Tuesday 10 July 2018

Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns

Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns

David Davis, who has been leading UK negotiations to leave the EU, has quit his role as Brexit Secretary

Dominic Raab,  has been promoted from housing minister to take over from Mr Davis.

The UK is due to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019, but the two sides have yet to agree how trade will work between the UK and the EU afterwards.

Mr Davis,  was appointed Brexit Secretary in 2016

Brexit   is the impending withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).

In a referendum on 23 June 2016, 51.9% of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the EU; the turnout was 72.2%.

On 29 March 2017, the UK government invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 declares "exit day" to be 29 March 2019 at 11 pm UTC

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