Brexit News Archive: 16 Jun 2018

May to announce extra £20bn for NHS by 2023 as she prepares to raise taxes

Prime minister will break with eight years of austerity but risks ridicule by claiming funding boost will come partly from 'Brexit dividend'
Rob Merrick / The Independent   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:30:21

'Brexit' cash and taxpayer wallets to fund NHS cash boost

The NHS will receive an extra £20bn a year in real terms funding by 2024, Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed.
Sky   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:08:00

Brexit: Pro-EU Tory rebels warn Theresa May they are prepared to vote down government plans in Commons showdown

Exclusive: Conservative backbenchers 'very confident' they have the numbers needed to inflict Commons defeat and tell ministers: 'Gamble and you will lose'
Benjamin Kentish / The Independent   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:29:06

Anti-Brexit Protesters Try To Disrupt Jeremy Corbyn's Speech To 'Labour Live' Festival

Ned Simons / Huffington Post   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:09:57

Plans for UK-Germany high speed rail services shelved due to 'significantly changed economic environment'

Exclusive: Deutsche Bahn declines to say whether Brexit played a role in cancellation
Jon Stone / The Independent   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:07:23

Corbyn fails to address Brexit despite festival protest

Jeremy Corbyn failed to bury divisions on Brexit as he addressed supporters at Labour's one-day "JezFest" event in north London.
Sky   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:03:00

Tantalising glimpse of an EU compromise on freedom of movement

Member states are already watering down immigration principles that prompted Brexit
FT   |   Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:00:27