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04/02/2023 | Sunak ‘risks full-scale trade war’ with Brussels by scrapping EU laws | ,, Leading European politicians have warned that the prime minister’s plan to ditch EU legislation will trigger retaliatory countermeasures, including imposing tariffs on goods Rishi Sunak’s plan to scrap thousands of EU laws by the end of this year risks triggering a full-scale trade war between the UK and Brussels, senior figures in the European Union have warned. Letters from leading EU politicians, seen by the Observer, reveal deep concern that the UK is about to lower standards in areas such as environmental protection and workers’ rights – breaching “level playing field” provisions that were at the heart of the post-Brexit trade and cooperation agreement (TCA). Continue reading... |
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04/02/2023 | Davis dismisses Brexit downsides references as ‘propaganda’ | ,,![]() The former Brexit secretary has dismissed as ‘propaganda’ frequent references to his comments in 2016 about Brexit having no downsides Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Davis dismisses Brexit downsides references as ‘propaganda’ |
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04/02/2023 | Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge | ,, Oxford and Cambridge universities, once given more than £130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting £1m annually between them One of the UK’s most prestigious universities has seen its funding from a large European research programme plummet from £62m a year to nothing since Brexit, new figures show. The latest statistics from the European Commission reveal that Cambridge University, which netted €483m (£433m) over the seven years of the last European research funding programme, Horizon 2020, has not received any funding in the first two years of the new Horizon Europe programme. Continue reading... |
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04/02/2023 | Norky’s rambles: whisky, whiskey or aquavitae | ,,![]() Join Norky as he takes us through a brief tour of whisky and how to enjoy it, courtesy of the Bolster Moor Malt Whisky Appreciation Society Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Norky’s rambles: whisky, whiskey or aquavitae |
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04/02/2023 | Work And Pensions Secretary Admits Foreign Workers Would Help "Resolve" UK Staff Shortages | ,,Mel Stride, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has admitted that loosening immigration rules to allow more foreign workers to come to the UK would abate staff shortages, but government remains unlikely to budge on the matter. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
03/02/2023 | Some strikes in Wales suspended after government raises pay offer – as it happened | ,, Welsh government offering health staff extra 3% – half one-off, half consolidated – on top of 4.5% increase. This live blog is closed Michelle O’Neill, the Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland and first minister designate, has said she is “encouraged” by what she is hearing about the prospects of the UK and the EU reaching a deal on the Northern Ireland protocol. Speaking after a meeting with Micheál Martin, the Irish foreign minister and tánaiste (Irish deputy PM), in Belfast, she said: I am very much encouraged by what we’re hearing, I think the tánaiste shares that same assessment and we want both sides to continue in earnest to get a deal, to close this out, to close it out as quickly as possible. This was a useful and constructive conversation. Over eighteen months ago we outlined the parameters for the way forward. We set our tests and those continue to be our yardstick for measuring any deal between the EU and UK. There will be no restoration of the NI executive until the protocol is replaced with arrangements that unionists, as well as nationalists, can support. Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market must be restored and our constitutional arrangements must be respected. Continue reading... |
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03/02/2023 | March of the robots: how biometric tech could kill off paper passports | ,, Border Force boss says advances in biometrics and data security have made passports redundant – be they blue or red The UK’s newly minted blue passports, one of the totemic achievements of Brexit, could soon be unnecessary, according to the UK’s top border official. While Britons queue again for officials to stamp their documents to permit them to cross the Channel, the director general of Border Force, Phil Douglas, said developments in biometrics and data security have made the paper passport effectively redundant – if still politically charged. Continue reading... |
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03/02/2023 | Bank of England must not push interest rates too high, its chief economist says | ,, Inflation should be back within Bank’s 2% target range by middle of 2024, Huw Pill adds The Bank of England is alive to the risk of pushing interest rates too high, its chief economist has signalled, adding to expectations that it could be nearing the end of a sustained period of rate rises. Speaking a day after the Bank raised interest rates for a 10th successive time, by 0.5 percentage points to 4%, Huw Pill said the full impact of its rate increases had not yet been felt in the UK economy. Continue reading... |
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03/02/2023 | Former Minister Welcomes Rishi Sunak's "Willingness To Listen" Despite Continued Scandal | ,,Former cabinet minister Theresa Villiers has praised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for being “willing to listen” to backbenchers, even as Downing Street remains engulfed in scandal since he took office late last year. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
03/02/2023 | Plans To Force Betting Companies To Fund Gambling Harms Support Could Be Dropped | ,,A proposed statutory levy on betting firms that would make it a legal requirement to fund research and support around gambling that is expected to be included in the government's landmark gambling White Paper has been called into question, PoliticsHo... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
03/02/2023 | Top Stories: Dominic Raab Row Deepens, Liz Truss Plots Comeback, Childcare Pressure For PM | ,,Pressure continues to mount on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to address what he knew about Dominic Raab bullying allegations after it was reported that top civil servant Simon Case was aware of complaints. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
03/02/2023 | Frontline Worker Pay Is Struggling To Keep Up With Rising Rental Prices | ,,New analysis from PoliticsHome has found that recently qualified nurses and police officers are seeing a significant chunk of their income eaten away by rented accommodation as the government faces pressure to increase public sector pay. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
03/02/2023 | Exposed: West Yorkshire’s hidden planning influence | ,,![]() The West Yorkshire Combined Authority emerges as a hidden influence in large-scale planning outcomes Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Exposed: West Yorkshire’s hidden planning influence |
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02/02/2023 | Sunak tells Piers Morgan ‘biological sex matters’ – as it happened | ,, Prime minister speaks in interview on TalkTV to mark his 100th day in office On the subject of Rishi Sunak reaching his 100th day in office, my colleague Jessica Elgot has a great assessment of how it’s going. Here is an extract. After Liz Truss left office, polls suggested that voters wanted to keep an open mind about Sunak and rated him significantly higher than his party. That is now beginning to turn. According to senior Labour figures, their most recent focus groups, with swing voters in Southampton, Dewsbury and Bury last week, were described as being “utterly brutal for Sunak”, with participants engaging in “open mockery” of the prime minister. Even the most pessimistic members of Keir Starmer’s team say they have seen a decisive shift. In the coming weeks, our new stop the boats bill will change the law to send a message loud and clear. If you come here illegally, you will be detained and removed. Continue reading... |
