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Brexiteers were rewarded in the list of Boris Johnson’s honours, which has been criticised for rewarding ‘cronies’.
Boris Johnson's low-paid migrants ban 'disaster' as builders, bakers and care face big hit
19/02/2020
Boris Johnson's immigration plans for after Brexit are facing a massive backlash as industry leaders say key fields - like farming, construction and the stricken care industry - won't get the workers they need.
Boris Johnson’s hard line on immigrants risks ‘retaliatory deportations’ for UK citizens in Europe
14/10/2019
UK citizens fear ‘consequences’ of British government’s announcements after Brexit.
Vote Leave chief Matthew Elliott, who is credited with several successful political crusades, is on the Free Market Forum's advisory board
Brexit is killing off music tours in EU and industry may not survive immigration crackdown, government warned
12/05/2020
More than two-thirds of musicians say bookings dried up because of visa red tape and cost – even before coronavirus struck
Brexit latest: Priti Patel ‘refuses’ to put brickies on skills shortage list after end of transition period
22/10/2020
Ms Patel has reportedly rejected a recommendation that bricklayers and welders be added to the UK’s shortage occupation list.
Thousands of people say their rights have been compromised despite government promises.
Kent farming giant reports 8% fall in harvest due to lack of seasonal pickers – saying it’s easier to import fruit.
Brexiteers who claimed the NHS would receive an extra £350m after Brexit have been condemned for voting down an amendment demanding an analysis of the impact of exiting the EU on the health service.
Caller slams Tories for bringing 'horrendous mist of anger' to UK through Brexit [4 mins]
07/03/2023
This caller told James O'Brien the UK is going through a "midlife crisis" and he doesn't want his children to grow up "in this atmosphere".
Attitudes to immigration may be shifting. How can pro-Europe campaigners build on this to change the narrative on freedom of movement? / Following years of vilification in the popular media, attitudes to immigration and refugees played a key role in the 2016 referendum. Four years later, Priti Patel hailed the end of freedom of movement as a great Brexit success.
Dame Hilary Mantel has said she is intending to take Irish citizenship to “become a European again” and escape the “shame” of living under the current government.
Dominic Raab's resignation means four out of the five Brexit fanatics behind 'Britannia Unchained' are gone. Next year, voters can finish the job
21/04/2023
Dominic Raab’s departure takes us closer to a wipe-out of five right-wing “brains” who authored a tract published in 2012 under the title “Britannia Unchained”.
End of free movement: Boris Johnson rips up Theresa May’s pledge to EU citizens with no-deal Brexit borders crackdown
19/08/2019
Downing Street confirmed that the right of European Union nationals to freedom of movement would end overnight on 31 October in a no-deal.
EU citizens will be deported for minor offences under Priti Patel’s post-Brexit immigration crackdown, lawyer warns
14/07/2020
Alarm that long-standing UK residents will be ‘separated from their children and families, returned to countries they barely know’.
Number of EU nationals applying to remain in UK post-Brexit surges 128 per cent in a month.
Leading figures in the livestock industry say that the animals face being killed and burned because Priti Patel has failed to include the butchers on a list of shortage occupations.
The National Pig Association has said that healthy animals are being destroyed following the exodus of EU workers as there are not enough people employed in slaughterhouses.
Government Suffers Fourth Defeat On Post-Brexit Child Refugees' Rights – But Still Won't Budge
21/10/2020
"The only winners if we remove legal routes to safety for refugee children trying to reach family here are the criminals and the traffickers," says Lord Dubs.
The government has reportedly scrapped plans to end freedom of movement on 31 October after being told by lawyers that imposing the rule change on EU nationals could scupper no-deal planning and leave ministers at risk of legal action.
Government’s post-Brexit failures – not Channel migrant crossings – broke UK asylum system, MPs say
18/07/2022
Ministers must stop trying to find ‘magical solutions’ like the Rwanda deal and fix administrative problems, report finds.
Great Brexit Con Job
13/04/2021
Get Brexit Done’ has unravelled in a spectacular fashion; a significant knock to the economy, removal of rights and freedoms, more red tape for business and – the most heart-breaking of all – trouble has returned to Northern Ireland. The obvious answer to this foreseeable problem is for the UK to be part of the single market and customs union.
Hardline European Research Group branded ‘a corruption of Conservatism’ by senior Tory MP
06/08/2020
Organisation which drove UK to a hard Brexit made up of ‘climate change deniers’ and ‘Trump sympathisers’, new book is told.
Despite promises by the home secretary to make the route across the Channel "unviable", the number of people completing the crossing has reached record highs.