Our latest Quick Poll asks if you are optimistic about the beginning of negotiations to leave the EU. Yes? No? Or maybe you are indifferent to the whole process?
Please take a moment to complete our CIPP Poll (on the right of this and every news item on the news pages of our website).
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Prime Minister’s letter to European Council President triggering Article 50 30 March 2017
“The Article 50 process is now underway. And in accordance with the wishes of the British people, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.”
These were the words of Theresa May as she gave a statement in Parliament today (29 March 2017) on her letter notifying the European Council President of the UK’s intention to leave the EU.
You can read the Prime Minister’s Commons statement here and you can read full text of the Prime Minister’s letter to Donald Tusk here .
CIPP comment Our latest Quick Poll asks if you are optimistic about the beginning of negotiations to leave the EU. The poll has been running for about a week and a half and we have received 511 responses.
Our snapshot so far reveals that 43% of respondents said yes, they are optimistic about the beginning of negotiations to leave the EU, 48% said they were not optimistic and the remaining 9% opted for indifference to the whole process.
If you haven’t already, please take a moment to complete our CIPP Poll (on the right of this and every news item on the news pages of our website).
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Repeal Bill introduced to exit the EU with certainty 14 July 2017
The Repeal Bill has been introduced to Parliament and is designed to ensure that the UK exits the EU with maximum certainty, continuity and control.
This is the next step in returning power from Brussels to the UK by introducing the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
Known as the Repeal Bill, it is designed to ensure that the UK exits the EU with maximum certainty, continuity and control. As far as possible, the same rules and laws will apply on the day after exit as on the day before. This will allow the UK to leave the EU while ensuring that our future laws will be made in London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff. For businesses, workers and consumers across the UK that means they can have confidence that they will not be subject to unexpected changes on the day we leave the EU. It also delivers on the Government’s promise to end the supremacy of EU law in the UK.
The Repeal Bill is a mechanism to achieve three simple aims:
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