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02/02/2023 | The Guardian view on a Northern Ireland deal: time to beat the clock | Editorial | ,, Rishi Sunak is right to want the protocol dispute sorted. That means standing up against his party’s ultra-sovereigntist wing Stopping the clock has sometimes been a useful device for meeting the most intractable deadlines in Northern Irish politics. But the clock is currently ticking unceasingly towards two important dates, neither of them many weeks distant now, where stopping it will not be an option for Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary. Mr Heaton-Harris is in a race against time, with major implications not just for Northern Ireland but for Britain. The two dates in question are the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement on 10 April and the legal obligation to call fresh assembly elections if there is no power-sharing agreement between the Northern Irish parties before 13 April. The dates are not formally linked. Yet each has powerful potential to expose the current fragility of the 1998 power-sharing agreement in the light of divisions caused by the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union. Continue reading... |
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02/02/2023 | Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 4% | ,, Hike of 0.5 percentage points lifts rates to 14-year high, but BoE says shorter and shallower recession now more likely The Bank of England raised interest rates for a tenth consecutive time on Thursday from 3.5% to 4%, but said inflation may have peaked and a recession in the UK would be shorter and shallower than previously feared. Piling more pressure on mortgage payers and businesses struggling to pay off their loans, the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) said the 0.5-percentage point rise was needed after private sector wages had risen more than the central bank’s previous forecasts. Continue reading... |
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02/02/2023 | Inside the Deal: How the EU got Brexit done – Stefaan De Rynck | ,,![]() A new book tells the inside story of Brexit as seen from Brussels. It does not make happy reading for Britain's political class. Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Inside the Deal: How the EU got Brexit done – Stefaan De Rynck |
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02/02/2023 | Inflation Knocks £170m Off Value Of Local Investment Cash, New Data Suggests | ,,Inflation has reduced the value of the government’s Towns Fund, used for regeneration and investment across England, to the tune of more than £170million, according to new data. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
02/02/2023 | Ate O’Clock – time to visit York’s distinctive restaurant | ,,![]() Graham Clark recommends taking some time out to visit Ate O’Clock in the centre of York, a homely, local favourite, offering excellent fare Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Ate O’Clock – time to visit York’s distinctive restaurant |
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02/02/2023 | Top Stories: Sunak Under Pressure To Suspend Raab, Half Of Schools Impacted By Strikes | ,,The Prime Minister is under pressure to reveal what he knew about bullying allegations made against Dominic Raab when he appointed him as his deputy. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
02/02/2023 | Groundhog Johnson – out of hibernation | ,,![]() Might the re-emergence of Boris Johnson signal more and more of the same gloomy political weather? Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Groundhog Johnson – out of hibernation |
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01/02/2023 | Lessons of Brexit: Northern Ireland | ,,![]() The UK and the EU are inching towards a deal that could settle the vexed issue of the Northern Ireland protocol. How will the DUP react? Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Lessons of Brexit: Northern Ireland |
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01/02/2023 | Rishi Sunak plans US trip with Northern Ireland high on agenda | ,, UK officials in flurry of diplomacy seeking agreement with EU over protocol, but play down talk that deal is close Rishi Sunak is considering a trip to visit Joe Biden in the US as talks between the UK and EU over the Northern Ireland protocol intensify. The prime minister’s officials are drawing up plans for him to travel to Washington in the coming weeks to discuss a range of topics, including Ukraine, economic security and technology. Continue reading... |
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01/02/2023 | No 10 refuses to deny Sunak was given informal warning about Raab’s behaviour before he made him deputy PM – as it happened | ,, Dominic Raab under increasing pressure as civil servants’ union calls for him to be suspended until bullying inquiry concludes. This live blog is closed: Thursday’s political developments continue on a new blog MPs have been told that paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have coerced young people with drug debts to take part in rioting, PA Media reports. PA says: A community worker gave an example of a user’s debt being reduced by £80 for doing so. Megan Phair, coordinator of the Journey to Empowerment Programme and member of the Stop Attacks Forum, said both loyalist and dissident republican groups use the tactic to force people on to the streets. It’s time for the prime minister to come out of hiding and face the music. The public deserves to know the truth about what he knew and when, including the full disclosure of any advice given to him by the Cabinet Office. Continue reading... |
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01/02/2023 | Truss and Brexit have sunk Britain’s economy – and the right is in deep denial about both | Martin Kettle | ,, The global economy is hardly booming, but the country is at the bottom of the pile of developed nations for two clear reasons The International Monetary Fund could hardly have made it clearer this week. The chronic British disease, the underlying one that marks out the UK from the developed world crowd, is our low economic growth. The IMF’s revised forecasts for 2023 certainly make stark reading for Rishi Sunak. Last week, at a cabinet awayday at Chequers, Sunak told colleagues they would be judged on five issues at the next election, of which one would be their success in expanding the economy. Yet just a few days later, the IMF revised its UK growth forecast down from the very modest 0.3% increase it posted three months ago to a 0.6% contraction. Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist Continue reading... |
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01/02/2023 | Labour MP Kim Johnson Has Apologised After "Unacceptable" Israeli Government Comments | ,,Labour MP Kim Johnson has apologised "unreservedly" after she referred to the Israeli government as "fascist" in the House of Commons on Wednesday. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
01/02/2023 | Top Stories: Keir Starmer Questions Why Dominic Raab Is Still In Post, Unions Warn Of More Strikes | ,,Keir Starmer challenged the Prime Minister at Prime Minister’s Questions on why the deputy prime minister still has a job despite allegations of bullying after Nadhim Zahawi was sacked over his tax affairs. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
01/02/2023 | Petticoat Patrimony part four: the business of marriage | ,,![]() For Charles Waterton, marriage becomes a transactional affair enabling him to replenish his depleted coffers Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Petticoat Patrimony part four: the business of marriage |
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01/02/2023 | Islamic Relief UK and Give a Gift unite to help struggling families with cost-of-living crisis | ,,![]() Islamic Relief UK and Give a Gift are teaming up to help struggling families in Bradford this winter Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Islamic Relief UK and Give a Gift unite to help struggling families with cost-of-living crisis |
