UK Music boss welcomes EU Brexit trade deal but says it leaves “many questions” for music industry

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal failed to secure visa-free travel for artists wishing to tour Europe (adding huge costs to future live music tours of the continent will be incurred and preventing rising and developing UK artists from being able to afford it), a row erupted over who was responsible.Yesterday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden put the blame for this at the foot of the EU following reports that a “standard” proposal that would exempt performers from needing a visa to

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.

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.

Brexit negotiations.Yesterday (January 9), it was reported that the UK have turned down a deal from the EU that would allow musicians to enter countries that belong to the union without a visa.Boris Johnson‘s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU saw workers from some professions allowed to travel on business without the need to apply for a visa.

direct to your inbox Boris Johnson had said the UK has "taken back control of our money, our laws and our waters" after the Brexit transition period with the European Union came to an end. At 11pm on December 31, 2020, the UK officially left the single market and customs union.

SNP, Scottish Labour, Lib Dem and Green MSPs voted to refuse “consent” to the Bill linked to the agreement.

trade deal with the EU cleared its first Commons hurdle after MPs gave it a second reading by 521 votes to 73 - a majority of 448.

tariff-free trade were maintained but lists major set backs with the UK's closest trading partner. The analysis comes after the Prime Minister touted post-Brexit changes to business taxes and regulation.

Brexit trade on Christmas Eve with just days to go, these are some of the key points that will change.

Brexit trade agreement with the European Union has been published on Boxing Day - less than a week before it is due to be implemented. Both the EU and UK published the treaty running at up to 1,255 pages on Saturday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson works to persuade Eurosceptic backbench Conservative MPs to back it as the “right deal” for the country.

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.

promises the Tories made to the industry appeared to have been broken. Macdonald, who represents the largest quota owners in Scotland, said that while the full details of the deal were to emerge it did not appear to deliver on the industry’s aspirations.

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.

Brexit trade with just eight days to go before it leaves the trade bloc. It will come into effect on January 1 2021 after the transition period ends.The deal was announced by Boris Johnson during a press conference on Christmas Eve.

immediately attacked the settlement, saying “there is no deal that will ever make up for what Brexit takes away from us.”On a historic Christmas Eve that will set Scotland and the UK on a different political course from the rest of Europe, Johnson boasted that his “jumbo-sized Canada-style deal” was what the country needs.Johnson said the agreement resolves the European question which has “bedevilled” British politics for generations.But as Sturgeon made plain the end of the Britain’s four

direct to your inboxA post-Brexit trade deal has been agreed with the EU.It comes as talks went to the wire, with the UK leaving the trade bloc in just over a week's time on December 31.Talks in Brussels had been focused on the details of fishing rights but both sides have indicated a Christmas Eve deal would be announced, bringing an end to months of wrangling just a week before current trading arrangements expire.Boris Johnson has been in close contact with European Commission president Ursula

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Boris Johnson is expected to announce the deal on Christmas Eve morning, but talks were continuing in Brussels through the night as the two sides hammered out the final details on fishing.