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

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.

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.

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.