The Road to Brexit

The European Commission took note on Friday of the British parliament's support for the withdrawal agreement with the EU, a key step to complete the process in January, and said it was ready to take formal steps to adopt the deal on its side too.

The British government plans to push the legislation required to ratify its Brexit deal through the lower house of parliament by Jan. 9, leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Thursday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's main priority is to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31 and then negotiate a free trade deal with the European Union and other leading global economies, Queen Elizabeth said on Thursday, outlining his plans.

U.S. asset manager Eaton Vance has opened a Dublin office to cope with Brexit uncertainty, it said on Friday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a thumping election victory last week on a campaign to "get Brexit done," but not before some wealthy donors to his Conservative Party quietly took steps to stay inside the European Union.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will on Thursday demand the right to hold a new independence referendum, challenging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to keep the United Kingdom together as he grapples with its coming split from the European Union.

Britain's plans to introduce a new system for immigration after Brexit risk being too complicated and causing a shortage of skilled workers, an employers group said on Thursday.

Investment bank JPMorgan sees an "uncomfortably high" 25% chance that Britain's Brexit transition period will end in a 'no-deal' scenario when the deadline to strike a trade deal with the European Union ends in Dec. 2020.

Britain set a hard deadline of December 2020 on Tuesday to reach a new trade deal with the European Union, betting that the prospect of another Brexit cliff-edge would force Brussels to move more quickly than usual to seal an accord.