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01/02/2023 | Why Thousands Of Teachers Are Going On Strike | ,,Thousands of teachers in England and Wales are set to strike on Wednesday after talks between education unions and the government failed to reach an agreement. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
31/01/2023 | Given chance to cheer Tories’ economic failure, Hunt is nowhere to be seen | John Crace | ,, If making the country poorer was a symbol of success, the IMF report was a Brexit day bonus Hang out the flags. Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the UK leaving the EU. Glory day. Correction. Glory days. What we always wanted. Well, some of us. Increasingly just a few of us. Now is not the time for declinism. As Jeremy Hunt recently told us in his Bloomberg speech, we should stop talking the UK down. People like the banker and former Conservative donor Guy Hands should stop being so bloody miserable and calling Brexit an unmitigated disaster and start cheering its triumphs. So GDP is down 4%. Big deal. It could so easily have been 5 or 6%. Why can’t people focus on that for a change? Continue reading... |
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31/01/2023 | No 10 warns public of ‘significant disruption’ tomorrow because of mass strikes – as it happened | ,, This blog has now closed, you can read more on this story here Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, was not exactly on message in his Sky News interview with Kay Burley this morning. As well as implying that he thought the bullying inquiry into Dominic Raab was a mistake (see 10.37am), he made at least three other comments that suggest Rishi Sunak does not have the enthusiastic support of all his backbenchers. Rees-Mogg said that Sunak was performing “perfectly competently” as PM. Asked how he was doing, Rees-Mogg replied: “I think he’s doing perfectly competently.” When Burley put it to him that that was not much of an endorsement, Rees-Mogg went on: “I made no bones about the fact I thought Boris Johnson was a better prime minister and I wanted him to remain.” Rees-Mogg criticised the government for stalling the Northern Ireland protocol bill. The bill, which is popular with hardline Brexiters but widely seen as contrary to international law, because it would allow the UK to unilaterally ignore some of the provisions in the protocol treaty, passed through the Commons when Boris Johnson was PM. But it is stuck in the Lords, where it has not been debated since October and where a date has not been set for its report stage. Sunak has shelved it because he wants to negotiate a compromise on the protocol with the EU, and passing the bill would make agreement much harder. But Rees-Mogg said the government should pass it. He said: The government has just got to get on with it. There’s a bill that has been through the House of Commons that is waiting its report stage in the House of Lords and I don’t understand why the government hasn’t brought it forward. He renewed his criticism of the strikes (minimum service levels) bill. When MPs debated it last night, Rees-Mogg said he agreed with Labour criticisms of the Henry VIII powers in the bill. The government doesn’t know what changes it will have to make once this bill is passed. Under clause 3, the secretary of state would be able to make regulations that “amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under primary legislation passed before this act or later in the same session of parliament as this act”. This is a supercharged Henry VIII clause. Why should MPs or peers pay any attention to any related legislation that may be brought before them later in this session when they know that, unless they object, a secretary of state may simply amend, repeal or revoke it? Continue reading... |
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31/01/2023 | Sick and tired of all those pesky regulations | ,,![]() The public must be able to rely on powerful independent regulators properly controlling standards, instead we are getting a race to the bottom Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Sick and tired of all those pesky regulations |
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31/01/2023 | What impact has Brexit had on the UK economy? | ,,It is three years since the UK left the EU and time to start looking at the evidence. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
31/01/2023 | Why is the UK economy doing worse than the rest of the G7? | ,, Factors behind IMF’s latest forecast which shows UK will be only large economy to contract this year The International Monetary Fund has warned that Britain is expected to be the only large industrialised country to face a shrinking economy this year. The Washington-based fund upgraded its forecast for most leading economies but said it expected the UK economy to contract by 0.6% this year – a level 0.9 percentage points worse than that which it had pencilled in just three months ago, and slower even than that for sanctions-hit Russia. Continue reading... |
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31/01/2023 | Brexit is a ‘complete disaster’ and ‘total lies’, says former Tory donor | ,, Private equity veteran Guy Hands says Boris Johnson ‘threw the country and the NHS under the bus’ Guy Hands, a leading City figure, has called Brexit a “complete disaster” and a “bunch of total lies” that has harmed large parts of the economy. Speaking on the third anniversary of the UK’s departure from the EU, Hands, the founder, chair and chief investment officer of the private equity firm Terra Firma, said: “It’s been a complete disaster. The reality is it’s been a lose-lose situation for us and Europe. Europe has lost more [in financial services] but we’ve lost as well. And the reality of Brexit was, it was just was a bunch of complete and total lies. Continue reading... |
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31/01/2023 | MPs Insist 1992's Narrow Tory Victory Is A Blueprint For Rishi Sunak To Cling To Power | ,,Hope and belief that Rishi Sunak can pull off a 1992-style Conservative general election victory is gaining traction among his MPs — in their public statements, at least — despite opinion polls continuing to show large, double-digit leads for the La... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
31/01/2023 | 'Complete disaster' and 'total lies': Tory billionaire lambasts effects of Brexit – audio | ,, The billionaire businessman Guy Hands has described Brexit as a 'complete disaster' and a 'bunch of total lies' that has harmed large parts of the economy. The founder, chair and chief investment officer of the private equity firm Terra Firma spoke on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on the third anniversary of the UK's departure from the EU. Referencing the bus promising £350m for the NHS during the government's Brexit campaign, Hands said the former prime minister Boris Johnson 'threw the NHS and the public under the bus'
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31/01/2023 | UK Economy Forecast To Shrink, Teachers Set To Strike, Labour Calls For Anti-Social Crime Crackdown | ,,The UK is the only country in the developed world whose economy is expected to shrink next year, according to a new IMF report which has placed the blame on high energy prices and government spending rules. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
31/01/2023 | Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret | Polly Toynbee | ,, Most people are now in favour of rejoining the EU, but Labour is right to steer clear of another row over Europe Today’s Brexit anniversary marks three years of political mayhem and economic calamity. It is also 50 years since Britain joined the EEC. Ten years ago this month, David Cameron made his shameless Bloomberg speech pledging a referendum to placate his party and Ukippers, who he had previously called “fruitcakes”, “loonies” and “closet racists”. Cameron wrongly thought Brexiteers could be appeased, but they proved insatiable. The more harm their Brexit does, the more extreme versions they demand, chasing those impossible phantasms they mis-sold to the country. Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist This article was amended on 3 February 2023 to exclude – in the context of Brexit – a reference to the subsequent high UK energy price, relative to that of the EU. As a linked-to analysis noted, the UK’s own energy policies have significantly driven UK energy prices. Continue reading... |
