A former British Conservative minister has sparked controversy after he argued the UK should “upgrade Brexit” by rejoining the European Union’s single market. Writing in The House magazine on Wednesday, Tobias Ellwood, the Tory MP for Bournemouth East, argued that his proposed Brexit “course corrections” would ease the cost of living crisis and make the…

The UK government’s top legal adviser has said “it’s only right” that the government takes action over the Northern Ireland Protocol, suggesting the UK is likely to suspend parts of the post-Brexit trade deal. Suella Braverman, attorney general for England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland, on May 12 blamed the European Union over…

The UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the Northern Ireland Protocol has “got to” be fixed as the post-Brexit deadlock continues between the UK and the European Union. Johnson’s comment came after the months-long talks on the protocol resumed on Thursday between British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic. During a phone call,…

The UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK “will not shy away from taking action” if it can agree with the European Union on the Northern Ireland Protocol. It comes after Downing Street said Prime Minister Boris Johnson had “made clear” to his Irish counterpart Taoiseach Micheál Martin that the situation in Northern Ireland was “now very serious.”…