Brexit latest: Leaving the customs union will inevitably mean expensive border queues for firms warn trade experts
22/02/2017
The UK Trade Policy Observatory said even a new customs deal would inevitably lead to considerable disruption relative to the current frictionless cross-border goods trade with the EU
BRIEFING PAPER 6 - NOVEMBER 2016
Analysis finds changes such as removal of blanket ban on hormone-disrupting chemicals. / The UK has been accused of “silently eroding” key environmental and human health protections in the Brexit-inspired rush to convert thousands of pages of European Union pesticide policy into British law.
Brexit will decimate UK services exports – but remarkably clueless politicians would rather remain silent
08/07/2019
Leaving the single market will come as a huge blow to the services sector. Rather than acknowledging that fact, our ruling class have opted to press on.
Border checks between Scotland, England and Wales could be required because of varying food standards after Brexit, academics have warned.
BORDER checks between Scotland, England and Wales could be required because of varying food standards after Brexit, academics have warned.
The sound of silence - Chris Grey
14/02/2020
'For at the same time as attempting to relegate Brexit to distant memory, the government is also claiming all kinds of benefits from “having left the EU”.'
Ministers refuse to release secret studies believed to show little gain from trade deals with US and Asia
16/02/2020
‘If the government thought it had a very strong case they would publish these studies ... it’s an indication that there’s nothing there’
Admission lays bare limited benefits of ‘ambitious’ agreement with Donald Trump.
Government hasn't given business what it needs to prepare as deadline looms.
Britain could be pressured into bad deal to replace EU's agreement with East Asian country.
Voters promised a Brexit boon will consider bid to keep Nissan and Toyota as ‘ridiculous’, prime minister warned.
Taxes cut on birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins and ultra-strong spirits – but UK does not export them anyway.
Why would anyone trust Brexit Britain again?
24/07/2021
Just seven months after singing its praises, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to rewrite the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union.
All trade deals combined worth less than 50p per person a year, analysis of government figures shows.
Johnson's much-trumpeted FTAs “barely scratch the surface of the UK’s challenge to make up the GDP lost by leaving the EU”.
Up to £9.5bn-worth of UK exports to the EU between January and July have had tariffs placed on them despite “tariff-free” trade deal, analysis for Channel 4’s Dispatches shows.
Brexit and pandemic have cost UK businesses £250bn each but EU departure tally now rising faster than Covid disruption
25/01/2022
The political choice of Brexit has cost UK businesses as much as the unforeseeable Covid pandemic.
Tory minister says evidence is ‘few and far between’ despite new figures showing sharp drop.
Scathing report by Public Accounts Committee criticises government’s approach.
Biden is just "not interested", the paper reports, with one trade expert saying the EU is more aligned with his priorities.