U.K., European Union Finally Reach Brexit Deal

Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU saw workers from some professions being allowed to travel on business without the need to apply for a visa.

First Minister tweeted just after the Brexit transition period formally ended at 11pm on December 31. Scotland's trading and travel relationships with EU countries will now be governed by the agreement announced by the UK Government on Christmas Eve.

Brexit trade deal, the chief executive of UK Music has warned.The government agreed on a deal with the EU on Christmas Eve ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1, 2021.While workers from some industries will be able to travel to the EU on business without a visa, musicians are not included in the list of exemptions.Bands and industry figures have warned that extra visa costs could make touring the continent financially unviable.

Brexit transition period.The UK will officially fully leave the European Union on January 1, 2021, with the government having finalised a deal on December 24.That agreement allows workers in several industries to enter the EU without a visa, but does not include musicians in the clause. To tour Europe, bands and artists may need secure visas for each country they are scheduled to perform in.

Scottish Parliament next week to allow them to consider the Prime Minister ’s Brexit deal before the new year.

Brexit deal is 'right' for the country but admitted the 'devil is in the detail'. The Prime Minister is trying to persuade Euro- skeptic Tory MPs to back him in an upcoming vote in parliament.

Keir Starmer said Labour will "accept it and vote for it" when the Government's Brexit deal with the EU reaches Parliament. It came after negotiators signed off the last tortuous detail of a massive trade deal, which will allow tariff free and quota free trade with the EU and no limits on the goods that can be sold into the EU.Boris Johnson hailed the deal as 'taking back control' of fishing waters and its own laws.

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agreement with the EU - which is expected to be backed by MPs before the December 31 deadline - was a "disastrous outcome" for Scottish farmers. It comes as seed potatoes - a valuable multi-million pound Scottish export - will not be included in a deal allowing UK crops into the EU from January 1.

After a weeks, months and years of topsy-turvy Brexit negotiations, it looks like the UK and European Union may be about to strike a Christmas Eve deal.