UK Minister Tells Lawmakers Not to Delay Brexit

Britain’s top minister for leaving the European Union said Sunday that lawmakers should let Prime Minister Theresa May “get on with the job” of quitting the bloc, and the main opposition Brexit spokesman said he expects the divorce papers to be filed this week. Brexit Secretary David Davis said lawmakers should pass a bill authorizing exit talks on Monday without amendments so the government can enter EU negotiations “with no strings attached.”

May Faces Fresh Challenge as Lawmakers Debate Brexit Trigger

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces a fresh challenge on Monday to her attempt to formally start Brexit negotiations by the end of March, as lawmakers begin a line-by-line debate over legislation that would allow her to do so. The draft law passed its first hurdle on Wednesday when the lower chamber, the House of Commons, voted it through to the next stage, with just one dissenting lawmaker from May’s Conservative Party — former Chancellor of the Exchequer Ken Clarke.

U.K. Lawmakers Set to Begin Two-Day Brexit Debate

U.K. lawmakers will begin a two-day debate Tuesday on a bill that could allow Prime Minister Theresa May to quickly trigger the country’s exit process from the European Union. U.K. lawmakers will begin a two-day debate Tuesday on a bill that could allow Prime Minister Theresa May to quickly trigger the country’s exit process from the European Union.

U.K. to Do – Whatever’ Is Needed to Be Competitive, Hammond Says

The U.K. will do “whatever we have to do” to boost its competitiveness if it fails to secure post-Brexit access to the European Union single market, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said in an interview published Sunday in a German newspaper. “If Britain were to leave the European Union without an agreement on market access, then we could suffer from economic damage at least in the short-term,” Hammond said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag.