The hospitality industry has responded with disdain to new government plans that will make it harder for EU citizens to get UK visas.

Critics described the government’s approach to immigration as “baffling” and blamed the shortages on Brexit.

A Norfolk farmer fears fruit and vegetable operations like his could go bust if new immigration rules close the door to migrant workers who harvest and pack their crops.

Lord Wolfson is a highly successful businessman, a prominent supporter of Brexit and a Conservative peer. He is, in short, the sort of man who should be in perfect alignment with a government led by Boris Johnson. He isn’t.

Lewis Goodall disputes Bruges Group's Robert Oulds after his stance on Brexit contradicts facts.

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.

Deal or no deal, here are the issues that need fixing by March 29.

Probably not the anniversary present the government was hoping to offer the public.

One in 10 applicants who received outcomes last month given no immigration status, new data shows.

Sophie Stowers and Alan Wager look back on a year in Brexit, using the UK in a Changing Europe/Redfield and Wilton Strategies Brexit tracker poll to highlight five key trends in attitudes to Brexit in 2022.

Thom Brooks: Government is repeating same old lines about stopping boats, unable to acknowledge failure of Brexit deal.

Letter warns immigration rules may damage UK universities’ ability to attract global talent.

Our populist leaders boast of exceptionalism while continuing to corrode crucial alliances.

As UK public feeling shifts back to a pro-European stance, is it time to positively charge the nature of the conversation?

Key workers 'crying out for child care'.

At gas stations, there’s fuel rationing and hours-long lineups. At the supermarket, there’s sometimes no milk or meat, and warnings that Christmas turkeys may be unavailable – along with Christmas trees and many popular toys. Building materials are so scarce that construction sites have shut down.

Boris Johnson is facing a backlash over his plans to fast-track visas for the world's leading scientists, as a Nobel laureate warned of turmoil for "many years" after a no-deal Brexit.

EU migrants have been able to “treat the UK as if it’s part of their own country” for too long, Boris Johnson said yesterday as he reprised the core message of Vote Leave’s 2016 EU referendum campaign.

Boris Johnson's immigration plans for after Brexit are facing a massive backlash as industry leaders say key fields - like farming, construction and the stricken care industry - won't get the workers they need.

Boris Johnson became prime minister on the promise that Brexit would bring prosperity and pride. Did it?

In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.

Leading human rights barrister Usha Sood has condemned hostility to immigrants and Home Office bureaucracy for failing the most vulnerable victims of the Russian invasion.

The number of citizens from member states of the European Union that moved to Britain has dropped dramatically, according to new figures seen by City A.M.

When Dutch boat captain and engineer Ernst-Jan de Groot applied to continue working in Britain after Brexit, he became ensnared in a bureaucratic nightmare because of an online glitch and says he is now likely to lose his job.

Claims by Brexit campaigners 76 million Turks could come to the UK unless it left the EU were false, home secretary Sajid Javid has said.

A FAMILY with settled status in the UK has told how confusion over post-Brexit immigration rules left them struggling to return to their home in Scotland after a Christmas break.

Conservatives' pledge to end freedom of movement and drastically reduce net migration looms over businesses already suffering labour shortage.

Britons facing ‘austerity’ budget as a direct result of decision to leave Europe, former Bank of England adviser says

Despite the promise leaving the EU would help the UK control its borders, most people surveyed said Brexit had hampered the ability to control immigration.

The immigration minister said Brexit has ‘led to more people coming into the country legally in very large numbers. And that’s why we have to do something about that’.

System working ‘broadly as Leave advocates promised’, say think tanks’ report. / Post-Brexit immigration rules have led to a shortfall of around 330,000 workers in the UK and had helped fuel inflation, according to top economists.

The OBR forecast that Brexit would cost the UK economy 4% of GDP now looks ridiculously optimistic as the damage mounts.

Fishing leaders from the north-east coast to Orkney and the Western Isles have joined calls to plead with the UK Government for a re-think of Brexit immigration rules.

Commonwealth troops who earn less than the £25,600-a-year minimum salary threshold could be locked out under the rules - unless an exemption is carved out for them.

The impact of Brexit on freelancers and the UK’s creative industries has been laid bare. / In a damning new report, the government is starkly reminded that it put in place “no clear provisions…dedicated to self-employed” people from abroad, in the 2020 Brexit deal.