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30/01/2023 | Keir Starmer Promises Industry Leaders Labour Is A "Reliable Partner" For Global Business | ,,Keir Starmer told international business leaders that Labour is a “reliable partner” in global trade and industry at a reception in Westminster on Monday evening. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
30/01/2023 | 'Nature at risk': protests as thousands of protection laws on verge of being scrapped – video | ,, In Newark, hundreds of environmental protesters marched towards Robert Jenrick's office, the local MP, calling on him to vote against the EU retain law bill that put thousands of environmental protection laws at risk. The bill gives ministers the power to abolish an estimated 4,000 laws derived from Brussels by the end of 2023. The deadline has been put in place by Rishi Sunak, who pledged to scrap thousands of EU laws to 'protect Brexit' during his leadership campaign. Cross-party MPs are concerned the deadline is impractical, as hundreds of civil servants would be required to review each piece of legislation. As well as environmental regulations, the EU-derived laws include employment protection and transport regulations Continue reading... |
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30/01/2023 | The Guardian view on Brexit’s unsound legal thinking: turning back the clock | Editorial | ,, Ministers want Britain’s judges to interpret human rights not in the light of present day conditions, but those of the 1950s The government “should not proceed” with its bill of rights. That was the withering judgment delivered last week on Dominic Raab’s proposals by parliament’s joint committee on human rights. MPs and peers assessed the bill and correctly decided that the ideal outcome for the country was to drop the deeply flawed legislation. It’s not a bill of rights so much as a bill of wrongs. The cross-party committee said the justice secretary’s proposals would reduce the protections currently provided, make it harder to enforce human rights, and show contempt for international obligations. The Conservative party in its present guise is determined to free the executive from accountability, and Mr Raab’s ideas are part of a power grab that includes attempts to restrict judicial review, the right of protest and freedom of expression. Making his bill law would see Britain turn its back on the gains made by human rights legislation. Major advances made by disabled people, same‐sex couples and Windrush victims would never have occurred under these proposals. Continue reading... |
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30/01/2023 | Who Is Going On Strike And When In February? | ,,Mass walkouts are set to take place across multiple sectors in February affecting the NHS, schools, rail services and more. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
30/01/2023 | What You Need To Know About Michael Gove's Post-Grenfell Cladding Crackdown | ,,Housing Secretary Michael Gove has announced tough new plans to hold developers responsible for funding repair works to buildings with fire safety issues, and warned those who fail to comply could be blacklisted from the market. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
30/01/2023 | Rishi Sunak Pledges "Fastest Improvement" in NHS Waits, Public Don't Trust Police To Solve Crimes | ,,Rishi Sunak has today launched a healthcare plan, pledging to deliver the “largest and fastest” improvement in waiting times in the history of the NHS as people face record delays in accessing vital healthcare. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
29/01/2023 | Rishi Sunak Talks Tough On Ethics But Questions Remain Over What He Knew About Nadhim Zahawi Tax Affairs | ,,The Prime Minister’s decision to unceremoniously sack Nadhim Zahawi early on Sunday morning is the clearest example yet of his attempt to overturn a growing narrative that while he might be a capable manager, he is unable to take tough political choi... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
29/01/2023 | Nadhim Zahawi Sacked By Rishi Sunak Over Tax Affairs | ,,The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi over "a serious breach of the ministerial code" following an investigation into his tax affairs. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
28/01/2023 | Tory MPs Urge Rishi Sunak To Show "Imagination" As Party Shows Little Sign Of Recovery | ,,Restless Conservative MPs are urging Rishi Sunak to set out a more ambitious policy agenda as anxiety grows that the Prime Minister has seemingly failed to move the dial on the party's popularity since entering Downing Street. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
27/01/2023 | Martin Rowson on Jeremy Hunt’s tax and transport pledges – cartoon | ,, Continue reading... | www.theguardian.com | Visit... |
27/01/2023 | Jeremy Hunt Calls On Early Retirees To Work Again, Questions Over HS2 Future | ,,Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has called on people who retired early to reconsider joining the workplace, as he declared that “Britain needs you”. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
27/01/2023 | Terrified of leavers and remainers, Labour offers a Brexit sticking plaster – and that won’t do | Neal Lawson | ,, David Lammy promises to reconnect the EU to ‘tarnished’ Britain, but when will we fix the democratic flaws that led to the vote? Pity Labour right now: feeling the righteous heat of Brexit failure, needing to appease ever more vociferous remainers, but desperate not to alarm “red wall” voters. So we are offered vague words from Labour’s David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, of better connections between the EU and “tarnished” Britain and aspirations about joint talking shops, when the reality is that faced with a continually chaotic UK, the EU will simply protect its members and enjoy the schadenfreude. Continue reading... |
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26/01/2023 | Tories Warned Push To Get Parents Into Work Will Fail Without "Fixing" Childcare | ,,Government plans to target out-of-work parents in a drive to boost employment have faced criticism for not also including detail on how they would be supported with childcare needs. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
26/01/2023 | Labour Says Haste To Scrap Thousands Of EU Laws Will Lead To "Mistakes We Might Regret" | ,,A senior Labour frontbencher says the government’s plan to scrap thousands of EU laws from the UK statute book by the end of this year will “fail” and create a “horrible mess” due to insufficient time to address almost 4,000 pieces of legislation aff... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
26/01/2023 | Benefits Wrongly Paid To Thousands Of EU Citizens Due To Home Office Error | ,,Exclusive: The government has wrongly made benefits payments to potentially tens of thousands of European Union citizens due to a Home Office data error. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
26/01/2023 | Rishi Sunak Holds Cabinet Away Day, Matt Hancock Assault Suspect Charged, Pressure To Get Child Refugees Out Of Hotels | ,,Rishi Sunak is expected to strategise for the next election alongside senior ministers at Chequers today, in a Cabinet "away day" at the Prime Minister's country residence. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
26/01/2023 | Biden’s clean energy brainwave paves Britain’s way to post-Brexit growth. Dare we copy him? | Larry Elliott | ,, Where the US leads in using state aid and subsidies, the EU is now following. But the UK will need a change of mindset Stagnation nation. That’s an apt two-word description of the UK, where after 15 years of sluggish economic performance the prospect is for a shallow recession this year. Politicians know they have a problem. In the past 13 years, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and now Rishi Sunak have all proposed different ways of fixing things, none of which have moved the dial that much. Jeremy Hunt says his budget, on 15 March will be all about growth, but don’t hold your breath. Larry Elliott is the Guardian’s economics editor Continue reading... |
