Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray berates Sajid Javid... whose driver ignores cyclists' advanced stop line
29/06/2022
The prominent anti-Brexit activist, ever-present outside the Houses of Parliament, had an eventful day yesterday, so we'll forgive him for not giving the driver both barrels too. / All very interesting, but not very cycling-related... that was until this happened...
Michael Gove admits Brexit will bring years of confusion at borders as trade checks imposed
10/02/2020
Realities of leaving single market and customs union revealed to businesses - after controversy ducked during election campaign.
De facto deputy PM says nearly all EU imports will be subject to checks from next year.
UK-Australia trade deal after Brexit 'is not a substitute for the EU', warns former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull
22/01/2020
Malcolm Turnbull said a UK trade deal with Australia would not replace the benefits of being inside the world's largest trading bloc.
UK will lose market access if it ditches Brussels regulations, says EU chief Von der Leyen
22/01/2020
The UK’s access to the single market will be weakened if it does not continue to sign up to EU rules after Brexit, Ursula von der Leyen has said.
The Chancellor has warned there will be no alignment with EU regulations after Brexit - despite a pledge being made in the North East by Boris Johnson that standards would be protected.
‘Prepare for the worst’ EU officials tell business after Sajid Javid’s FT interview.
Kevin Maguire: 'Soaring food prices and job losses are the reality of Boris Johnson's Brexit'
20/01/2020
Dire warnings from British industries after Chancellor Sajid Javid admitted businesses will be hit, exposes why the Prime Minister focuses on the trivial.
The UK Chancellor said the Treasury would not lend support to manufacturers that favour EU rules.
“This represents the death knell for frictionless trade," said one business leader.
Ex-EU ambassador says PM’s ‘strategy errors’ will make good trade deal harder to achieve.
Chancellor had pledged a tranche of new 50p pieces to mark the UK's anticipated departure from the EU on 31 October.
He said the Government had to accept it could not leave by the Halloween deadline.
Thousands of small businesses at risk amid ‘unprecedented’ confidence slump since Brexit vote
21/10/2019
Sajid Javid urged to make ‘radical interventions’ to avoid ‘a very bleak winter’.
Chancellor refuses to publish analysis of economic damage from Boris Johnson's deal before MPs vote
18/10/2019
Treasury committee head suggests it means ‘existing analysis stands’ – of a £130bn hit from loss of frictionless trade with EU.
'I don’t think anyone really knows': Tory chancellor Sajid Javid admits he cannot say how much no-deal Brexit will cost
30/09/2019
Sajid Javid does not knock down his watchdog’s warning of a £30bn a year hit, saying: 'I’ve never pretended it won’t be challenging'.
Dr David Nicholl will contest West Midlands seat of Bromsgrove to expose ‘Brexit dishonesty’.
UK economy shrinks amid Brexit uncertainty
09/08/2019
The contraction was the first since 2012 and comes ahead of the UK's planned exit from the European Union. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid promised the "fundamentals of the British economy are strong."
GDP shows negative growth for first time in nearly 7 years.
Brexit 50p: Activists threaten boycott as treasury draws up plans for millions to enter circulation
11/08/2019
Prospective Lib Dem MP says she would return the coinage to the bank 'and ask them to swap it for a proper one'.
£2.1bn extra for no-deal planning
01/08/2019
The government has announced an extra £2.1bn of funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit - doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year.
Chancellor to warn leadership candidates they can leave with no deal or spend, but not both
Tory leadership candidates have turned on “dictator” Dominic Raab after he refused to rule out suspending Parliament to push through Brexit by the end of October.
Boris Johnson was represented by an empty lectern during Channel 4′s Tory leadership contest on Sunday evening, after the frontrunner to succeed Theresa May refused to take part.