This Friday’s edition of the Brexit Briefing is part of the series of posts to highlight articles published in the media covering Brexit from an environmental perspective.
The articles are presented in chronological order with the most recent articles first. They are not presented in any specific order of importance & are provided as a selected sample of news articles to promote understanding of the key environmental issues as they develop during the Brexit process.
The selected articles from this past week, which saw Prime Minister Theresa May and her Ministers setting our their version of Brexit & hard (Brexit) pressure being placed on her by more than 60 Members of Parliament (MP) & the House of Lords scrutinise the EU Withdrawal Bill, are:
Chequers Brexit talks – a happy ending? (BBC News, 23 February 2018)
UK, Scotland edge towards deal on devolved powers after Brexit (Reuters, 22 February 2018)
Theresa May holding crunch Brexit cabinet at Chequers (BBC News, 22 February 2018)
May Gathers Team for Brexit Decision as Tory Feuding Rages (Bloomberg, 22 February 2018)
D-Day looms as ministers convene for Brexit war Cabinet (CityAM, 22 February 2018)
Environmental groups lobby Lords over Brexit Bill (LetsRecycle, 21 February 2018)
UK’s Brexit transition plans released (BBC News, 21 February 2018)
Tory MPs’ hard Brexit letter to May described as ransom note (The Guardian, 21 February 2018)
Post-Brexit UK won’t be like Mad Max, says David Davis (BBC News, 20 February 2018)
Gove says Brexit Wales will have ‘more farming powers’ (TheUKBulletin, 20 February 2018)
Food industry calls for Brexit fund for UK farmers (GlobalTradeReview, 20 February 2018)
U.K. Warns EU It Won’t Pay Brexit Bill Without Good Trade Deal (Bloomberg, 19 February 2018)
Theresa May’s Brexit Vision Is Starting to Take Shape (Bloomberg, 19 February 2018)
British farmers need a Brexit fund, MPs say (CityAM, 18 February 2018)
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