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26/01/2023 | Britain, here’s a plan: stop applying old fixes to new problems. And stop obsessing about growth | David Edgerton | ,, Crises in productivity and wealth inequality won’t be solved with ideas from the 80s. It’s not about a bigger pie – we need a different one According to our politicians and most of the media, the central problem facing the British economy is a lack of growth. We need growth, we are told, to pay for this or that public service, or good wages, or housing. Just this week it was reported that the chancellor would need to plan further cuts in expenditure as a result of the Office for Budget Responsibility downgrading the UK’s growth prospects. But we should beware framing the lack of growth as the main affliction. In any case, the solutions to the growth problem have been tried and largely failed, whether the austerity of the Cameron years, the tax cuts proposed by Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng or the innovation promised by all governments since the 1990s. The problems of the present are genuinely novel, and require not so much growing the British economy as transforming it. Continue reading... |
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25/01/2023 | Gibraltar struggles with post-Brexit limbo | ,,As talks resume on its future, the British overseas territory fears for its sovereignty and border. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
25/01/2023 | Rishi Sunak Insists He's Following "Proper Due Process" As Pressure Grows To Sack Nadhim Zahawi | ,,Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he believes in “proper due process” in handling questions over Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs, as he faces growing pressure to sack the party chair from his Cabinet role. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
25/01/2023 | Nadhim Zahawi's Position Hangs In The Balance, Michael Gove At Northern Conference, Partygate Probe Calls Witnesses | ,,A Conservative peer has joined the chorus of voices questioning Nadhim Zahawi's future as party chair, as he continues to face questions over his tax affairs. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
25/01/2023 | Exasperated Tory MPs Fear Nadhim Zahawi Row Will Overshadow Crunch Weeks For Rishi Sunak | ,,Nadhim Zahawi remains as Conservative party chair but Tory MPs are worried that unanswered questions over his tax affairs could distract from Rishi Sunak's policy agenda for weeks to come as the party gears up for an already tough set of local electi... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
25/01/2023 | NI Protocol: M&S warns against separate labelling for NI goods | ,,The UK and EU both previously suggested it could help reduce checks related to the NI Protocol. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
25/01/2023 | Eurostar trains carrying almost a third fewer passengers | ,,Boss Gwendoline Cazenave says post-Brexit border checks are causing problems for the train company. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
24/01/2023 | Business Leader Urges Rishi Sunak To Ditch "Bogus" Deadline For Ditching EU Laws | ,,Confederation of Business Industry head Tony Danker has challenged Rishi Sunak to scrap the government's commitment to repeal almost 4,000 European Union laws by the end of the year, arguing that the "bogus deadline" is putting needless strain on ind... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
24/01/2023 | Labour's David Lammy promises new UK-EU security pact | ,,Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy sets out plans for closer security ties with the EU. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
24/01/2023 | Minister Says There Are "Significant Questions" Over Zahawi Tax Affairs, "Partygate" Hearings Set To Begin | ,,A Tory minister has said there are still “significant questions” to answer around Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs after a backbench MP publicly called on the Party Chairman to “stand aside”. | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
24/01/2023 | Tory MP Tells Jeremy Hunt To Put "Positive And Practical" Childcare Measures In Budget | ,,Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie has urged Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to consider “positive and practical” childcare measures ahead of the upcoming Spring Budget, as the government faces pressure from within their own ranks to reform the “expensive” and “... | www.politicshome.com | Visit... |
23/01/2023 | Can DUP be brought in from the cold to end Northern Ireland protocol row? | ,, Party has set conditions for a deal but former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says solution is ‘not rocket science’ Bertie Ahern, co-architect of the Good Friday agreement, has said a deal to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol is “not rocket science”, but compromise is needed. But can the Democratic Unionist party, which has laid down seven strict conditions for a deal, be brought in from the cold? Northern Irish customers are not disadvantaged by the protocol and forced to go to non-Great Britain suppliers for goods otherwise available in the UK. There is no “border in the Irish Sea”. NI has “a say in making the laws which govern them”. “No checks on goods going from Northern Ireland to GB or GB to NI and remaining in NI”. No new regulatory borders/laws develop between NI and the rest of the UK. The consent principle in the Good Friday agreement is upheld. Continue reading... |
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18/01/2023 | Brexit: Ministers clash with MPs over plan to scrap EU laws | ,,Thousands of UK laws are due to expire automatically at the end of this year, prompting warnings from MPs. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
13/01/2023 | NI Protocol: Starmer urges Sunak to use Good Friday Agreement to solve Brexit crisis | ,,The Labour leader says it is time for the government to put Northern Ireland above a "Brexit purity cult". | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
12/01/2023 | Brexit: Protocol deal no guarantee of Stormont return, says Irish PM | ,,Leo Varadkar says post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland were "too strict and too rigid". | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
12/01/2023 | London Mayor Sadiq Khan to say he can't ignore 'immense' Brexit damage | ,,London mayor's call for closer ties with the EU puts him at odds with the Labour leader on Brexit. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
10/01/2023 | Brexit: What is the Northern Ireland Protocol? | ,,The Northern Ireland Protocol is at the centre of a dispute between the UK and the EU. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
09/01/2023 | NI Protocol: UK and EU reach agreement on trade data sharing | ,,James Cleverley and Maros Šefčovič say the agreement gives a new basis for NI protocol talks. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
06/01/2023 | Brexit: Growing differences between drugs approved for GB and NI, says report | ,,Post-Brexit divergence between NI and the rest of the UK on drugs is increasing, research suggests. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
05/01/2023 | A centrist pitch from Keir Starmer means he will need to show how he differs from Sunak | ,, Labour will not ‘spend its way out of the mess’ but will a more pragmatic approach persuade the core support the party still stands for something? Keir Starmer was looking assured, shirt sleeves rolled up and cracking jokes, as he stood in front of a giant orange robotic arm in an east London design lab to make his new year speech. Just 24 hours earlier Rishi Sunak had given his own address on the state of the nation at the building next door, prompting the Labour leader to quip: “I won’t tell the prime minister where I’m going on holiday this year just in case I find him there as well.” Continue reading... |
