‘Something we have depended on’ – Losing access to EU crime database is biggest challenge facing police
10/02/2021
Sir Julian King told MPs that “data adequacy” for police was the “most significant, outstanding, unresolved issue” which had come out of the UK’s security agreement with the EU.
UK's ability to track suspected terrorists and major criminals is at risk because of Brexit, Raab admits
03/02/2020
Access to vital EU crime-fighting databases could be lost, MPs told – after Theresa May warns they ‘keep us safe’.
Sir Ian Blair rejects Priti Patel’s claim nation will made safer through ‘tougher’ post-Brexit powers.
UK regulators face struggle after Brexit as long-term plans may be ‘wasted effort’ watchdog warns
19/05/2022
Food safety is at risk because of skilled worker shortages and loss of access to vital data bases, a report says and experts’ ability to assess threats to public is being impeded by constraints.
Former terror law reviewer David Anderson warns of serious impact on fight against cross-border crime.
‘There are certainly instruments that we may not have access to’, Foreign Secretary says - after police chiefs warned of ‘major impact on counter-terrorism’
UK must ‘immediately’ start building new customs posts for Northern Ireland trade checks, EU says
01/05/2020
UK has made little progress on new infrastructure needed for checks Boris Johnson signed up to.
Leaked German government report shows Britain has been requesting special access. / Britain wants to ‘approximate the position of a member state as closely as possible’ when it comes to working with Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, the leaked report states.
Britain has lost "significant" access to EU policing data under the Brexit deal negotiated at the end of last year, a House of Lords report has said.
Former security commissioner warns of ‘immediate impact’ on tackling terrorism and crime.
UK could lose right to share security and business data with EU after Brexit, minister admits
16/06/2020
Alternatives 'might need to be pursued', James Brokenshire tells inquiry - prompting demands to reveal how UK will be 'protected'.
The UK is facing a £1 billion bill to replicate the EU’s chemical database after the government opted to leave the bloc’s REACH system on 31 December.
UK set to lose access to Schengen Information System that police across continent use to stop criminals.
The UK will be less safe if it fails to strike a post-Brexit security deal with the EU, Britain's top counter-terrorism officer has said.
It is "likely" the UK will leave Europol in the wake of Brexit unless a deal is made, the Home Secretary has said.
Trade will be ‘day-to day struggle’ after Brexit is completed, MPs told in grim industry forecast
30/09/2020
Inquiry hears of massive extra costs, a mountain of red tape, shrinking investment and chemicals ‘disappearing’ from UK market.
Tories call on Boris Johnson to reopen Brexit deal claiming it leaves UK 'less safe and less secure'
18/02/2021
A group of Tories have called for Boris Johnson to reopen Brexit negotiations amid concerns his deal has left the UK 'less safe and less secure'.
The former head of MI6 has warned Theresa May’s Brexit deal will “threaten the national security of the country”, in a call for Tory MPs to reject it. The agreement would “place control of aspects of our national security in foreign hands”, claims Sir Richard Dearlove, in an extraordinary letter to Conservative associations.
“What?!” - former prime minister is dumbfounded as her old nemesis suggests Brexit will help “intensify” the UK’s security. / Theresa May has ridiculed Michael Gove’s claim that Brexit could give intelligence and law enforcement services the power to “intensify” the security they provide for the UK.
Minister says no deal is in place for extradition, data sharing and arrest warrants after Brexit.
Leaked papers obtained by the Guardian show extent of fundamental objections Brussels has raised.
Post-Brexit cooperation between the UK and the EU on law enforcement and criminal justice is sub-optimal, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee.
Post-Brexit chemicals regime risks UK becoming ‘dumping ground’ for dangerous substances, campaigners warn
16/12/2021
A plan by Boris Johnson’s government to change the regulation of chemicals after Brexit risks making the UK a “dumping ground” for harmful substances, experts and campaigners have warned.
Police warn of ‘major operational impact’ when UK loses access to EU crime databases in January
17/11/2020
Key information systems will be lost even if a security deal is struck before 31 December, National Crime Agency says.
Police to lose powers to arrest criminals wanted by EU countries without court warrant after no-deal
05/09/2019
British officers do not have immediate powers of arrest under an Interpol system that could replace the EU database