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Britain’s general election: a choice between starkly contrasting economic visions

by Stephen Beard
Dec 11, 2019
Two radically different plans are up for consideration in Thursday’s general election.
Brexit once again looms large in the UK general election.
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Britain prepares for its third general election in five years

by Nova Safo
Dec 10, 2019
Thursday's general election will be the third time in five years that Brits have turned out to vote.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn answer questions during a debate in November in Salford, England.
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For a British honey shop, Brexit uncertainty still looms

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Dec 4, 2019
Holiday sales will help From Field and Flower, but Brexit could bring tariffs of up to 40%.
Samantha Wallace sources most of her honey from small producers in Europe. Above, worker bees process honey while others seal the honeycomb full of honey with white wax.
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What does London's Lord Mayor actually do?

by Victoria Craig
Nov 8, 2019
The 692nd global ambassador for the City of London takes office during a silent ceremony today.
London's 692nd Lord Mayor rehearses in his ceremonial carriage.
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EU grants new Brexit delay to Jan. 31

by Associated Press
Oct 28, 2019
European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that the EU’s 27 other countries agreed to accept “the UK’s request for a Brexit flextension until 31 January, 2020.
Talks between the U.K. and the European Union to work out a free trade deal by Oct. 15 have not gone smoothly. Above, an employee hangs a Union Jack at EU headquarters in Brussels in 2019.
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Brexit deal wins few friends in Northern Ireland

by Stephen Beard
Oct 17, 2019
The latest deal on Britain’s departure from the European Union fails to soothe economic concerns in Northern Ireland.
Derrylin, Northern Ireland, at the border with the Irish Republic.
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UK, EU reach tentative Brexit deal; still needs ratification

by Associated Press
Oct 17, 2019
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted: "We have one! It’s a fair and balanced agreement for the EU and the UK and it is testament to our commitment to find solutions."
EU and Union flags flutter in the breeze in front of the Victoria Tower, part of the Palace of Westminster in central London on October 17, 2019.
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Facts meet fantasy in an imagined Brexit scenario

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Sep 25, 2019
As the deadline for Brexit approaches, Bloomberg reporters sketch out a vision of the future.
Outside the Houses of Parliament, a man waves flags at an anti-Brexit protest in London.
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What the U.S. and UK want in a post-Brexit trade deal

by Erika Beras
Sep 24, 2019
All eyes on the United Nations General Assembly this week.
President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive for a bilateral meeting during the G7 summit on August 25, 2019 in Biarritz, France.
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Post-Brexit trans-Atlantic trade deal faces obstacles

by Stephen Beard
Sep 4, 2019
Animal welfare and human health care concerns could stymie a free trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K.
Then-British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump greet each other before a United Nations meeting in New York in 2017.
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