Nicola Sturgeon described Brexit as an “unnecessary and unforgivable act” that is damaging Scottish businesses and causing food shortages.

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to depart Downing Street, tossed from office by his own party, his legacy — the opening lines of his eventual obituary — will call him the man who “got Brexit done.” / So how is that going? What can be said about the post-Brexit Britain that Johnson is leaving behind?

We were promised sunny uplands and a oven ready deal: instead we've been served extra helpings of cow excrement. As Nigel Farage admits Brexit is a disaster, car manufacturers threaten to walk and Keir Starmer calls for a renegotiation, it's time to accept reality.

More than two-thirds of musicians say bookings dried up because of visa red tape and cost – even before coronavirus struck

A number of factors, including leaving the EU, are playing a part even as overall net migration to the UK - much of it to London - has hit a record high.

Significant housing and staffing problems in the tourism sector across the strath are the result of 10 years of hostile environment policy, MP Drew Hendry insists. / He has been meeting with local operators to discuss their plight, and has spoken this week about the difficulties tourism companies now face after Brexit.

Public concern about immigration to the UK may be down, but it has always been a surrogate question to living standards.

Ms Patel has reportedly rejected a recommendation that bricklayers and welders be added to the UK’s shortage occupation list.

EU nationals are discovering that the Home Office is driven not by reason but by keeping numbers down.

Stockpiling ahead of Brexit was one of the main reasons for the Scottish economy growing.

Builders expected to be added to ‘shortage occupation list’ to allow EU labourers to return.

An LBC caller has opened up about the moment her Brexit-voting uncle “did a 180” after he was treated by non-UK nationals in hospital.

From the outside, nothing much has changed yet. From the inside, however, the UK has undergone a radical and at times ugly transformation. The June 2016 referendum has helped set off a chain of events that has impacted many aspects of life in the country.

The Scottish Government paper claims Brexit is damaging business, migration and devolution itself, with External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson (below) insisting “Scotland has to consider its future path” when the coronavirus pandemic is over.

Steady ‘erosion’ in support for Brexit amid economic gloom, says Prof John Curtice.

The stock exchange ‘going down the gurgler’, a ‘hammer blow’ to the food industry, married Britons punished, and some rare Brexit upsides

ONE of Scotland’s staunchest Brexiteers has blasted Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit immigration plans, warning they will be “catastrophic” for fishing industry.

Brexit-induced labour shortages are going to be a limiting factor in the pursuit of growth, growth, growth

What will be the long-run economic effects of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union—informally known as Brexit? Compared with remaining in the European Union, there will inevitably be higher trade costs with the rest of Europe, which accounts for about half of all U.K. trade.

The consequences of ending the free movement of people between Britain and the EU are becoming painfully clear.

Figures seen by Sky News show how firms are recruiting outside Europe to secure the skills they need, with India in particular providing staff to fill key vacancies.

Brits now can only stay without a permit in most EU countries for 90 days out of every 180 days.

Thousands of undocumented British expats in Spain are heading back to the UK as they fear being fined or deported as a result of post-Brexit immigration rules in the southern European country.

Hundreds of UK nationals who moved to Portugal before the end of the Brexit deadline are being caught out by delays in the processing of their residency applications.

AN ACCOUNTANCY company has launched a new business immigration visa service to help firms recruit talent from overseas. / Azets is an international outsourcing advisory group with offices and firms located across Dorset and Hampshire.

“Car crash!” exclaimed managing director Andrew Varga, whose Brexit progress I have been following since the referendum. News of the latest Brexit U-turn landed on him on Tuesday out of the blue. All his years of preparation for a new UK product safety mark, all his thousands of pounds wasted, all the uncountable hours and effort were rendered pointless, at a stroke.

Campaigners for EU citizens have launched a scathing attack on Boris Johnson over his claims that EU nationals who made Britain their home have treated the UK like “their own” country for too long.

Jeremy Hunt insisted the UK would find a way to improve trading ties with the EU without rejoining the single market. / "The latest evidence suggests that Brexit has had a significant adverse impact on UK trade, via reducing both overall trade volumes and the number of trading relationships between UK and EU firms."

A law firm in Chester has highlighted Brexit's impact on the UK's skills shortage as a growing number of companies look to hire workers from overseas.

