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6 Dec 20

Cabinet office doc seen by Guardian on no deal scene:"The likelihood of a systemic economic crisis has increased and will have major impacts on disposable incomes, unemployment, business activity, international trade/commerce, market stability, and security decisions/capability"

Cabinet office doc seen by Guardian on no deal and health cover for tourists
It also for the first time states that Brexit and the ending of British residents of the EU-wide European Health Insurance Card will see a 10-20% rise in insurance premiums for holidays on the continent.

Cabinet office doc seen by Guardian on no deal and relations with other member states
"No Negotiated Outcome, we would move into negotiating bilaterals with EU Member States. Some countries may not wish to engage in bilaterals 1/2

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5 Dec 20

BREAK: Brexit talks to continue.
Joint statement between Johnson and VDL - still differences Will speak again Monday eve

“In a phone call today on the on-going negotiations between the EU and the UK, we welcomed the fact that progress has been achieved in many areas. 1/

Nevertheless, significant differences remain on three critical issues: level playing field, governance and fisheries. Both sides underlined that no agreement is feasible if these issues are not resolved.2/

“Whilst recognising the seriousness of these differences, we agreed that a further effort should be undertaken by our negotiating teams to assess whether they can be resolved.3/

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4 Dec 20

Brexit talks in critical phase but for anyone selling in N Ireland from GB much ignorance (no fault of their own) applies in British businesses. Last night the government asked for v useful bit of information about NI EORI to be added to this story 1/ theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

Traders who were being automatically allocated an XI EORI number would receive letters from HMRC by 11 December and those who already have a GB number could sign up for the Trader Support Service by 14 December for an XI one. 2/

Businesses who haven't applied for an EORI number yet can apply for both a Northern Ireland one, prefixed by XI, and a GB EORI at the same time, 3/

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lisa o'carroll

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3 Dec 20

Justice committee endorses selection of Sir Ashley Fox, a former Tory politician, to be head of the Independent Monitoring Authority which launches 1 January and is mandated to be independent adjudicator of complaints about EU citizens rights under W/A. But it has reservations:

"The Committee noted that Sir Ashley said he saw the Authority’s role as monitoring rights and that he does not intend to "raise hopes" that it will deal with individual citizens' complaints. However.. 1/

"the final report of the Committee on the appointment made clear that the new body is required to make a judgment on all complaints it receives, has power to initiate investigations and, if it considers it necessary, may take action up to and including seeking judicial review 2/

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lisa o'carroll

@lisaocarroll

12 Jun 20

BREAKING: Gove has formally told the EU Britain will not be seeking Brexit extension
- border controls will be introduced in three phases, Jan, April and July
- full controls including customs declarations at point of importation will not be introduced to July

- Full checks on controlled goods inc alcohol, tobacco and chemicals will be applied from Jan 1.
- businesses can defer customs declarations and tariff payments for 6 months
- from Jan also will be checks on live animals and high risk plants

Phase 2. April
- All products of animal origin (POAO) – for example meat, pet food, honey, milk or egg products – and all regulated plants and plant products will also require pre-notification and the relevant health documentation.

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lisa o'carroll

@lisaocarroll

14 Oct 19

UK court rules against Derry woman in Irish identity case theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/o…
Key elements of ruling to be included in updated story, but they are: THREAD1/

"as a matter of law Mrs de Souza is, at present, a British citizen at the current time"
- international treaties such as Good Friday Agreement are entered into under Royal Prerorgative
- prerogative does not extend to changing domestic law without intervention of parliament 2/

If the UK is prevented from conferring automatic British citizenship on those born in Northern Ireland at the point of birth, it follows that Ireland cannot confer Irish citizenship. Therefore citizens would be stateless and both countries in breach of int obligations 3/

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