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03/01/2023 | Brexit: Mistakes were made on all sides, says Leo Varadkar | ,,The Irish prime minister says perhaps the Northern Ireland protocol is a "little bit too strict". | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/12/2022 | Bad boys of Brexit: where are they now? | ,, This is what became of prime movers Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings, Nigel Farage, Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore • UK ministers pledged to match EU spending after Brexit. How’s that going? These five “bad boys” were the loudest voices behind Brexit, but they’ve all gone pretty quiet since then – what has become of them since? Continue reading... |
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27/12/2022 | In 2022 Liz Truss tried to bin economic orthodoxy – but what is it? | ,, Rishi Sunak soon rowed back from his predecessor’s chaotic experiment, reasserting the seven pillars of UK Treasury wisdom It was all over for Liz Truss’s war on economic orthodoxy the moment she decided to summon Kwasi Kwarteng back from the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington. If the sacking of the Treasury’s top mandarin, Sir Tom Scholar, marked the beginning of the campaign against Whitehall beancounters, then the end came when Jeremy Hunt became the fourth chancellor of the exchequer of 2022. Continue reading... |
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22/12/2022 | Brexit: Call for rethink on ditching thousands of EU laws | ,,Warning health, environmental and agricultural regulation could be harmed by UK ministers' plans. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
22/12/2022 | Firms frustrated by post-Brexit trade red tape | ,,Two years after post-Brexit trading began with the EU, UK firms are still struggling with the new rules, says BCC. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
21/12/2022 | Flawed EU settlement scheme could create illegal migrants says High Court | ,,Home Office rules affecting millions of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit are unlawful, a judge rules. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
18/12/2022 | Labour needs more than voters’ anger with Tories failures to win | ,, Conservative supporters disillusioned with the lack of a Brexit dividend are unclear what Labour stands for, and the radical right is rising • Read more: Brexit failures are hauting Tories Three years ago, Boris Johnson assembled a unique big tent coalition, delivering the Conservatives a once in a generation majority. That coalition is no more. Current polling points to a 17-point Conservative to Labour swing, far larger than Tony Blair achieved in 1997, with roughly half of 2019 Tory voters now backing someone else. Rejection of the Conservatives spans the length and breadth of the country, from the red wall to the blue wall, among Remain voters and among Brexiters. The Brexit coalition has collapsed because the forces holding it together – frustration over Brexit and fear of a Corbyn-led government – have dissipated and nothing has replaced them. Johnson fulfilled his Brexit pledges early, passing his “oven-ready” deal in the first months of the government, and following it with a trade agreement within a year. Those early successes have left a growing void. “Getting Brexit done” was supposed to change things for the better. Even the most ardent Brexiters now find the reality disappointing. Half of Leave voters say the government has handled the issue badly, while a record one in five Brexiters now think the decision to depart was a mistake. Continue reading... |
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02/12/2022 | Brexit: Progress on trade deals slower than promised | ,,The UK government is on course to miss its target for signing deals, as exporter numbers fall. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
01/12/2022 | Brexit added £210 to household food bills, LSE says | ,,A new study suggests extra red tape and checks pushed up food bills in the UK over two years. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/11/2022 | UK yet to see full impact of Brexit trade deals, says minister Badenoch | ,,Kemi Badenoch acknowledges "change is difficult" but says the UK can benefit from new trade deals. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/11/2022 | More UK environment laws to be reviewed after Brexit | ,,Environment Secretary Therese Coffey suggests the number of EU laws to be audited has gone up. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
24/11/2022 | Brexit: Don't scrap EU rules, firms and unions say | ,,Business groups and unions warn plans to scrap thousands of EU laws will create "confusion and disruption". | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
23/11/2022 | Hunt claims Treasury did not brief that UK wants Swiss-style Brexit deal – video | ,, Taking questions from MPs at a Treasury select committee on his autumn fiscal statement, Jeremy Hunt denied the Treasury was the source behind a Sunday Times story saying the government was moving in the direction of a Swiss-style Brexit arrangement. 'It is not my position and it never has been,' Hunt said, adding that he did not back taking the UK in that direction Continue reading... |
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22/11/2022 | 'We have to make Brexit work': Starmer confirms Labour would not consider single market – video | ,, Speaking at the CBI conference in Birmingham, the leader of the opposition said if Labour were to win the next general election, it would not take the UK back into the single market or customs union. The Labour leader told the conference: 'The deal the government has got us, it's not working well.' Starmer said the Northern Ireland protocol needed a 'pragmatic answer' and the UK needed 'to reduce trade barriers' in order to make Brexit work
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21/11/2022 | Brexit: Rishi Sunak quashes talk of Swiss-style EU deal – video | ,, The prime minister has delivered his firmest response yet to a Sunday Times story suggesting that some in his government wanted a Swiss-type deal with the EU. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry's annual conference in Birmingham, Sunak said that under his leadership the UK would 'not pursue any relationship with Europe that relies on alignment with EU laws' Continue reading... |
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20/11/2022 | Brexit: who wants a Swiss-style EU deal and what would it look like? | ,, As reports suggest some in government want closer ties with Brussels, we look as what these might mean Brexit is slowly but surely creeping back on to the agenda as the blame game intensifies over Britain’s poor growth and looming recession. Discussion of the effects of the UK leaving the EU were quickly drowned out in the weeks after 31 January 2020 as the Covid pandemic took hold. Since then, much of MPs’ economic focus has been on the fallout from lockdowns, global supply chain issues and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading... |
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16/11/2022 | Rishi Sunak denies Brexit is playing a role in UK's economic downturn – video | ,, At a press conference at the G20 summit in Bali, the British prime minister said he did not believe Brexit was to blame for the UK's economic woes, highlighting instead the legacy effects of the coronavirus pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 'Every country will have its own idiosyncratic things, but those are the overwhelming dominating factors,' said Rishi Sunak. He claimed the upcoming autumn budget would be rooted in 'fairness' and 'compassion' Continue reading... |
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10/11/2022 | Brexit-backing Next boss says UK needs more overseas workers | ,,Lord Wolfson urges the government to let more foreign workers into the UK to tackle labour shortages. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
10/11/2022 | UK-Swiss science deal as both barred from EU scheme | ,,Political tensions mean both nations have been shut out of the EU's prestigious Horizon programme. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
