Four years after Brexit, government struggling to sign FTAs. / New border rules taking effect Wednesday add to EU friction.
Has British farming reached crisis point? Farmers say Brexit & free trade deals are risking our food security
28/08/2023
Worried farmers hit out at the government, telling NationalWorld it “has no interest in protecting the agricultural industry at all”.
Turns out the UK government, under current prime minister Rishi Sunak, is not replacing the GDPR, as Michelle Donelan, his secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, implied last October.
The government has cancelled its plans to build a Brexit trade yacht with "immediate effect", the defence secretary has announced.
The UK regions and Nations which voted for Brexit have increased their dependence on the EU for manufacturing exports, while the European market remains the overwhelming favoured destination for the sector.
Research also reveals EU remains ‘overwhelmingly dominant’ destination for UK manufacturing exports.
The EU’s share of Wales’ export market has risen from 58% to 60%, despite a reduced dependence on the EU and opening up export markets with the rest of the world being a stated objective of the Brexit project.
The leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price calls on Labour to make the positive case for the single market and customs union.
Boris Johnson must rebuild relationships with neighbours to ‘make Brexit work,’ says shadow foreign secretary.
Only in ‘Brexit La La land’ is Johnson leading opposition to Putin, ex-Finnish prime minister says
21/03/2022
Alexander Stubb says claim is ‘utter rubbish’ and dismisses ‘Global Britain’ idea.
Liam Fox’s Brexit ‘prize’ is nothing more than a pipe dream that fails to address Britain’s long-standing productivity problem
11/02/2022
The recent report from Fox’s Global Britain Commission sets out Britain’s productivity problem but offers no answers to it.
Prime minister called the claim ‘fake news’ - but leaked email to Foreign Office staff confirmed it.
Report by the European Council on Foreign Relations says that more people see bloc as a key partner than the US.
BREXIT, according to its backers, was meant to create endless opportunities. So far, however, the UK has failed to make the vote profitable, with the prospect of "global Britain" quickly fading according to recent data.
'Global Britain' could increase emissions by the equivalent of 44,000 transatlantic flights, research found.
Findings cast doubt on Boris Johnson commitment to climate action ahead of key summit, Commission claims.
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.
British lawmakers are voting on whether to overturn a big cut to the U.K.'s foreign aid budget.
Government is creating ‘rather different’ impression abroad, former PM says.
European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.
Comments at Guardian Live event are first time former PM has explicitly called for UK to rejoin EU
“Politicians obscure exclusionary ideologies and policies behind inclusionary rhetoric that highlights the ‘value’ of migrant ‘contributions’," a doctoral researcher said.
An overwhelming majority of Brexit voters back closer ties with Europe on "mutually beneficial" areas such as trade, new polling has revealed.
Government acquires second 'Brexit plane' for Boris Johnson painted in Union flag colours
22/03/2021
The government has acquired a second plane painted in the colours of the Union flag to ferry the prime minister and other dignitaries around on short-haul trips.
Government acquires second, brand new ‘Brexit jet’ for Boris Johnson painted red, white and blue
22/03/2021
Six-month-old Airbus A321 has same ‘Global Britain’ livery as RAF Voyager, which cost taxpayer £900,000 to repaint.