From queues in Dover to rising food prices, Brexit has been blamed for a number of things impacting families. But it has given us Rishi Sunak's 'Brexit pub guarantee' - here we look at the good, the bad and the ugly consequences.
Remember when you could travel pretty freely and use your mobile phone without worrying about exhorbitant roaming fees? Great wasn’t it. / Well, the Brexit deal with the EU didn’t retain the EU’s ban on roaming fees and so Brits lost that freedom to roam – in more ways than one.
From NHS staff shortages to export woes, the effects of the 2016 vote are still being felt.
The men behind Trussonomics and Brexit, the two great man-made catastrophes of recent years, are to be honoured for their ‘great work’.
Travellers from the UK lost almost £9m a week this summer due to roaming charges.
An influential UK consumer rights organization is calling on UK communications regulator Ofcom to reintroduce formal, compulsory protections for Brits who use their mobile phones within the European Union, claiming that the falling away of such rights following Brexit has led to widespread confusion and the return of post-vacation bill shock.
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.
Extra costs for using mobile phone data in Europe have come into force following Brexit, but one provider says many people aren't aware what they'll be charged if they use their phone on holiday this summer.
Roaming charges are back
03/07/2022
It comes as new EU new rules mean that a roaming customer who can use 5G services at home should also have 5G roaming services when this is available in another member state.
Giffgaff and Tesco have joined EE, Sky Mobile, Three and Vodafone in making contract changes.
There was no public announcement of the change, which was quietly slipped into new contracts earlier this week.
“Let's celebrate having something we already had!," one actor exclaimed after Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries boasted about free roaming.
Most networks are reimposing the charges post-Brexit, after the EU abolished them.
Higher roaming bills for millions of Brits from this week as Brexit allows EE and Vodafone to slap steep new fees on trips to Europe
04/01/2022
Two of the UK’s four biggest networks – EE and Vodafone – are reintroducing roaming charges for customers travelling to Europe from this month, with Three also set to reintroduce them in May 2022.
The new rules look to hit the pockets of Brit holidaymakers as well as causing more hassle.
Small businesses can expect trade with the European Union to be “permanently damaged” from 1 January, a supply chain trade body has said.
The return of roaming fees follows the UK’s departure from the EU, with the bloc having removed roaming charges for people moving around Europe in 2017.
Britain has been outside the EU’s legal regime for a year and has faced a number of impacts.
Since the Brexit vote, some of the UK's biggest mobile phone operators have revealed that they will be reintroducing roaming charges in the EU.
6 Headlines Proving Brexit Is Not All It Promised To Be: 'Ever Get The Feeling You've Been Had?'
12/10/2021
Comparing the stories encouraging people to vote to leave the EU to those we've seen in recent weeks paints rather a bleak picture.
Every now and then there are weeks when Brexit issues surge back to the foreground, and this has been one of them.
All four of the main UK mobile carriers have now announced plans to reintroduce roaming charges for customers traveling within Europe, following Brexit.
Mobile roaming charges in Europe: How Vodafone, EE and Three are all charging for data after Brexit
09/09/2021
As Three joins EE and Vodafone in bringing back roaming charges, which network is now best for holidays on the continent?
Customers who join or renew with Three from October 1 will face a £2 daily charge when using their phones in an EU country next year.
THE SNP’s Westminster leader has made a plea to Scots who are undecided on independence as the consequences of Brexit become more apparent.