Brexit debate

  • 26 Jan 2019

    Ahead of next week’s critical week for Theresa May’s Brexit deal, ministers are again split, this time over the prospect of a no-deal scenario. Mrs May faces a series of votes on Tuesday – including calls for MPs to take control of the Brexit process. Today, supporters of a second referendum have been rallying in…

  • 26 Jan 2019

    With Theresa May’s Brexit deal struggling to get support in the House of Commons, a number of MPs believe the country is getting closer to a No-Deal Brexit. Some politicians say it could be a great opportunity; others warn of Britain “crashing out”. But what do people away from Westminster think might happen in the case…

  • 11 Nov 2018

    Opposition to Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal is increasing.

  • 17 Sep 2018

    From hard Brexit and hard borders, to soft Brexit or the Chequers deal – here’s everything you need to know.

  • 10 Jul 2018

    Theresa May has been hit by more resignations over her Brexit plan, just hours after appealing for Tory unity at the first meeting of her new-look cabinet. Ben Bradley and Maria Caulfield stepped down as vice chairs of the Conservative Party, one calling the plan as “the worst of all worlds”. The PM didn’t get…

  • 8 Jul 2018

    We speak to the Eurosceptic Tory MP Andrew Bridgen, who’s not very happy with the deal Theresa May has got past her Cabinet. Even Boris Johnson agreed to it, after some apparently colourful language at Friday’s Chequers talks.

  • 11 Jan 2018

    Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has floated the idea of there being another referendum on EU membership. He said it could shut up people who he called “remoaning” politicians as the new vote in favour of leaving would be so huge. Our political editor Gary Gibbon is in Westminster.  

  • 29 Sep 2017

    Wakefield delivered one of the strongest Leave votes in the country. Here tonight in the Hepworth Gallery, we have a room full of people who all voted to leave the EU, politicians and voters, to debate whether Brexit is on track, or being messed up, or even betrayed.