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We have reached a watershed moment in the long Brexit saga. The government’s U-turn this week on the Great Repeal Bill has laid bare the great elephant-sized conundrum that has always been at the heart of Brexit: identifying any significant EU laws that were both holding Britain back and can be ditched without damaging our own economy.
In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.
Flight compensation for stranded British travellers is set to be burned on the government's bonfire of EU regulations.
Big firms want Donald Trump to play hard ball over the NHS, food quality and consumer rights.
Historian Sir Simon Schama has warned that Donald Trump is a president "ready to pounce" in the event of a no-deal Brexit as he criticised the US ambassador.
Tory peer urges Boris Johnson to scrap EU worker and environmental protections now Brexit is done
07/01/2021
A Tory peer recently ennobled by Boris Johnson has urged the prime minister to remove EU consumer and worker protections now that Brexit has happened.
A new, wide-reaching, report on competition in the UK has said that the government should introduce sweeping reforms in order to boost the economy and protect consumers post-Brexit.
Brussels firms up position and bloc’s unity before tough talks on future relationship with UK.
Thousands of pro-consumer laws we take for granted could expire at the end of 2023.
Brexit Freedoms Bill - freedom from what?
11/02/2022
Mired in politicking, the Brexit Freedoms Bill that will ‘move us away from outdated EU laws’ has still to be published. What lawyers are confronted with at present is an elaborate game of charades.
Ministers say leaving the EU ‘has given the UK a world of future opportunities’. So I have tracked down the travel advantages.
‘Recklessly irresponsible’ Brexit rush to axe EU laws is putting safety standards at risk, watchdogs warn
24/11/2022
Trading standards officers fear ‘recklessly irresponsible’ legislation poses danger to public.
Irish consumers are planning on buying Irish after Brexit and many have already switched from UK websites due to concerns around consumer rights.
Opposition to the retained EU law bill is mounting, as the government discovers the importance and popularity of EU law.
Amazon has written to Irish and EU customers of its "co.uk" website to inform them of changes in light of Brexit.
Mark Tanzer, chief executive of travel trade organisation Abta, said the possible removal of consumer protections could be ‘profound’.
IoD and unions among groups writing to government, saying move would cause business chaos, harm rights and threaten environment.
Thousands of EU laws could expire at the end of 2023.
Don't scrap EU rules, firms and unions say
24/11/2022
Business groups and unions are urging the government not to go ahead with plans to ditch a wide range of EU laws, warning the move could cause "confusion and disruption" in the UK.
Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has written a letter to the government urging ministers raising his concerns over the 'mess' of a trade deal.
Brexit has been “a horrendous experience for Maltese businesses,” according to the CEO of the Malta Chamber of SMEs.
Lessons from seven lean years of Brexit
28/04/2023
Almost seven years on from the Brexit referendum, there remains uncertainty over the future UK-EU relationship. Reflecting on the lessons from the last seven years, Neil Kinnock argues there remains a clear case for the UK being an economic, political, social, scientific and cultural part of the Europe of the future.
Travel after Brexit: How holidays to Europe have changed, from passport rules to data roaming
31/01/2023
Three years on from our departure from the EU, UK travellers face more delays and paperwork when travelling to Europe – and 2023 will bring new checks