Brexit Timeline

• Brexit timeline: The U.K. is finally quitting the EU. Here’s how it came to this

  The Brexit deal comes four years after Britons voted to leave the economic union, and seven days before it quits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs.

  Dec 24, 2020
  
• ‘Let’s do a deal,’ Theresa May seeks to strike compromise to end Brexit deadlock

  Writing in the Mail on Sunday newspaper, May told Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: "Let's do a deal."

  World

  May 5, 2019
  
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• ‘We need to end this uncertainty,’ Theresa May says as Brexit causes economic stress

  The government has held several weeks of talks with the opposition Labour Party about reaching a compromise, but the meetings have not produced a breakthrough.

  World

  May 1, 2019
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• UK Parliament gives Theresa May the power to begin Brexit

  Britain lurched closer to leaving the European Union Monday when Parliament stopped resisting and gave Prime Minister Theresa May the power to file for divorce from the bloc.

  World

  Mar 14, 2017
• Theresa May unveils EU exit plan: What is a ‘hard Brexit’ and how will it affect Britain’s economy?

  Setting out a vision that could chart Britain's future for generations, Theresa May declared Britain's exit from the EU will be a "hard Brexit".

  World

  Jan 17, 2017
• Brexit set to start March 2017: Theresa May

  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would trigger the process to leave the EU by the end of March.

  Oct 2, 2016