British firm in turmoil as profits plunge after government gives ‘Brexit’ blue passports contract to French rival
30/05/2019
De La Rue boss quits as company struggles after losing out to Franco-Dutch business Gemalto.
De La Rue to cut 171 jobs at Gateshead plant
25/06/2019
De La Rue said on Tuesday 171 jobs were at risk at its Gateshead plant, more than a year after the banknote and passport printer lost a 400 million pound contract to make UK passports in the traditional blue colour.
The blue passports were championed by Brexiteers as a symbol of the UK's split from the EU.
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to depart Downing Street, tossed from office by his own party, his legacy — the opening lines of his eventual obituary — will call him the man who “got Brexit done.” / So how is that going? What can be said about the post-Brexit Britain that Johnson is leaving behind?