The measures are part of a package, which includes a $4.2 billion funding boost, agreed with the main Unionist party to end its boycott of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government.
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Quiet New Year gives breathing room after U.K.-EU Brexit split
Britain left the European bloc’s vast single market for people, goods and services at 11 p.m. London time on New Year’s Eve.
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British lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade deal with EU
With just a day to spare, lawmakers in the House of Commons vote 521-73 in favor of the agreement sealed between the U.K. government and the European Union last week.
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Virus mutation, looming Brexit puts Britain in uncertain isolation
Stranded Europe-bound truckers are hoping to receive the green light to get out of Britain soon, after some of the most dramatic travel restrictions of the pandemic were imposed on the country following the discovery of a potentially more contagious strain of the coronavirus
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U.K. signs trade deal with Canada to prepare for Brexit
Meanwhile, Britain continues to trade under the EU’s umbrella during a transition period set to end Dec. 31.
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Europe moves to sue Britain over breaching Brexit withdrawal deal
The President of the European Commission said Johnson’s legislation was in ‘full contradiction’ to its previous guarantee to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.
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Maine Compass: St. Patrick, the Irish and Brexit
Without two Irish saints, there would be no Europe for the UK to leave.
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Britain leaves European Union, leaps into the unknown
Thousands of enthusiastic Brexit supporters gather outside Britain’s Parliament to welcome the moment they’d longed for since the 2016 referendum.
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Brexit finally arrives Friday: A momentous yet quiet moment
On the eve of one of the most significant events in European Union history, the political eruptions have ceased and an uneasy quiet reigns.
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EU chief warns new Brexit delay might be necessary
The U.K. is scheduled to leave the European Union on Jan. 31.