Business lobby group warns failure to act will put UK’s economic recovery from Covid crisis at risk.

Commonwealth countries may have hoped that the British government’s promise to focus on the rest of the world after leaving the European Union would make it easier for members of the 54-member organization to live and work in the UK. But that hasn’t happened.

World View: Lessons to be learned through the experience of defeated Remainers

"Blame us. Blame Westminster. Do not blame Brussels for our own country's mistakes and do not be angry at us for telling you the truth. Be angry at the chancers who sold you a lie."

A speech made by David Lammy in 2019 has cropped up again on the back of Brexiteer outrage over visa controls.

In this week's update from ‘downside bunker’, more evidence emerges that Britain has effectively declared a trade war on itself.

Ministers refuse to ease immigration restrictions as campaigners warn of ‘social care time bomb’

The end of the free movement has led to a shortfall of around 330,000 workers in Britain. Most are in less-skilled sectors of the economy.

The government must make it easier for Indians to come to Britain to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with one of the world’s fastest growing economies, a group of MPs have said.

The number of European Union citizens moving to the UK has fallen by up to 90 per cent since Brexit, according to Office for National Statistics estimates.

Judge rules Data Protection Act clause denying them right to obtain records is not unlawful.

New rules come into force today that mean all Irish and British citizens born in Northern Ireland will be treated as EU citizens for immigration purposes.

Britain was a traditional obstacle to an agreement, because of immigration and Scotch whisky.

The home secretary is said to have plans to cut European immigration by 80 per cent under stricter entry conditions after Brexit. Sajid Javid is expected to publish plans to end free movement and preferential access for EU migrants after December 2020 – which will see net immigration from Europe reduced to as little as 10,000 a year, according to the The Sunday Times.

Migrants from the EU contribute £2,300 more to the exchequer each year in net terms than the average adult, the analysis for the government has found. And, over their lifetimes, they pay in £78,000 more than they take out in public services and benefits - while the average UK citizen’s net lifetime contribution is zero.

More than 145,000 EU citizens leave UK as non-EU net migration hits highest level since 2004.

Migration from outside the EU has been rising since the EU referendum, now standing at 229,000.

Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal.

This week marks the third anniversary of Brexit. While for some it’s a cause to celebrate or say, “I told you so”, for European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) citizens and their families falling through the cracks of the Home Office system, it is cause for concern.

Experts are investigating the impact on EU-UK families of strict immigration rules now that the UK has left the European Union.

Viktor Orban said he wanted to see an anti-immigration majority in the EU institutions and that he would team up with countries like Italy and Poland to change the bloc’s direction.

Depopulation has become a “significant” problem in areas from the islands to rural areas all over the country outside the central belt. / Poor ferry services, ongoing road issues, Brexit and immigration were all blamed during a Holyrood debate on Wednesday.

UK still experiencing problems after three years of Brexit.

As the EU referendum grows ever closer, Lord Darzi, Elias Mossialos and colleagues seek to redress a lack of evidence on the role of the union on our health system.

Brexit was hugely divisive, both politically and socially, dominating political debate and with arguments about its impacts raging for years. / Five years on from the day Britain formally left the EU, BBC Verify has examined five important ways Brexit has affected Britain.

“Politicians obscure exclusionary ideologies and policies behind inclusionary rhetoric that highlights the ‘value’ of migrant ‘contributions’," a doctoral researcher said.

Health and care experts unite in criticism of governent’s new immigration policy which could push social care ‘over the edge’.

Ministers must stop trying to find ‘magical solutions’ like the Rwanda deal and fix administrative problems, report finds.

Grant Shapps has stressed the importance of post-Brexit controls on work visas after government sources confirmed that ministers are braced for a record increase in immigration figures this month.

Despite promises by the home secretary to make the route across the Channel "unviable", the number of people completing the crossing has reached record highs.

SCOTTISH Tory MSPs refused to recognise the impact of Brexit on Scotland during a Holyrood debate yesterday – and defended the UK Government’s decision to leave the Erasmus scheme.

THE Home Office has blocked Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish visa pilot which would have allowed businesses in remote and rural communities an exemption from UK immigration rules over hiring EU and other foreign nationals.

Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.

