The majority of MEPs have made clear that Theresa May’s plans to give EU citizens in the UK a “settled status” after Brexit falls “far short of what citizens are entitled to”.
Theresa May continues to avoid questions about her approach to Brexit negotiations, after an account of a disastrous meeting between the Prime Minister and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was leaked to the German press.
The starting gun has been fired but political pressures on both sides of the Channel make a settlement a tall order.
Prime Minister Theresa May has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to begin a two-year period of negotiations for the UK to formerly leave the European Union.
Government departments have been squeezed particularly hard over the past few years. Now they need to find thousands of people who can work out how to leave the EU.