Brexit transition period officially comes to an end
The UK has begun a new relationship with the European Union as the Brexit transition period officially comes to an end. Despite leaving the EU on January 31 last year, the UK has remained subject to the bloc's rules as a member of the single market and customs union. However, this ended at 11 PM last night and the UK and EU will now do business under the terms of a free trade deal clinched a week ago. The end of the transition period also means widespread changes for Britons on immigration, European travel and more. Earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the start of the UK's new relationship with the EU marked a "new beginning in our country's history". Eurosceptic MPs were delighted, with veteran Conservative Sir Bill Cash saying it was a "victory for democracy and sovereignty" that could only be compared in peacetime with the evolution of modern democracy after the end of the Stuart dynasty. Fellow Eurosceptic Sir John Redwood, who was among those in the John Major cabinet in the 1990s who railed against closer European integration, said he felt "much relief".
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The UK has begun a new relationship with the European Union as the Brexit transition period officially comes to an end. Despite leaving the EU on January 31 last year, the UK has remained subject to the bloc's rules as a member of the single market and customs union. However, this ended at 11 PM last night and the UK and EU will now do business under the terms of a free trade deal clinched a week ago. The end of the transition period also means widespread changes for Britons on immigration, European travel and more. Earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the start of the UK's new relationship with the EU marked a "new beginning in our country's history". Eurosceptic MPs were delighted, with veteran Conservative Sir Bill Cash saying it was a "victory for democracy and sovereignty" that could only be compared in peacetime with the evolution of modern democracy after the end of the Stuart dynasty. Fellow Eurosceptic Sir John Redwood, who was among those in the John Major cabinet in the 1990s who railed against closer European integration, said he felt "much relief".
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