Victoria Atkins fails – four times – to answer the question and admits Conservatives do not yet have an immigration policy.

‘Getting Brexit done’ has led to record migration numbers. So, what now?

The migrant crisis has exposed a common fallacy about Brexit, that you can simply "pull up the drawbridge" and wish it away.

Brexit barriers are having a significant impact on North East small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), hitting their exports as they struggle with regulations and red tape, a new report this week reveals. The region’s universities are another sector badly hit...

Under the UK’s new immigration rules the elderly look set to be the biggest victims of Brexit.

This week we’ve partnered with EEF on a new report ‘Navigating Brexit: the Migration Minefield’. The report highlights the need for clarity, simplicity and urgency in the Government’s messaging to stem the flow of EU citizens from the UK, taking their much needed skills with them.

Under the UK’s new immigration system, migrants from the European Union face more restrictive rules than those from the rest of the world. The effects on overall migration numbers may be limited, but the skills and sectoral mix of migrants may look substantially different.

We're more than a quarter of a million employees short.

In October 2015, I gave a speech to international journalists in Germany called, ‘Newspaper lies can cost lives.’ Less than a year later, Britain voted for Brexit, with one of the main reasons cited as ‘too many migrants’. How did such a fear and dislike of migrants develop? Newspaper lies played an enormous role.

Report urges politicians to 'come clean' about consequences of ending free movement or risk 'creating the sort of conditions in Britain that helped Donald Trump become US president'. / Illegal immigration is likely to rise when Britain leaves the EU and freedom of movement ends, a new study has found.

Brexit has not only failed to deliver on its promise of reducing immigration and controlling borders, but it has also made the immigration issue worse and more difficult to manage. The government’s chaotic and ineffective immigration policies, such as the Rwanda policy, have only added to the problem.

A Brexiteer Tory MP on Monday admitted immigration has increased since Britain voted to leave the EU.

Overseas bricklayers and carpenters could be able to get work visas more easily in the UK after the government updated its shortage occupation list. / The committee did not recommend any hospitality occupations be included, although it said Brexit and the pandemic had "significant effects" on both sectors.

The figures were released by the Office for National Statistics.

New report 'Sea Change on Border Control' shows that "the primary factor behind small boat crossings is the UK's lacking a returns agreement with the EU. This was a consequence of the UK's Brexit deal".

India's finance minister has said that a free trade deal with Britain will take a "long time" and that no negotiations will start until the Brexit process has been completed.

Indeed’s research suggests that EU jobseekers are showing more interest in Ireland-based roles after Brexit. It found that media, pharmacy and the social sciences are all sectors in high demand, potentially because EU citizens are finding it harder to obtain work visas under the UK’s new immigration policy.

Listen to Nigel Farage and he'll tell you the biggest problem in Dover is a swarm of immigrants, flooding its beaches. / But the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats is relatively small. / Meanwhile, the UK haulage industry has been brought to its knees by a driver shortage induced by Brexit and coronavirus.

The remarkable call from a four-time Ukip candidate to James O'Brien is at number three in the countdown of his best Brexit clips.

The Labour leader suggested he would not seek to introduce a new immigration regime for EU citizens.

Jeremy Hunt has denied that the decision to give some overseas construction workers easier access to UK jobs was a "betrayal of Brexit".

In Nigel Farage’s old stamping-ground, voters turn to a party they once scorned.

Government accused of being ‘out of step’ with public opinion on immigration as new data shows rise in sympathy for Channel migrants.

Almost seven years on from the Brexit referendum, there remains uncertainty over the future UK-EU relationship. Reflecting on the lessons from the last seven years, Neil Kinnock argues there remains a clear case for the UK being an economic, political, social, scientific and cultural part of the Europe of the future.

Brexit has had little or no impact on the number of people seeking asylum in the UK or the government’s response.

Hostile immigration policies will do untold damage to the UK’s manufacturing industry. It is baffling that the government is willing to implement such a strategy, says Lord Bilimoria.

igration has altered the size and shape of the UK labour market in recent decades, but the move to a more restrictive regime since leaving the European Union won’t drive the ‘high wage‘ economy that the prime minister has claimed it will, according to new Resolution Foundation research published today.

The government could be about to make a major Brexit U-turn following advice that special immigration status could hold the key to plugging significant labour shortages across the construction industry.

