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UK could lose right to share security and business data with EU after Brexit, minister admits
16/06/2020
Alternatives 'might need to be pursued', James Brokenshire tells inquiry - prompting demands to reveal how UK will be 'protected'.
Real-time access to EU police databases has not yet been agreed in the negotiations
Gavin Williamson accepts the appointment of David Frost as national security adviser was a political move.
Intelligence will always be exchanged informally. The problem is turning such exchanges into evidence that can be used in court – especially when we’re shut out of European information networks.
The long-awaited report into the extent to which Russia has tried to influence UK democracy has been released - here are the key points.
Ministers refusing to admit to crime and terror threat from no deal, warns former security adviser
24/07/2020
Lord Ricketts attacks failure to acknowledge that fallbacks will be 'putting the safety of the public at risk'.
Brussels suspicions come as European commission chief warns Britain to abide by Northern Ireland protocol.
Former security commissioner warns of ‘immediate impact’ on tackling terrorism and crime.
Bill set to include retroactive powers to scrutinize takeovers / Institute of Directors fears ‘chilling effect’ on investment
'Yet a no deal outcome would still have profound implications for the uK. as we analyse in what follows, from trade to connectivity to foreign policy to cooperation in policing, a failure to strike an agreement with the eu will impact on us in numerous ways.'
“What?!” - former prime minister is dumbfounded as her old nemesis suggests Brexit will help “intensify” the UK’s security. / Theresa May has ridiculed Michael Gove’s claim that Brexit could give intelligence and law enforcement services the power to “intensify” the security they provide for the UK.
Police scramble to rescue files of suspected criminals and missing people amid no-deal fears
03/11/2020
Thousands of names ‘double keyed’ into Interpol system – in case screens ‘switched off’ in just eight weeks’ time.
‘Efficiency and effectiveness’ at risk as terror threat raised and crime becomes increasingly transnational.
Police warn of ‘major operational impact’ when UK loses access to EU crime databases in January
17/11/2020
Key information systems will be lost even if a security deal is struck before 31 December, National Crime Agency says.
The UK will be less safe if it fails to strike a post-Brexit security deal with the EU, Britain's top counter-terrorism officer has said.
Northern Ireland businesses will not be ready for the new Irish Sea border in January and need a further transition period, industry leaders have said.
A north Wales police chief claims he has been gagged from warning people about a possible threat to security and law and order caused by Brexit.
"Serious & troubling letters from @PoliceChiefs & @NCA_UK to @CommonsHomeAffs on preparations for 1 Jan" - Yvette Cooper
17/11/2020
'Serious & troubling letters from @PoliceChiefs& @NCA_UK to @CommonsHomeAffs on preparations for 1 Jan, outlining the security downgrade if no negotiated agreement, inc impact on public protection, serious crime & counter terror.'
Exactly four weeks before Britain leaves the EU’s single market following Brexit, it is still unclear how much access it will retain to the bloc’s data from security tools used in everything from combating crime to business information.
‘There are certainly instruments that we may not have access to’, Foreign Secretary says - after police chiefs warned of ‘major impact on counter-terrorism’
Just in case you don't fancy the 1,200+ page document on Boxing Day.
Police to lose access to database used more than 600 million times a year on 1 January.
Sir Ian Blair rejects Priti Patel’s claim nation will made safer through ‘tougher’ post-Brexit powers.