Top trade experts say conditions for hidden benefits claimed by Kemi Badenoch are ‘highly unlikely’.
Seven years on from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, more Brexiteers than ever regret their decision.
Question Time Laughter As Tory Minister Dismisses Brexit Having Any Impact On Economic Woes
27/04/2023
"Yes it is," one member of the audience shouts back at Rachel Maclean as she says leaving the EU has "nothing to do" with the downturn. / A Conservative minister has faced ridicule after stating Brexit has “nothing to do” with the UK’s economic troubles.
"The jury is in, the fat lady has sung, there is no debate anymore." / The UK is on track to be the worst-performing G7 economy this year – despite an upgrade from the International Monetary Fund.
‘A terrible, self-inflicted own goal’: Kevin Maguire pins Britain’s economic woes to Brexit
12/04/2023
The Mirror man called the UK's split with the EU "a disaster, a nightmare," adding that "long term it'll take 4% off the economy."
PM criticised for boasting about trade benefits of new deal while denying same gains to rest of UK.
‘Farcical’ - Government Slammed for Pledging Millions in ‘Levelling Up’ Funding to Tackle Dover Brexit Queues
19/01/2023
Money promised to deprived areas after Brexit is instead being used to deal with the aftershocks of leaving the EU, reports Sam Bright.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says government should no longer ‘deliver certain functions’ as Brexit prize
18/08/2022
‘Our departure from the European Union necessitates a re-thinking of the British state’. / Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged the next prime minister to slash back the government’s role as a prize of Brexit, suggesting it should not “deliver certain functions at all”.
An Oxford MP has slammed Boris Johnson’s trade deal with Europe as “botched”, stating it has sold many industries “down the river”.
Lib Dems set out roadmap for rejoining EU single market and want to ‘end petty Brexit squabbles’
12/03/2022
The Liberal Democrats are to set out a roadmap for Britain to rejoin the European Union single market – reversing the most damaging parts of Brexit. / The proposed policy would ultimately reinstate free movement and trade.
Fears of dead chicks in lorries and 10 months of ports chaos detailed in new government document
04/08/2020
Emergency traffic measures to last until ‘end of October 2021’ – with a giant lorry park to hold 2,000 goods vehicles.
Up to 12 post-Brexit customs centres like Kent lorry park to be built to deal with EU exit
13/07/2020
Businesses face 400 million extra customs declarations a year at a cost up as much as £20 billion under government plans.
Ministers accused of building 'pointless lorry park in Kent' after announcing £700m for trade checks [1 min]
12/07/2020
'This is all so pointless. We are creating a vast customs bureaucracy, with costs passed on to the consumer'
Consumer groups and Lib Dem MP Layla Moran call on chains to follow Waitrose's lead ahead of US-UK trade deal.
SNP calls for opposition parties to back two-year Brexit transition extension due to coronavirus crisis
05/05/2020
United opposition would ‘send a powerful message to our European friends,’ says MP Ian Blackford — as ministers insist there’s no reason to change timetable.
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson blames administrative error for failure to sign up to EU equipment help scheme
26/03/2020
Downing Street has blamed an administrative error for the UK's failure to sign up to an emergency EU scheme to help procure vital medical equipment to fight coronavirus.
Government clarifies position after critics accuse Boris Johnson of putting ‘Brexit over breathing’.
Participation in the scheme is seen as a test of the prime minister's pragmatism on Brexit and Covid-19.
The government is pressing ahead with its plans for a 'festival of Brexit', despite calls for the plan to be shelved, in fear it will alienate Remain supporters.
Ezgi and Arthur Vissing say BA ‘puzzled’ by system as couple struggled to return from Turkey. / The first flaws in the new immigration scheme for EU citizens who want to remain in the UK after Brexit have been exposed after a couple who live in Oxford were blocked from getting a flight back from Turkey to the UK.
He was called "disgraceful" after bellowing "from the grave" at a fellow MP as she spoke in the Commons.