Businesspeople, academics, journalists and a top trade unionist have formed a group with the purpose of repairing fractured UK-EU relations.

The UK is lagging "well behind" other European countries when it comes to rights relating to sick pay and self-isolation, a union has warned.

The impact of Brexit on the telecoms industry could be substantial and adverse. BT, Prospect and the Communications Workers Union were so concerned that they sent a joint letter to every BT employee during the referendum to express their deep concern about the potential impact on the company and its employees.

UK is ‘moving from a situation where we are a key player in all of this to an almost passive bystander with much less control over what goes onto the shelves’, says Prospect chief. / Harmful chemicals including bee-killing pesticides, skin irritants and hormone disruptors could be allowed into the UK following Brexit, experts have cautioned.