What the former Prime Minister warned BEFORE the referendum.

A top French chef who moved to the UK in 1997 said he feels ‘unwelcome’ after he was refused the right to stay post-Brexit.

Migration brings a wealth of benefits to Britain. But public and media debate routinely leaves out migrant voices, and can be toxic, misleading, and damaging to community cohesion. We believe the best antidote to divisive rhetoric is real stories, told by real people.

Report gives first detailed insight into how immigration system might look after Brexit.

The UK’s shift towards a more restrictive migration regime after Brexit will not deliver the “high wage” economy promised by prime minister Boris Johnson, a report shows.

Migration experts say the UK cannot end freedom of movement from the EU on Brexit day because it has no system to work out who is legally in the country.

Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit.

A growing number of British people believe they are worse off under Brexit, a new poll has suggested. / The number of people in Britain who believe their daily lives are worse since exiting the European Union is now 45%, up from 30% a year ago.

"Our sector faces major challenges in accessing the right talent, skills and labour. As the Industrial Strategy states, the manufacturing sector is one of those most likely to need people skilled in science, technology, engineering and maths."

Net migration in the UK hit a record high of 606,000 in 2022, almost double the level seen before the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016.

Interesting new analysis published this week by UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE) considers how the post-Brexit immigration system has impacted the UK labour market in the two years since its introduction.

Employers in Northern Ireland are warning that new migration rules may cause staff shortages across manufacturing, care and food production.

This week Professor Thom Brooks, Professor of Law and Government, launched the most comprehensive report into the issue of asylum seekers using small boats to cross the Channel to Britain. A key finding of the 55 page report is that the Government's Brexit deal is a primary factor.

The impact of Brexit on trade, immigration and political economy in new e-book.

A DECISION taken by Boris Johnson to relax immigration rules in the wake of the chaos caused by Brexit has been branded an “utterly humiliating” U-turn by Scotland’s First Minister.

First minister says country needs strategy to tackle falling birth rate and Brexit impact.

THE First Minister has marked Migrants Day 2020 with a “special message” to EU citizens living in Scotland.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the HGV driver and fuel shortage crisis is a result of Boris Johnson’s “reckless” Brexit policy – and has called for the UK Government to “urgently revisit their entire post-Brexit immigration policy”.

The 2016 referendum, which resulted in a narrow win for those campaigning to leave the European Union, has posed perhaps the most complex set of questions ever faced by a peacetime government.

Brexit has failed to deliver any notable economic benefits, more than six years after the vote to leave the EU, David Davis has admitted.

Governments must acknowledge the fundamental reality that migrant workers don’t take jobs and benefits, but fill in essential labour needs

From cross-Channel transport disruption to public disorder – the predictions in the leaked document.

The Home Office's proposed skills criteria and salary threshold for overseas workers will "decimate" the north's hospitality sector, an industry representative has said.

Migration to NI may be orientating away from European countries to Asia and Africa, analysis suggests.

'The Brexiters have no more idea in private than they do in public about what they are doing. Predictions based upon their concealed intent project on to them a competence they simply don’t possess.'

Of those who migrated to the UK in 2021, EU citizens accounted for just 5 per cent of the number of visas issued.

'The weak pound and the uncertainty over Brexit are likely to be prime explanations' for decline, think-tank says.

The gangs running small boats into the UK have ‘never had it so good’ – and Brexit has played a large part. People smugglers claim Brexit ‘has played into their hands’.

Cross-government emergency meeting expected to agree temporary visas for HGV drivers – and hundreds of military personnel could be making deliveries to fill empty pumps.

Home Secretary Suella Bravernan’s claim that Indian migrants are the largest group who “overstay” their welcome in the UK could derail Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with New Delhi. / Indian ministers are said to be furious with her remarks as the agreement is reportedly “on the verge of collapse”.

Verdict conducted a poll to analyse the impact of the post-Brexit points-based immigration system on the UK’s healthcare system.

A policy paper in January warned it would take 'some time to implement' a new immigration system.

Home Office accused of refusing to listen to £111bn-a-year culture sector – just weeks after a minister admitted government must retain free movement

Tim Martin backs ‘reasonably liberal immigration system’ to encourage workers to relocate, despite having backed leaving single market and customs union.

