tether” London to the European Union to avoid isolating the region’s largest financial hub, harming the euro zone economy and spawning an offshore financial center, the head of the...
UK Business Group Warns Next Tory Party Leader to Avoid No-Deal Brexit
Jun 3 2019 // Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor must avoid a no-deal Brexit or risk losing the Conservatives’ moniker as the party of commerce, the U.K.’s biggest business lobby group said. The task facing the...
European Business Leaders’ Confidence Drops Over Brexit
May 30 2019 // Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union has triggered a sharp drop in business confidence in Europe over the past six months, a survey showed on Thursday. Only 50% of European business leaders...
UK Prime Minister to Resign on June 7, Paving Way for Possible No-Deal Brexit
May 24 2019 // Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union. May’s departure deepens...
UK Financial Services Industry Will Emerge Stronger from Brexit: Gov’t Ministers
May 21 2019 // Britain’s finance industry will emerge stronger from Brexit, remaining one of the world’s top financial centers, ministers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s government forecast on Monday. Since Britain...
UK Risk Managers List Brand Damage, Brexit, Cyber Attacks as Top 3 Business Risks
May 20 2019 // The top three risks facing UK risk managers are reputational damage, Brexit and cyber attacks, according to Aon’s 2019 Global Risk Management Survey of thousands of risk managers across 60 countries and 33...
UK Companies Fed Up with Politicians as Cost of Brexit Uncertainty Mounts
May 20 2019 // As the cost of the Brexit turmoil mounts for British companies, business leaders are fed up with the U.K.’s political class. And with Prime Minister Theresa May’s tenure coming to an end, they worry about the...
Bank of England Warns Against Weakening Rules for Insurers, Banks After Brexit
May 17 2019 // Weakening rules for banks and insurers after Brexit would be “anathema,” but Britain could change its style of regulating to respond faster to change, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on...
Berkshire’s Buffett Wants to Do More Business in UK and Europe, Regardless of Brexit
May 6 2019 // Billionaire Warren Buffett wants to do more business in the United Kingdom and Europe regardless of how Brexit turns out. The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman and chief executive officer said he would “love to put...
Will UK Insurers and Banks Be EU Rule Takers or Rule Makers, After Brexit?
May 1 2019 // A group of banks are directly feeding the British government ideas for a Brexit financial services trade deal, bypassing the industry’s major lobby groups after their blueprint for a future relationship with the EU...
Brexit Uncertainty Takes a Toll on UK Businesses: Report
Apr 29 2019 // As talks on a Brexit deal fumble on, the uncertainty it has brought is hurting U.K. property firms and the financial services sector. The number of companies classed as being in “critical distress,” often a...
Britain’s Financial Regulator to Review Its Rules for Post-Brexit Landscape
Apr 17 2019 // Britain’s markets watchdog will review its rules as the country readies to leave the European Union, the source of its financial regulation for decades. “Post-Brexit, we need to consider the future of...
