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Britain balks at Brexit bill

by Stephen Beard
May 30, 2017
The European Union says the United Kingdom must pay big for leaving the bloc.
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Feuds and fault-lines loom in UK-EU showdown over Brexit

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 29, 2017
Britain and the EU have very different ideas about how the next two years will unfold.
Britain's Ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow (R) walks away after handing European Council President Donald Tusk the British prime minister's formal notice of the U.K.'s intention to leave the EU under Article 50.
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Parliament must vote on Brexit before it can begin

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 3, 2016
In order for Brexit to commence, Parliament must vote on whether the UK can leave the European Union.
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a press conference at the Council of the European Union on the second day of a two day summit in Brussels, Belgium.   
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In UK, Brexit vote effects still unclear

by Stephen Beard
Aug 25, 2016
Two months after the UK voted to quit the EU, the predicted catastrophe hasn't materialized.
Unemployment in Britain has fallen to an 11-year low.
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UK businesses have mixed feelings two months after Brexit vote

by Stephen Beard
Aug 24, 2016
A gun manufacturer is relieved and thinks the UK may have dodged the bullet.
Pro-Brexit supporters holds up placards as they demonstrate outside Downing street in central London on July 13, 2016, on the day new British Prime Minister Theresa May takes over at number 10.
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With Theresa May in charge, what happens to Brexit?

by Stephen Beard
Jul 11, 2016
The prime-minister-in-waiting promises to honor the referendum.
British Home Secretary Theresa May arrives to make a statement surrounded by members of the Tory party after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest earlier today to become Conservative Party leader outside the Houses of Parliament on July 11, 2016 in London, England.
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Is the 'Norway Model' next for independent Britain?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 28, 2016
Norway's relationship with the Continent is key to its economy — but there are certain costs.
Though Norway isn't a part of the EU, it still has ties with member countries.
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The new buzzword in corporate earnings: Brexit

by Amy Scott
Jun 28, 2016
Rightly or not, look for companies to blame the breakup for financial woes.
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What does Brexit have to do with cheese and whisky?

by Reema Khrais
Jun 27, 2016
Dozens of British specialty-food products could lose their special protected status
A barman lifts a bottle of Scotch whisky from a shelf in the Deoch An Dorus pub in the Partick area of Glasgow.
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British Parliament member Jo Cox murdered amid Brexit turmoil

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 16, 2016
What the recent violence might say about the mood in Britain leading up to referendum.
A Brexit flotilla of fishing boats sails by the British houses of Parliament on the river Thames in London on Wednesday.
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