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Opinion: there is clearly no trust between the UK and the EU when it comes to the Brexit deal and the Northern Ireland protocol
'Your point is ridiculous': LBC's Lewis Goodall challenges think-tank Director's stance on Brexit [4 mins]
10/12/2022
Lewis Goodall disputes Bruges Group's Robert Oulds after his stance on Brexit contradicts facts.
Today marks 100 days since Brexit properly happened in the UK - with seamless trade and EU rules replaced by a weighty trade deal.
50 days on: Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal
23/02/2021
Saturday 20 February was the 50th day since Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) came into effect. Anyone expecting it to settle all questions, or even most of the details, of how we will do business with the EU from now on will be mightily disappointed.
One of the key architects of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has admitted it is damaging Northern Irish businesses and warned it may not be sustainable.
Ban EU roaming rip-offs to stop mobile operators ‘cashing in’ post-Brexit, says Martin Lewis
08/08/2022
Due to the end of a post-Brexit grace period on 30 June, firms no longer have to send a warning text when consumers start roaming.
Ban on sale of chilled meats to Northern Ireland to be delayed again, under UK deal with EU
06/09/2021
Government poised to announce further extensions to post-Brexit ‘grace periods’ until at least the end of the year.
Downing Street insists protocol period extension does not break international law
Truckers claim they are not to blame for “any pending disaster” at UK borders as the grace period for customs declarations comes to an end with the year.
Boris Johnson falsely claiming not to have realised Brexit damage to Northern Ireland, senior Tory says
09/06/2021
PM ‘perfectly understood’ impact of Irish Sea checks, says Theresa May’s chief of staff – and the EU knows it.
Bloc leaders say UK must fully implement post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.
Brexit disruption to medicine supply lines would be unacceptable, Health Minister Robin Swann says
22/04/2021
Health Minister Robin Swann has voiced concern about the supply line of medicines to Northern Ireland as a result of a looming Brexit regulatory barrier.
Even the keenest Brexiteer must feel that the process has been tortuously long. / That has been, in large part, because successive British governments have refused to accept the trade-off between untrammelled sovereignty and friction-free access to the EU’s single market, a refusal that shapes today’s increasingly testy relationship.
UK government set to pitch extension of ‘grace periods’ rather than triggering Article 16.
The end of the holiday season heralds the return to centre stage of a number of burning Brexit-related issues this autumn.
The Office for Budget Responsibility suggested leaving the EU would reduce the UK's long-term GDP by around 4% - compared to 2% for the pandemic and lockdowns.
Four hours of Brexit talks over Northern Ireland ended with 'no substantive agreement' - with the UK threatening to extend a sausage trading deadline while the EU threatened tariffs in return.
The spat over sausage trade with Northern Ireland risks dragging in US President Joe Biden - as the UK brands the EU's rules "nonsensical" while the EU warns of "swift, firm" retaliation.
Grace period will stop at end of 2022 with talks on a solution stalled. / Boris Johnson's Brexit deal is set to create a shortage of veterinary medicines for sick animals in Northern Ireland, a parliamentary committee has warned.
Brexit talks end with no breakthrough
09/06/2021
EU warns patience wearing “very thin” as tensions between the two sides escalate.
Brexit to hit supplies of cancer, epilepsy and diabetes medicines to Northern Ireland, government warned
19/04/2021
Firms already starting to withdraw vital drugs because of costly new red tape, says industry group.
Brexit trade deal vote delayed by EU after UK accused of trying to break international law again
04/03/2021
The British Government has extended the grace period before companies have to start implementing the deal.
‘Time is short’ to avert clash over chilled meat exports to Northern Ireland, warns Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister.
Brexit: What happens next?
28/04/2021
Despite what Boris Johnson claimed on Wednesday, this is far from the end of the saga, writes Jon Stone.
The British Labour party has accused Boris Johnson’s government of putting political stability in Northern Ireland at risk with its unilateral postponement of plans agreed with the European Union for post-Brexit checks on goods.