EU law expert, Professor Michael Dougan gives his assessment of the impact of Brexit on migrant rights, following many audience requests.

High-profile Brexit backer Lord Simon Wolfson has renewed calls for the Government to let in more foreign workers to alleviate labour shortages that have plagued Scottish firms and the wider UK business community.

Even Leave supporters now say existing EU rules provide ‘enough control’ on migration from the continent.

Rebordering Britain and Britons after Brexit is an innovative research project exploring the long-term impacts of Brexit on migration between the EU and UK to uncover what this reveals about Britain’s migration story and future.

A London restaurant owner says he won't remove the message on receipts, which celebrates immigration.

Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country.

If inflation stays high, will the PM be honest enough to agree with the Bank of England that leaving the EU is partly to blame?

Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary has called for “a bit more” of common sense on the government’s side when implementing post-Brexit immigration rules.

Mayor to use set-piece Mansion House speech to call for reformed relationship with Europe. / L ondon should be able to set its own immigration rules to ensure there are enough skilled workers to run essential services, according to Sadiq Khan.

The steep rise in small boat crossings across the English Channel is deeply worrying. Ever more lives are put at risk in making the 21-mile journey. ... A key issue is that the Government did not see the problem of small boat crossings as a consequence of its policy failures, most notably its failure to secure a post-Brexit returns arrangement with the EU.

Points-based system will have 'potentially disastrous consequences' in high-vacancy sector and government suggestion that gaps be filled by UK workers earning higher wages rubbished.

'The idea that these people are somehow going to ruin our way of life seems to be completely wrong and misbegotten'. /

Wednesday marks exactly five years on from the Brexit referendum and the country is still torn over our exit from the EU. A new poll finds that if the vote was re-run now the result would be a narrow win for Remain – by 51% to 49%.

Thom Brooks’ report reveals the Government has created the Channel migration ‘small boats’ crisis through its hard Brexit policies.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Indian leader Narendra Modi in April and set an ambitious target to sign the free trade agreement (FTA) by Diwali later this month. / Recently, Braverman said that she had doubts regarding the deal as it would increase immigration to the UK even as Truss is eager to sign an agreement with India by Diwali, on October 24.

You can’t restrict immigration without damaging trade deals. / For years the Brexiteers have been in denial about the contradictions inherent to their project. Now they are coming out in the open.

Ministers are rapidly planning an overseas hiring spree to plug critical holes in the NHS and social care sector. / It took less than 24 hours for The Telegraph to pen a column about how the new plan constitutes a “Brexit betrayal”.

By ending the free movement of people between the UK and Europe, Britain has unexpectedly created a record flow of migrant workers from lower-income countries.

Maybe it’s time for the next Prime Minister to admit that immigration is not just essential, it’s desirable.

Shortages in the labour market, along with the vacancies in the health service, hospitality industry and agriculture, are the living evidence of this self-inflicted act

One Europhobe is finally waking up to the costs of leaving the EU.

Six years after the referendum we can disentangle the evidence and judge the effects on health and care, says Richard Vize.

Voters were promised better-funded public services and stronger employment rights after Brexit – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are now offering us the opposite, reports Adam Bienkov.

It has been five years since Brexit “got done” – and voters and politicians alike are still counting the cost.

Swati Dhingra of the Centre for Economic Policy at the London School of Economics talks about the key economics of Brexit The interview was recorded at the Royal Economic Society annual conference at The University of Sussex in Spring 2016 and produced by Econ Films.

'No matter which sector you talk to - from video games to abattoirs, broadcasters to supermarket delivery, financial services to care - they all say the same thing: We need access to people.'

European migrants living in the UK contribute £2,300 more to public purse each year than the average adult, suggesting a net contribution of £78,000 to the exchequer over their lifespan in the UK.

Strategy report setting out the big future challenges for the EU – and Scotland’s contribution to that European future

It has been almost two and a half years since the United Kingdom signed its post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU), which was expected to have multifaceted impacts on the UK economy.

The end of free movement and the introduction of the post-Brexit migration system represents a major structural change to the UK labour market. This working paper provides a descriptive assessment of the impact on a sectoral basis.

The decision to limit immigration at a time of severe market shortages of drivers has escalated a squeeze into a crisis.

