“Everyone in our society should have a safe place to live and no one should be punished for experiencing homelessness."
What happens if we have no deal?
15/10/2020
Mr Johnson told his cabinet this week that leaving the EU without a deal should hold “no fear” for Britain, but was he right?
UK's ability to track suspected terrorists and major criminals is at risk because of Brexit, Raab admits
03/02/2020
Access to vital EU crime-fighting databases could be lost, MPs told – after Theresa May warns they ‘keep us safe’.
Sir Ian Blair rejects Priti Patel’s claim nation will made safer through ‘tougher’ post-Brexit powers.
UK to withdraw from European arrest warrant
27/02/2020
Government document reveals plans to ditch tool that allows for fast extradition of criminals.
Ten EU member states have said they will no longer extradite their nationals to the UK following Brexit, the Home Office has said.
Dozens of British security officials working at Europol will be ejected from the European crime-fighting agency in the event of a no-deal Brexit, putting thousands of criminal investigations in the UK at grave risk of collapse.
UK pours millions into preventing food crime after Brexit amid fears of ‘cheap imports that put health at risk’
21/08/2020
The cost to protect the UK market from cheap and illegal food imports has soared by 1000 per cent since 2015 as part of Government preparations for Brexit.
Non-binding opinion says UK allowed criminal gangs to flood Europe with cheap Chinese-made clothes.
Britain has lost "significant" access to EU policing data under the Brexit deal negotiated at the end of last year, a House of Lords report has said.
Former security commissioner warns of ‘immediate impact’ on tackling terrorism and crime.
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'.
Officials feared ‘reputational impact’ of error in which details of crimes by foreigners were not passed on. / The UK has failed to pass on the details of 75,000 convictions of foreign criminals to their home EU countries and concealed the scandal for fear of damaging Britain’s reputation in Europe’s capitals, the Guardian can reveal.
UK set to lose access to Schengen Information System that police across continent use to stop criminals.
It is "likely" the UK will leave Europol in the wake of Brexit unless a deal is made, the Home Secretary has said.
Tories call on Boris Johnson to reopen Brexit deal claiming it leaves UK 'less safe and less secure'
18/02/2021
A group of Tories have called for Boris Johnson to reopen Brexit negotiations amid concerns his deal has left the UK 'less safe and less secure'.
Theresa May's 'overly dogmatic' Brexit approach puts access to EU criminal record databases in jeopardy, Liberal Democrats claim
17/09/2017
An analysis by the party suggests the European Criminal Records Information System is used 250 times a day by UK police and courts. / Theresa May’s “overly dogmatic” approach to the Brexit negotiations risks police losing access to vital shared criminal databases with the EU used an estimated 250 times a day by UK authorities, the Liberal Democrats have warned.
France, Germany and Poland say they will refuse to allow extradition of their nationals.
Steptoe | Brexit One Year On
18/01/2023
However, this article seeks to describe, as far as possible, how Brexit has affected the business and regulatory environment across the full range of areas covered by Steptoe and Johnson practices so far, and to identify issues of potential future concern for companies.
Sharing of crime-fighting data ‘slower and clunky’ under Brexit deal, former national security adviser warns
26/12/2020
Even limited agreement reached will be ripped up if UK pulls out of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Restart Brexit talks because UK is ‘less safe and less secure’, Tory group tells Boris Johnson
17/02/2021
Talks to rebuild security cooperation with the EU must restart now after the Brexit deal left the UK “less safe and less secure”, a Conservative group says.
EU Law expert Professor Michael Dougan has analysed Theresa May's Brexit speech.
Post-Brexit cooperation between the UK and the EU on law enforcement and criminal justice is sub-optimal, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee.
Policing capabilities lessened after Brexit
24/03/2021
Although the final Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU contained a mutual commitment to future security and law enforcement cooperation, there is no doubt that the settlement resulted in an overall lessening of policing capability.