Inflation and the cost-of-living crisis – both of which are also linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – have been made worse by the cost of Brexit, according to the Ex-Secretary of the Department for Exiting the EU.
‘We left the gym, now we can’t use the equipment’: Business owner says Brexit consequences are still to come
07/01/2022
"And for those people blaming who are blaming the EU, it's not the EU's fault. We voted for this."
Strict new Brexit transport rules make UK businesses ‘give up’ on EU imports: ‘Simply not worth the hassle’
04/01/2022
Many British businesses may “give up importing” as a result of new strict rules that came into force on Saturday, on 1 January, a former senior civil servant in charge of Brexit planning has warned.
A former senior civil servant in charge of Brexit planning has warned some British businesses may “give up importing” as a result of new rules implemented in the new year.
Brussels was “preparing for the worst” over Brexit on Wednesday after the UK signalled the EU’s offer to scrap up to 80 per cent of checks on goods entering Northern Ireland was not enough to resolve the bitter dispute over the Irish border.
Brussels ready to slap tariffs and quotas on UK exports – and even to ‘suspend cooperation in certain sectors’
Philip Rycroft says PM’s ‘muscular brand of unionism’ has deepened divisions between four nations.
Former No 10 chief of staff says it is ‘dishonest’ to pretend Brexit deal has not added costs to trade.
The outcome being pursued by the prime minister in the Brexit trade talks will not avoid costly friction at the border.
No-deal exit would trigger complex negotiations, argues former top DexEU civil servant.
Everyone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.
No-deal Brexit is ‘fraught with risk’ and ‘everybody should be worried’, says former top civil servant
08/07/2019
‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.
Karen Wheeler’s resignation stokes fears the UK will not be ready for a no-deal Brexit by October. / The government official in charge of delivering “frictionless” Brexit border arrangements, including emergency plans for Dover and Ireland in the event of no deal, has quit just two years into her job.
His departure sparked claims the "chaotic" Brexit department was struggling to cope.