Gibraltar and UK Government agree measures to ensure strong relationship continues

08 March 2018

The UK and Gibraltar have announced a series of measures to secure the strong, historic and valued UK-Gibraltar relationship.

This was agreed during today’s constructive Joint Ministerial Council (Gibraltar, European Negotiations) by Minister at the Department for Exiting the EU, Robin Walker and the Chief Minister for Gibraltar Fabian Picardo.

The package sets out how we will continue to collaborate closely in a range of important areas, such as on the environment, online gaming, financial services market access, transport and the level of university tuition fees during our Brexit negotiations and beyond.

The measures include a commitment to continued market access for financial services, assurance that British Citizens resident in Gibraltar will continue to be eligible for higher education home fee status at English Institutions, enhanced liaison on environmental issues, and that Gibraltar can continue to refer an unlimited number of their patients to the UK for free elective treatment. The full details of the deal are available in the UK Government statement here.

Full press release

UK Government Statement following the JMC(GEN): The UK will guarantee Gibraltar financial services firms’ access to UK markets as now until 2020.

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