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- Lack of progress in Brexit negotiations putting UK public at “at serious and unnecessary risk,” according to MPs.
- The report said there is a “serious risk” that crucial aspects of security co-operation will end after Brexit because both sides are refusing to budge on their “political red lines.”
- It said Theresa May should drop her blanket opposition to the role of the European Court of Justice.
- Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the committee, said the lack of progress was “very disturbing.”
LONDON — A lack of progress in Brexit negotiations is putting public safety “at serious and unnecessary risk,” according to a damning report by British MPs.
The Home Affairs select committee said “political red lines” on both the UK and EU sides were standing in the way of a security deal, and said there was a “serious risk” that crucial aspects of security co-operation will end after Brexit — either at the end of a transition period or as soon as March next year. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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