The home secretary is said to have plans to cut European immigration by 80 per cent under stricter entry conditions after Brexit. Sajid Javid is expected to publish plans to end free movement and preferential access for EU migrants after December 2020 – which will see net immigration from Europe reduced to as little as 10,000 a year, according to the The Sunday Times.
Conservatives' pledge to end freedom of movement and drastically reduce net migration looms over businesses already suffering labour shortage.
Italy's PM, Matteo Renzi, says it will be "impossible" for Brexit talks to provide a deal that gives British people more rights than those outside the EU.
Nicola Sturgeon is to speak out against the end of freedom of movement - warning it will damage the workforce, our universities and health and social care.
Free movement, housing and social security rights at risk, says parliamentary report.
Iceland says UK would have to accept free movement of labour, while Norway wants to avoid stirring Brexit hornets’ nest.
Pro-Remain Labour activists have launched a drive to push the party’s leadership into an anti-Brexit position. In the wake of European elections forecast to be a disaster for Jeremy Corbyn, left-wing campaigners have published a motion calling for the party to adopt a radical “remain and reform” agenda at the party’s conference in Brighton in September.
A no-deal departure from Europe would mean touring musicians could face logistical headaches. / Professional musicians say they are being overlooked in the swirling Brexit debate.
Brexit is on the horizon – and in the ISM's latest report, research has revealed how it is having a negative effect on the music profession.
While debates about the unpredictability of economic and political relationships between the EU and Britain continue to linger, thousands of miles away, the African Union (AU) is creating a close-knit relationship among its own 55 member nations.
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has been signed by 44 African countries at a summit of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda. / 10 of the African Union's (AU) 55 member states did not sign the agreement.
Boris Johnson taking scientists 'for fools' with immigration plans post-Brexit, says Nobel Prize winner
09/08/2019
Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over his plans to fast-track visas for the world's leading scientists, as a Nobel laureate warned of turmoil for "many years" after a no-deal Brexit.
A policy paper in January warned it would take 'some time to implement' a new immigration system.
UK to end freedom of movement for EU citizens on day one of Brexit, under new government plan
18/08/2019
New home secretary wants border restrictions imposed immediately on 31 October – despite warnings of people trapped in legal limbo.
Priti Patel’s reported aim contradicts the PM’s promises, says the3million campaign.
Sadiq Khan urges ministers to drop ‘cruel’ plans to instantly end free movement after a no-deal Brexit
19/08/2019
‘These plans would be a fundamental affront to British values of tolerance and respect’
Labour's leader weighed in as No10 and Home Secretary Priti Patel prepare to announce new plans for immigration in a No Deal Brexit.
Migration experts say the UK cannot end freedom of movement from the EU on Brexit day because it has no system to work out who is legally in the country.
'The weak pound and the uncertainty over Brexit are likely to be prime explanations' for decline, think-tank says.
No-deal Brexit latest: NHS staff shortages, fuel reserves and agency staff manning the border
22/08/2019
As Boris Johnson careers towards a no-deal Brexit, what are the latest reports on the impact it would have?
The government has reportedly scrapped plans to end freedom of movement on 31 October after being told by lawyers that imposing the rule change on EU nationals could scupper no-deal planning and leave ministers at risk of legal action.
EU nationals arriving in the UK before the end of next year could be permitted to stay for three years in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
A no-deal Brexit would limit access to the EU and entry to markets in Africa could damage profits.
A government adviser told this British businessman to replant his company in the European Union because they have “no information” about what to do after Brexit deadline.
Tory government 'looking at' granting Australians freedom of movement denied to EU citizens after Brexit, cabinet minister Liz Truss says
18/09/2019
Australian citizens could get freedom of movement rights denied to EU nationals after Brexit, international trade secretary Liz Truss has suggested.