It is wrong to argue that the UK’s inability to return asylum seekers to the EU is driving the increase in the number crossing the Channel. / While there is evidence that Brexit is having an impact on small boat crossings, the migration data does not support Brooks’ analysis. Rather, it suggests that Brexit-related labour shortages with the potential for exploitation, is more significant.

Rishi Sunak faces an impossible conundrum and it’s of the Conservatives' own making. / The EU is introducing a raft of new measures to lure skilled workers from outside its borders, increasing competition with the UK for vital personnel – just as the British government commits to drastically reducing migration.

Net migration figures are down by 49,000, but 54,000 extra British citizens chose to leave the UK. Is the Prime Minister really getting it right on migration?

The ‘remoaner elite’, the civil service, the BBC, universities, unions, refugees: anything is blamed but Brexit itself.

Apparently this Brexit is not the one Leave voters wanted, and is certainly not what Remainers wanted, but it’s the one we’re all having to live with.

Care sector faces ‘devastation’ as research shows one in seven EU employees unaware that they must apply to regularise status before June 2021 or be stripped of right to work and live in UK.

Speaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr, David Davis said the European Research Group (ERG), and those on the right of the Tory Party, who want to undermine the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are "playing with Brexit fire" and risk "destroying Brexit" over proposed amends to the Rwanda immigration Bill.

Proposal floated as part of crackdown replacing free movement with minimum salary threshold of £25,600 and EU citizens may have to provide fingerprints.

Jonathan Portes assesses the extent to which predictions about trade and migration before the Brexit vote have materialised, highlighting that trade has been reduced by additional barriers but the extent to which liberalisation would increase migration flows in the short term was underestimated.

Britain’s government insisted Thursday (24 November) that Brexit would pay off, even as new figures showed record levels of immigration six years after the country voted to quit the EU.

The UK is facing a skills crisis as it heads towards the end of the Brexit transition period with care homes, nursing and construction sectors expecting shortages.

Record numbers of people are moving to the UK even as the pro-Brexit government promises to crack down on immigration. Roughly 50,000 EU citizens left the UK over a one-year period, while 331,000 non-EU citizens arrived.

Nicola Sturgeon calls for immigration powers to be devolved as industry bodies condemn proposals.

The UK government has launched a scaleup visa for businesses to sponsor high-skill tech workers for a two-year stay to encourage more talent into the country and plug the digital skills gap.

The fall in migration from bloc was eclipsed by arrivals from elsewhere, with four times as many non-EU citizens arriving in UK than exiting.

France will not be ‘hostages to British domestic politics’, says interior minister.

Shortened trade talks will result in ‘flimsy’ deal, former British prime minister says

Swathes of the UK economy including health, warehousing and packing are being propped up by migrant workers – casting doubt on the prudence of the Conservative Party’s promise to tighten immigration policy.

The European Commission's vice president Margaritis Schinas has told Britain it has to sort out its own migrant problems post-Brexit, as the war of words between France and UK over migration and fishing rights goes on unabated.

Britain remains on track for a record fall in living standards over the two years to the end of March 2024, despite an upward revision to growth forecasts, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said on Wednesday.

Industry experts say proposed skills- and salary-assessed system for workers will make it harder for tourism industry to recruit staff.

The former prime minister said that migrants are integral to "the way we live" before the referendum.

After China denied citizenship status to non-Chinese residents, about 7,000 ethnic minority families received full British nationality, granting them the ability to live across Europe and pass this status onto their descendants.

World-renowned economist Adam Posen reveals some tough truths about Britain’s situation.

THE ‘significant’ impact of Brexit on workers coming into the Island should be considered before additional migration controls are introduced, the Hospitality Association has said in an open letter to States Members.

The government's Illegal Migration Act is facing a court challenge from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) on the ground that it breaches the Windsor Framework.

Especially if you supported Leave. It's a brutal, lengthy, detailed dissection of all the potential economic damage leaving the EU will do to the UK.

A leading figure in Germany’s ruling Social Democratic party (SPD) has called for far closer links between the UK and the European Union, amid rising concerns the Brexit divide is harming efforts to solve international crises, including mass migration.

“Everyone in our society should have a safe place to live and no one should be punished for experiencing homelessness."

Lord Moylan has claimed Vote Leave never claimed Turkey was imminently going to join the EU.