As with another self-inflicted economic injury in the 1920s, Britain is struggling under a burden that could be reversed.
As the June extension deadline looms, the prime minister’s priority will be to minimise damage to his personal brand and legacy.
FARMING is an issue close to my heart and is an area which deserves far more attention than it gets.
Has anyone got any genuine reasons why imperial is better than metric, I asked. I got more than 2,000 replies.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), within the last quarter of 2022, the UK imported about £33billion more than it exported to the EU. / This is the worst performance of the UK export trade balance since records began in 1997. / This is a shocking testimony that Brexit has caused fundamental deep-rooted damage to British exports.
The technology field will be hurt by the Data Bill and the breakdown of Horizon.
Following Brexit and then a pandemic, independent labels and artists were already being crippled by the costs and delays to their vinyl releases, now they have been compounded by major artists block booking pressing plants.
The true cost of Brexit is becoming clearer
19/06/2021
Half a decade after the referendum, the economic hit to the UK caused by Brexit is becoming clearer. But it will be years before the true impact is understood
It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as the only export that appears to be booming post-Brexit is the glut of UK companies rushing to set up in the EU.
In four months’ time, an avalanche of checks, paperwork and tariffs looks certain to hit Northern Ireland.
An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts that, although the UK economy will almost fully bounce back from the pandemic, it's economy and eventually the jobs market will suffer for decades due to Brexit.
The Brexit effect: Scotland's food and drink industry needs more than rhetoric about 'taking back control' from UK government – Scotsman comment
23/05/2021
There can be few things more heartbreaking for a farmer or fisherman than to see their produce rotting in the fields, a depot or a container for no good reason.
Trade has plummeted and red tape has blocked our borders. Is that what ‘protecting our sovereignty’ meant?
Scotland's salmon farm industry risks decline as Brexit and red tape hamper growth – Tavish Scott
13/04/2022
Scotland’s farm-raised salmon is renowned across the globe and here at home for being one of the most nutritious and sustainable products we can eat.
No 10 is in denial about the cost of Brexit – and the Welsh Government about what they can do to fix it
25/03/2021
Meanwhile, in the real world, we have seen a catastrophic slump, by 41%, of all our exports to the Continent. / Trade between Welsh ports and Ireland (which remains in the single market) has seen a decline of 50% in Holyhead, and 40% in Pembrokeshire.
With reliance on EU products returning to pre-Brexit levels, closer supplier ties will be essential to managing uncertainty in the market, writes Pablo Cristi Worm.
While Brexit continues to deliver more empty shelves for consumers, more carnage to our food and fishing sectors and more chaos to the people of Northern Ireland, the eternal sunshine of our international trade secretary’s spotless mind continues to deliver more doses of what seems like good news for faithful Leavers.
The wealthy ghouls who fund the Tory party expect their quid pro quo – and this legislation will deliver it.
What did they expect? For years, the British people were fed lies and disinformation about so-called Brussels red tape — much of it by Boris Johnson, including in his years as a journalist.
The cost of new regulations means we’ve had to pause sales to the EU, losses are mounting and the government isn’t listening.
DAN WHITE gives a personal account of how Brexit is already impacting the disabled.
‘Sovereignty’ and ‘taking back control’ seem a lot less attractive when you’re stuck at an airport or struggling with red tape.
It is increasingly clear that Brexit is doing enormous damage to Britain’s economy. And for what, exactly?