Research and analysis from impartial experts
The Government has today introduced a short Bill. This is an attempt to facilitate an early general election on 12 December 2019. This Insight explains why the Bill is necessary and what it will do.…
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The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill (WAB) has implications for the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly. This Insight explains the impacts of the WAB on devolution. …
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This Insight explains the status EU law has in UK law now, what domestic status is given to the Withdrawal Agreement (and related separation agreements) and the extent to which this differs from the current status of EU law, and
the legal effect of the WAB’s clauses concerned with Parliamentary sovereignty. …
Individuals will be able to rely on the Withdrawal Agreement directly to assert their rights. …
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How does the Bill propose to change UK law to ensure that the transition period is honoured?…
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The financial settlement is currently estimated at a cost of around £33 billion to the UK.…
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Clause 34 and Schedule 4 of the Bill set out protections for workers’ rights.…
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The Bill makes arrangements for Parliament’s role in securing a long-term political, trade, and security relationship with the EU.…
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The EU and the UK must complete their respective constitutional requirements for ratifying the treaty before the Article 50 process can be brought to an end.…
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Parliament will sit on Saturday 19 October so that MPs can approve, and Peers debate, the implications of a new Brexit deal. Our Insight explains what could happen. …
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UK farmers receive around €4 billion per year under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). What arrangements are in place to cover these payments in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit?…
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The ‘Benn Act’ places several requirements on the Government which also make this European Council meeting significant.…
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UK domestic law is unlikely to be affected by Brexit. But Brexit might impact procedural issues involving divorcing spouses from separate EU countries. This insight explains how.…
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The European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill – aka the Benn-Burt Bill – is a legislative strategy to avoid (or delay) a no deal Brexit. This Insight explains how the Bill seeks to achieve that objective. …
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The Government is rethinking plans to have a temporary transition period for new EU citizens coming to the UK.…
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What needs to happen before free movement can end in the UK and what does this mean for EU citizens living in the UK before Brexit?…
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