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3:09am, 3rd April, 2019

Brexit: DUP still seeking time limit on Northern Ireland backstop - MP

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party remains a key player in Brexit and is seeking a time limit on the "backstop" insurance mechanism designed to keep the region's border with EU-member Ireland open, a senior member said on Wednesda...

Brexit-backing MP says 'a lot of people' still oppose May's deal

5:26am, 18th March, 2019

UK

Brexit-backing MP says 'a lot of people' still oppose May's deal

A Brexit-supporting British MP said a "lot of people" in parliament still remained opposed to Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union withdrawal deal, with hostility going beyond opposition to the so-called Irish backstop.

British MP: We want binding treaty change to pass May's Brexit deal

7:35am, 28th February, 2019

UK

British MP: We want binding treaty change to pass May's Brexit deal

Brexit-supporting British members of parliament will look at the deal that Prime Minister Theresa May brings back from Brussels but to pass it she must have achieved legally binding treaty change, former minister Theresa Villiers said on Thursday.

Britain's 'broken' audit sector must change - MP

9:10pm, 11th November, 2018

UK

Britain's 'broken' audit sector must change - MP

Britain's parliament will start an inquiry into auditing in January to ensure that two pending reviews will lead to actual reform of a "broken" sector dominated by the Big Four accounting firms, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.

Conservative MP deliberately broke campaign spending rules, court hears

8:47am, 16th October, 2018

UK

Conservative MP deliberately broke campaign spending rules, court hears

A lawmaker from Prime Minister Theresa May's minority ruling Conservative Party deliberately made false declarations over his spending in a 2015 election, a prosecutor told a London court on Tuesday.

UK faces permanent debate over financial rules after Brexit - MP

10:15am, 26th September, 2018

UK

UK faces permanent debate over financial rules after Brexit - MP

Britain faces a permanent debate over whether to copy or diverge from European Union financial rules after Brexit, a top UK lawmaker said on Wednesday in comments likely to prolong uncertainty for banks.

Labour Party to vote against May's Brexit deal, senior MP says

10:35am, 14th September, 2018

UK

Labour Party to vote against May's Brexit deal, senior MP says

Britain's opposition Labour Party is set to vote against any Brexit deal reached by Prime Minister Theresa May and the lack of a viable exit from the European Union will force May from office before Christmas, a senior Labour lawmaker told the F...

Veteran Labour MP brands party leadership a 'force for anti-Semitism'

1:40pm, 30th August, 2018

UK

Veteran Labour MP brands party leadership a 'force for anti-Semitism'

One of the longest-serving lawmakers in Britain's opposition Labour Party has attacked its leadership for becoming "a force for anti-Semitism" and said he will no longer vote with the party in parliament.

UK banks should raise savings rates as 'matter of trust' - MP

7:23am, 10th August, 2018

UK

UK banks should raise savings rates as 'matter of trust' - MP

British banks should pass on last week's Bank of England interest rate rise to savers as "a matter of trust", the chair of the parliament committee which monitors them said on Friday.

I don't want to collapse May's government, pro-EU MP Grieve says

2:54am, 19th June, 2018

UK

I don't want to collapse May's government, pro-EU MP Grieve says

LONDON (Reuters) - A leading pro-European Union lawmaker in Britain's ruling Conservative Party said he did not want the government to collapse in the row over parliament's role in the Brexit process.

Government has changed position on Brexit law compromise - MP

12:20pm, 14th June, 2018

UK

Government has changed position on Brexit law compromise - MP

LONDON (Reuters) - Pro-EU MP Anna Soubry said on Thursday the government had changed its position after agreeing a compromise deal on handing parliament a "meaningful vote" on any Brexit deal, and that the new proposal had not been agreed b...