Sentences with phrase «in the customs union»

This shouldn't be necessary of course — the government said it would stay in the customs union during transition — but ministers now seem uncertain about even this.

«What we want to do is we want to remain in the customs union,» she said.

But, apart from staying in the customs union, he can not think of one.

Ex Tory Party leader Iain Duncan Smith today accused the EU of trying to «bully» the UK into staying in the customs union after Brexit.

Dating usually starts in the teenage years, although some kids at primary school age are now having boy and girl friends from the age of 8 years Almost a quarter of Labour MPs have defied Jeremy Corbyn and voted to keep the UK in the customs union after Brexit.

Last week, the Government suffered a crushing defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment designed to keep Britain in the customs union.

Miss Truss, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, urged Parliament not to «bind the Prime Minister's hands» and warned that voters would see staying in the customs union as a betrayal.

The prospect of meaningful trade deals has been demolished by the de-facto commitment to keep Northern Ireland in the customs union.

Iain Duncan Smith said the proposal could lead to the UK remaining in the customs union by the back door as it was likely to «collapse».

She asks the question her Labour colleague Emma Reynolds asked Theresa May in the Commons yesterday, about whether there is any open border between two countries not in a customs union.

It would be «completely crazy» for Theresa May to turn a Commons vote on whether to stay in the customs union into a vote of confidence in her government, Ken Clarke says.

Absence of Ukraine in the Customs Union may undermine the very idea and make it less attractive to other CIS countries.

Nick Boles, a former business minister, said he wanted Britain to remain in the customs union until early 2022, allowing more time to come up with a viable long - term plan.

On Sunday, Phillip Hammond and Liam Fox wrote a joint piece for the Sunday Telegraph agreeing that the UK would not stay in the customs union during transition.

We were told that Labour couldn't possibly agree to us continuing to participate in a customs union by Labour spokespeople in the past and it is now party policy.

«Jeremy Corbyn has been abandoned in many Leave areas — his pledge to stay in the customs union means he is not trusted to deliver Brexit.

He also warned Theresa May Brexiteers will only tolerate her «fallback» plan to keep the UK in the customs union if no deal to keep a soft Irish border can be done, for a «month or two».

Sir Keir Starmer says he wouldn't rule out staying in customs union post Brexit.

However, unlike the UK Government, I predicted that participation in the customs union would last between five and ten years.

As there seems to be no majority in the House of Commons for a completely hard Brexit, and some options such as remaining in the Customs Union now being put back on the table, I believe that we are heading towards a much softer Brexit than we first envisaged.

The organizers of the exchange call it «the first centralized cryptocurrency exchange with the possibility of legal input and output of fiat funds created in the Customs Union,» which includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan.

Tory rebels are threatening to try and keep the UK in a customs union with the EU - which would mean we couldn't sign certain types of trade deals with other countries.

However, a spokesperson for Corbyn told Business Insider on Tuesday that Labour would in fact keep the option of remaining in the customs union after Brexit.

He said Labour would consider keeping Britain in the customs union.

Practically, the lack of time and resources during the transition will make the EU the overwhelming priority; politically, other countries will want to wait and see what kind of deal we strike with the EU before negotiating their deal with us, and thereby also increase their leverage; and legally, we will almost certainly be remaining in the customs union as a result of the phase one deal, with the key prize of agriculture tariffs and standards already guaranteed to be out of our hands.

The House of Lords has already defeated the Government on the bill on numerous occasions, including on calls to keep the UK in a customs union with the EU.

Speaking to the BBC over the weekend, trade spokesman Barry Gardiner said remaining in the customs union after we leave the EU would be a «disaster».

Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including the Commons debate on staying in the customs union after Brexit

If Britain stays in a customs union it must agree to apply the same tariffs on imports from outside the EU and can not negotiate free trade deals with other nations, as the government currently hopes to do once the U.K. leaves the bloc.

The ongoing dispute between so - called Remainers and Brexiteers about this relationship took another turn last week when a majority of the U.K.'s House of Lords — the upper house of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not happen.

Amid ongoing confusion over the Labour position on Brexit veteran Doncaster MP Flint warned that the public would view any attempt to stay in the customs union and European single market as an attempt to «wriggle out» of the result.

His Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner meanwhile said being in the customs union after Brexit would be «a disaster».

And what we want from these negotiations, were we conducting them, is to have the benefits of being in the single market and being in the customs union.

Jeremy Corbyn now appears to be suggesting Britain should stay in the Customs Union.

Idea one is staying in the customs union.

It is not as good as staying in the EU, but it is, along with remaining in the customs union, the next best thing.

Maybe this country wants to be in the customs union, be part of the single market and commit to the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Therefore, we must remain in the Single Market and in the Customs Union.

Backbenchers that have buttoned their lips as Brexit has unfolded and put their faith in Keir Starmer seem to have been rewarded as the party slowly drifts from not really having a policy to supporting remaining in a customs union and inevitably closer to a textbook soft Brexit.

If the government is defeated in parliament on a key issue such as effectively staying in the Customs a Union Brexit would be dealt a severe blow.

Straying onto Brexit, Rudd went off message when asked if the UK would stay in the customs union.

Labour has been forced to insist its position on Brexit remains unchanged after frontbencher Emily Thornberry suggested the party was in favour of staying in the customs union.

Asked what these could potentially cover, Starmer said: «We are clear that we need the fullest possible access to the single market, that we should be in the customs union, and that there should be special arrangements for Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.»

Ministers have agreed to tell the EU that Britain is willing to stay in the customs union after 2021 - teeing up a fresh clash with Conservative...

The Brexit - supporting cabinet ministers Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are also opposed to remaining in a customs union.

Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor who is backing the Soubry amendments, said there was a good chance the government would be defeated as he was «reasonably confident that the shadow cabinet and rest of the parliamentary Labour party» supported staying in the customs union.

We want to remain in the customs union.»

Ed Vaizey, for instance, who previously had kept his nose dry, said: «If it is in the interests of our economy to be in a customs union, it should be able to do so without being accused of betraying Brexit.»