31/10/2022 | Sinn Féin accuses DUP of creating 'political limbo' | ,,NI is currently without ministers after a legal deadline for the formation of government passed. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
27/10/2022 | Why is Northern Ireland facing another Stormont election? | ,, DUP boycotted power-sharing executive over post-Brexit Irish Sea border and if not revived by midnight election must be called The region appears to be heading towards another Stormont assembly election just seven months after the previous one. In May, Sinn Féin emerged as the biggest party, a landmark result that made its vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, the putative first minister. But the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) boycotted the power-sharing executive and the assembly, so Stormont has been mothballed. If it is not revived by just after midnight on Thursday – a legal deadline – a new election must be called. Continue reading... |
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07/10/2022 | Ireland says talks with UK are 'in a different space now' – video | ,, The UK and Ireland have agreed to do 'everything possible' to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, after a meeting of the British-Irish intergovernmental conference in London. Speaking at a press conference, Chris Heaton-Harris vowed to call another Northern Ireland assembly election if power-sharing was not restored by 28 October. His position was backed by the Irish foreign affairs minister, Simon Coveney, who said: 'People want devolved institutions in Northern Ireland that can make decisions there, for families, for businesses there' Continue reading... |
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25/09/2022 | Labour can’t win election with Brexit negativity, shadow minister says | ,,A shadow minister says the party wants to present a “positive vision” for life outside the EU. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
20/09/2022 | UK considers joining new European nations club | ,,French President Emmanuel Macron is championing a summit of EU and non-EU countries next month. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
16/09/2022 | NI Protocol: Sea border checks 'not required by EU law' | ,,A barrister representing Edwin Poots says wording of EU regulations do not apply to GB food products | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
16/09/2022 | Northern Ireland Protocol: UK defies EU legal action over checks | ,,The UK says it will continue to delay full post-Brexit checks on goods moving from Great Britain. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
25/08/2022 | Some steel exports from Great Britain to Northern Ireland face 25% tariff | ,,The tariff is because of EU rule changes and affects Northern Ireland because of the NI Protocol. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
23/08/2022 | NI Protocol: Business consortium urge EU and UK to end impasse | ,,The NI Business Brexit Working Group says the UK and EU should redouble their efforts. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
16/08/2022 | UK government enters endgame in Europe research standoff | ,,The government is in a row with the EU over the UK's membership of the €100bn Horizon research programme. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
27/07/2022 | NI Protocol: Grace periods should be permanent, says Lords committee | ,,The current grace periods mean the NI Protocol is not being fully implemented. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
23/07/2022 | Thousands of lorries queue near Dover amid travel chaos – video | ,, Aerial footage shows thousands of lorries queueing on the main road towards the port of Dover on Saturday, with UK authorities blaming French officials for the chaos – a claim France has denied. A major incident was declared as a second day of travel disruption consumed the key port amid additional post-Brexit checks. It comes as most schools in England and Wales broke up for the summer holidays, marking the start of one of the busiest periods for foreign travel Continue reading... |
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22/07/2022 | EU launches fresh legal action over Northern Ireland border rules | ,,The fresh claims come amid a worsening diplomatic row over the Northern Ireland Protocol. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
22/07/2022 | Aerial footage shows huge queues waiting to cross the Channel in Folkestone – video | ,, Huge queues heading for the Eurotunnel in Folkestone formed on Friday after severe staff shortages caused by 'juxtaposed controls', where travellers clear French entry requirements in the UK before crossing the Channel. Holidaymakers also faced long queues at Heathrow, Manchester and Bristol airports in an extremely busy day for air and road travel
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22/07/2022 | Brexit: UK's divorce bill from EU could rise to £42.5bn | ,,A minister says inflation could increase the bill for outstanding UK spending commitments to the EU. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
28/06/2022 | Equipment of 'Stop Brexit Man' Steve Bray seized – video | ,, Metropolitan police officers seized the equipment of Steve Bray, the activist known as Stop Brexit Man, on the same day a new protest law came into effect. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act introduced an offence of intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance, in an effort to crack down on disruptive guerrilla protests. These are the sort of tactics that have been used by climate change protesters who have taken their campaigns to the streets Continue reading... |
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13/06/2022 | Brexit: PM to unveil plans to scrap parts of NI Protocol agreed with EU | ,,The UK wants to rewrite part of the Northern Ireland Protocol but the EU says this breaks international law. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
31/05/2022 | Universities warn of EU-UK research scheme 'close to precipice' | ,,Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
29/05/2022 | Imperial measurement review to mark Jubilee | ,,But Labour MP Angela Eagle calls the review a "pathetic" attempt to "weaponise nostalgia". | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
27/05/2022 | Brexit: UK signs first US state-level trade agreement with Indiana | ,,The agreement is the first of many expected after talks on a broader post-Brexit US deal stalled. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
25/05/2022 | 'We don't want UK-EU trade war' - Irish PM | ,,Micheál Martin says he is hopeful he will not have to contemplate tariffs against UK exports. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
20/05/2022 | Irish PM says DUP cannot be allowed to block NI Assembly | ,,Meanwhile, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the UK must not discard the protocol. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
12/05/2022 | Brexit: Ignoring parts of Northern Ireland Protocol is legal, says attorney general | ,,UK legal advisers say the Brexit deal can be overridden to preserve the Good Friday Agreement. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
28/04/2022 | Brexit import checks delayed for fourth time | ,,New post-Brexit controls, due in July, are postponed amid rising inflation and supply chain disruption. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
27/04/2022 | Brexit: UK government 'squarely responsible' for protocol deal | ,,A former top civil servant has attacked the handling of the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit deal. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
26/04/2022 | New Brexit rules caused major shock to UK-EU trade - report | ,,A new study found that imports from the EU fell by 25% relative to those from elsewhere. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
20/04/2022 | Brexit: Cross-border permits will damage industry, say NI Tourism | ,,The proposal will require non-British and non-Irish EU citizens to apply for pre-travel clearance. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
