Page 54 - Latest Updates on Brexit
Lawmakers urge British PM May to clarify Brexit intentions
Foreign firms fear they may lose the freedom to use their bases in London as an entry point into the EU
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Theresa May to make major Brexit speech next week
May assumed office after David Cameron resigned following the Brexit vote
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Brexit offers free-port opportunities - but the EU can beat Britain to them
Free ports existing before host states entered the Union have partly retained their status
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London banks' Brexit battle heads to Europe
Banks are pressuring British officials to push for as much market access as possible since Brexit
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UK pound slides after Theresa May appears to signal 'hard Brexit'
The pound has dropped almost a fifth against the dollar since the June 23 vote
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Money can't buy single market access, ex-British EU official warns
PM Theresa May intends to launch the 2-year process of negotiations to leave EU by the end of March
Brexit will be 'tough' and 'complicated': UK finance minister
Theresa May is under increasing pressure to reveal details of her negotiating demands
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Brexit, comedy and 'Britishness' - what to do when parody becomes real
If comedy is tragedy plus the benefit of time, sometimes time allows things to come full circle
Brexit will mark start of decade of disruption, says IPPR report
It forecasts that the economic world order will become more fragile as globalisation evolves
Britain staying in EU makes no sense: Ex-BoE chief Mervyn King
King steered UK's monetary policy for 10 years to 2013
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2016, the year that was: Business and Economics
Millions of leaked documents, dubbed the Panama Papers, exposed the legal but dubious tax dealings
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Scotland says to unveil single market Brexit plan this week
While the UK as a whole voted to leave the EU in the June 23 referendum, Scotland strongly backed remaining in the bloc
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British companies absorb Brexit shock, get on with business for 2017
Gertjan Vlieghe, one of the BoE's interest-rate setters, said he believed Britain was set for a 'slow-motion' slowdown
Brexit: Trade deal between Britain EU could take 10 years, yet fail
EU officials have long said that negotiating a trade deal with the bloc can take years
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Britain's car industry is vulnerable after 'Brexit'
Toyota and others are telling the govt that they need continued, unfettered access to the EU, for exports, imports and engineering talents
Theresa May wins Brexit timetable vote for negotiating Britain's exit from EU
The win followed a compromise between Opposition Labour and the ruling Conservatives
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Brexit tastes bitter for food and wine businesses
Brexit will bring restrictions on immigration, shrinking the pool of cheap foreign labour
Stagger Brexit over years or we will leave: Banks
Banks also call for a clear message from the government about its vision of Brexit
EU immigration surged before Brexit referendum
In Ireland there had been a spike in Britons with Irish ancestry getting passports
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UK Brexit minister says would consider paying into EU for market access
According to media reports, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had told several EU ambassadors that he supports freedom of movement
