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But Boris Johnson has promised the UK 'won’t immediately send children up chimneys or pour raw sewage all over its beaches'.
Why on earth is our government refusing to adopt what appears to be the most sensible piece of EU law I’ve heard of in a long time?
From queues in Dover to rising food prices, Brexit has been blamed for a number of things impacting families. But it has given us Rishi Sunak's 'Brexit pub guarantee' - here we look at the good, the bad and the ugly consequences.
Comparing the stories encouraging people to vote to leave the EU to those we've seen in recent weeks paints rather a bleak picture.
All four of the main UK mobile carriers have now announced plans to reintroduce roaming charges for customers traveling within Europe, following Brexit.
Due to the end of a post-Brexit grace period on 30 June, firms no longer have to send a warning text when consumers start roaming.
British travellers face challenges this year not only from the Covid crisis, but also the effects of Brexit. Here’s the lowdown.
The new rules look to hit the pockets of Brit holidaymakers as well as causing more hassle.
EE will bring back roaming charges for new customers who use their phones in Europe.
EE has announced it will reintroduce roaming charges from January, despite saying just months ago it had no plans to do so after Brexit.
EE will charge customers for mobile usage in other European countries from next year, despite previously saying it had no plans to reintroduce them after Brexit.
MEPs have the power to approve, amend or reject nearly all EU legislation. / So what have they achieved in this five-year term?
For some weeks the British government has been planning a “shock and awe” campaign to warn British businesses that they have less than six months to prepare for Brexit; but the EU has beaten them to it.
Ministers ‘cave to lobbying might of telecoms companies’, Labour deputy leader Tom Watson says.
Under the trade deal brokered between the European Union and the UK, Britons will lose some benefits while travelling.
Since the Brexit vote, some of the UK's biggest mobile phone operators have revealed that they will be reintroducing roaming charges in the EU.
Some Brits will face EU roaming charges for the first time since 2017, as EE is the first carrier to break its promise that nothing would change after Brexit.
An influential UK consumer rights organization is calling on UK communications regulator Ofcom to reintroduce formal, compulsory protections for Brits who use their mobile phones within the European Union, claiming that the falling away of such rights following Brexit has led to widespread confusion and the return of post-vacation bill shock.
"The Regulation defines a harmonized legal and tariff framework for roaming on public mobile communication networks within ECOWAS Member States and will solve the problem of high cost of roaming services in the region through the elimination or reduction of call tariffs, SMS charges and data costs, among others."
Travellers from the UK lost almost £9m a week this summer due to roaming charges.
Even if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude a highly ambitious partnership covering all areas agreed in the Political Declaration by the end of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU acquis, the internal market and the Customs Union, at the end of the transition period will inevitably create barriers to trade and cross-border exchanges that do not exist today.
Most networks are reimposing the charges post-Brexit, after the EU abolished them.
Two of the UK’s four biggest networks – EE and Vodafone – are reintroducing roaming charges for customers travelling to Europe from this month, with Three also set to reintroduce them in May 2022.
Extra costs for using mobile phone data in Europe have come into force following Brexit, but one provider says many people aren't aware what they'll be charged if they use their phone on holiday this summer.
THE SNP’s Westminster leader has made a plea to Scots who are undecided on independence as the consequences of Brexit become more apparent.
As Three joins EE and Vodafone in bringing back roaming charges, which network is now best for holidays on the continent?
The mobile operator Vodafone is following EE's lead by introducing extra charges for some of its customers using their phones in Europe from next year, after the UK left the EU.
The return of roaming fees follows the UK’s departure from the EU, with the bloc having removed roaming charges for people moving around Europe in 2017.
A previously confidential government study detailing 142 areas of life in Northern Ireland that will be impacted by Brexit has been published, revealing risks to everything from cooperation on congenital heart disease and cross-border child protection to rules preventing the looting of national treasures.
Remember when you could travel pretty freely and use your mobile phone without worrying about exhorbitant roaming fees? Great wasn’t it. / Well, the Brexit deal with the EU didn’t retain the EU’s ban on roaming fees and so Brits lost that freedom to roam – in more ways than one.
It comes as new EU new rules mean that a roaming customer who can use 5G services at home should also have 5G roaming services when this is available in another member state.
Giffgaff and Tesco have joined EE, Sky Mobile, Three and Vodafone in making contract changes.
Embarrassment as move announced on referendum anniversary – after trade deal created risk of fees.
The announcement was made on the five year anniversary from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.
Unsurprisingly, Brexit and its myriad consequences are adding substantially to prices for those looking to visit countries within the European Union for a well-deserved break.
There was no public announcement of the change, which was quietly slipped into new contracts earlier this week.
With a month to go, here is everything you need to know about travel in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
People, businesses and communities are now paying a heavy price for a hard Brexit we never voted for, imposed by a Tory government we never voted for. / Here’s a rolling list of the impacts of Brexit.
Customers who join or renew with Three from October 1 will face a £2 daily charge when using their phones in an EU country next year.
“Let's celebrate having something we already had!," one actor exclaimed after Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries boasted about free roaming.
Three years on from our departure from the EU, UK travellers face more delays and paperwork when travelling to Europe – and 2023 will bring new checks
VODAFONE has become the latest mobile network to reintroduce roaming charges for UK customers who travel to the European Union.
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