11/04/2022 | Brexit: Tonnes of beetroot left to rot as EU firms look elsewhere | ,,Staffordshire farmer Will Woodhall says the lack of demand in Europe will cost him up to £90,000. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
06/04/2022 | Brexit expert Aodhán Connolly to lead NI Executive's Brussels office | ,,Aodhán Connolly has been a key figure in expressing the views of NI business to the UK government. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
17/02/2022 | Brexit: Simon Coveney plays down NI Protocol breakthrough prospects | ,,The Irish foreign minister says UK-EU joint committee talks next week will be more of a "staging post". | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
16/02/2022 | Jacob Rees-Mogg says little evidence Brexit hit trade | ,,The Brexit benefits minister says Covid is behind trade falls, and Brexit is helping the economy. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
15/02/2022 | Brexit: Northern Ireland goods exports to Republic 'reached €4bn in 2021' | ,,Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) says that represents an increase of 65% compared to 2020. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
03/02/2022 | NI Protocol: Irish Sea border ongoing despite order, says Downing St | ,,Downing Street says checks remain despite DUP minister Edwin Poots' directive for them to stop. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
14/01/2022 | Brexit: NI Protocol talks to intensify next week | ,,The EU and UK are set for intensified negotiations as the foreign secretary hails "cordial" talks. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
10/01/2022 | NI Protocol: Government must publish protocol timetable - DUP | ,,Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was speaking after meeting the UK Brexit negotiator Liz Truss on Monday. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
09/01/2022 | Liz Truss 'willing' to override Northern Ireland-part of Brexit deal | ,,The foreign secretary issues a warning over the Northern Ireland-part of the deal if negotiations fail. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
06/01/2022 | Farmers could be paid for post-Brexit 'rewilding' land changes | ,,"Radical plans" could see large areas of land in England turned into nature reserves. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
05/01/2022 | Brexit: Did the EU ban crown marks on pint glasses? | ,,The government said restoring crown stamps to pints was one of the "key successes" of Brexit so far. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
04/01/2022 | UK steel future uncertain without US tariffs deal | ,,Europe has reached an agreement over Trump-era taxes but the UK is still facing 25% tariffs. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
01/01/2022 | Brexit: A year of storms over the Northern Ireland Protocol | ,,How Westminster and Brussels tussled over the Northern Ireland Protocol throughout 2021. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
23/12/2021 | Brexit: Why is there a row over fishing rights? | ,,Fishing licences near Jersey are threatening trade relations between the UK and France. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
17/12/2021 | Brexit: NI will get medicine at same time as GB, EU proposes | ,,Under plans to simplify the NI Protocol, the EU says medicines will continue to be available. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
17/12/2021 | Brexit: UK indicates European court may have NI Protocol role | ,,It could mean the European Court of Justice ruling on EU law but not having a final say in disputes. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
09/12/2021 | Brexit: Non-Irish EU citizens could face Irish border travel checks | ,,Non-Irish EU citizens living in the Republic would need clearance under the proposed UK bill. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
03/12/2021 | Brexit: No breakthrough in latest NI Protocol talks | ,,Maroš Šefčovič says it is "time to get medicines across the finish line" but again no deal is struck. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
02/12/2021 | UK plays down Brexit link in US steel tariff row | ,,Reports suggesting a US decision to maintain tariffs on UK steel is linked to Brexit are rejected. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
02/12/2021 | Brexit: Special goods category 'would improve NI Protocol' | ,,A think tank suggests "Northern-Ireland-approved goods" could be exempt from some EU rules. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
01/12/2021 | Brexit: EU could move unilaterally on NI medicines issue | ,,Maroš Šefčovič says the EU is ready to move on its own over Northern Ireland's medicines problem. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
12/10/2021 | Brexit: What has the European Court of Justice got to do with the NI Protocol? | ,,The UK government wants the European Court of Justice removed from oversight of the NI Protocol. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/06/2021 | Brexit: What is a level playing field? | ,,What is a level playing field in trade and what has it got to do with Brexit? | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
31/03/2021 | How tampon tax, hedgerows and sanctions have changed since Brexit | ,,Tampon tax, hedgerows and sanctions: what's changed since Brexit? | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
12/03/2021 | Turing Scheme: What is the Erasmus replacement? | ,,What will Brexit mean for students in the UK wanting to work or study abroad? | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
01/02/2021 | Brexit: How much disruption has there been so far? | ,,It has been a month since the rules changed in the UK's relationship with the EU. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/12/2020 | Brexit: What you need to know about the UK leaving the EU | ,,The UK and EU begin a new relationship on 1 January 2021. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/12/2020 | Brexit: How will it affect my holiday to Spain? And other questions | ,,We answer some of your questions about Brexit. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/12/2020 | Brexit: What are the key points of the deal? | ,,These are the most important aspects of the UK-EU deal, and what they mean for people's lives and businesses. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
11/12/2020 | Article 50, backstop etc: Brexit jargon explained | ,,From free trade agreement to no deal, find out what the key terms mean. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
04/09/2020 | Brexit: Where are we now? | ,,It's been out of the headlines for the past few months, but Brexit is back on the political menu | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
23/07/2020 | Post-Brexit deal: What's happening in the UK-EU talks? | ,,Both sides will soon have to decide when and how they compromise, or whether they are willing to walk away. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
13/07/2020 | Brexit: What happens now? | ,,Brexit officially happened on 31 January but the UK is now in a transition period until the end of 2020. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
27/02/2020 | Brexit trade deal: What do the UK and EU want? | ,,The UK and EU have set out their stalls for negotiations on their future relationship. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
31/01/2020 | Brexit timeline told through culture | ,,We take you through what's happened in the world since the EU referendum was announced. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
31/01/2020 | Brexit: How did we get here? The past four years in two minutes | ,,It's been more than three years since the UK voted to leave the European Union but how did we get here? | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
13/09/2019 | Brexit Basics: What is the backstop? | ,,Confused by Brexit jargon? Reality Check unpacks the basics. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
30/07/2019 | Brexit: Your simple guide to the UK leaving the EU | ,,Feeling a little lost about what's going on with Brexit? Here's our basic guide. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |
15/11/2018 | Brexit video explainers | ,,BBC correspondents on the background, jargon, (and some of the) questions and answers as the UK prepares to leave the EU. | www.bbc.co.uk | Visit... |