'After the Brexit deal was signed, Boris Johnson infamously claimed that there would be "no non-tariff barriers" on trade with the EU.' - Hilary Benn
13/02/2022
'After the Brexit deal was signed, Boris Johnson infamously claimed that there would be "no non-tariff barriers" on trade with the EU. It wasn’t true.'
'The tariffs will wipe out total profitability' - Nick Whelan, Dale Farm, chief executive [1 min]
24/11/2020
A leading dairy co-operative has warned that a no-deal Brexit would "wipe out" profitability in the dairy sector.
GKN is planning to shut an automotive factory in Birmingham with the loss of 500 jobs.
AmCham EU [American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union] publishes its cross-sectoral position on the EU-UK future relationship
28/04/2020
"While it is clear that ambitions have changed with respect to the past, AmCham EU calls on negotiators to seek an ambitious and comprehensive future partnership. We support a deal comprising zero tariffs, zero quotas, and zero barriers. Any deal should maintain regulatory alignment where possible ..."
Extra checks and requirements on goods crossing the border has increased food prices by 6% overall, says the Centre for Economic Performance.
Brexit added almost £6bn to UK food bills in the two years to the end of 2021, London School of Economics (LSE) researchers have discovered.
Brexit piled on an average of £210 extra to household food bills in two years, a fresh research paper has found.
Brexit and fishing: Why we’re all wrong
28/11/2020
'There are no benefits to our fishing communities even if everything goes to plan.'
The Brexit trade deal hailed as a £148 million boost to the UK fishing fleet over the next five years will instead punish the industry to the tune of more than £300m, a new report says.
‘Covid is not the problem – Brexit is the problem’, says British Beauty Council boss on sales slump.
Brexit crippled the UK economy – Liz Truss just made it worse | Economics | New Statesman [5 mins]
22/10/2022
Economist Duncan Weldon and the New Statesman’s polling expert explore how Brexit and austerity have damaged the UK economy and set the stage for Liz Truss’s “mismanagement.”
Difficulties cannot be dismissed as no more than teething problems, say experts.
LSE researchers estimate that extra barriers on EU food imports have pushed up bills by £250 on average.
Inflation for what Britons consume would have been nearly a third lower had the UK stayed in the EU, study finds.
Research has revealed that during the two years leading up to the end of 2021, Brexit cost UK consumers a total of £5.8 billion in food bills.
In reality, Brexit has hobbled the UK economy, which remains the only member of the G7 — the group of advanced economies that also includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — with an economy smaller than it was before the pandemic.
A week ago the UK fully left the EU. The moment we all campaigned against, warned about and feared the consequences of became reality – and it’s every bit as bad as forecast.
A mix of factors specific to the UK risks denting the construction sector’s recovery from the pandemic this year, Aecom has warned.
Foreign secretary attempts to blame Brussels for red tape hitting exporters.