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16 May 2022 Foreign affairs

Government Claims They Won't Retaliate If EU Punishes UK For Overhauling Northern Ireland Protocol

Downing Street has said the government will not retaliate if the EU seeks to punish the UK for overhauling the Northern Ireland protocol.

30 Apr 2022 Brexit

Anxious Vets Warn Scrapping Post-Brexit Checks Will Expose The UK To Disease

UK vets have demanded a meeting with Jacob Rees-Mogg to warn that the government's decision to scrap a range of post-Brexit checks on goods coming in from the European Union will remove the UK's "first line of defence against disease coming into the country”.

09 Feb 2022 Brexit

UK Is Hopeful DUP Walkout Will Lead To Northern Ireland Protocol Deal In Coming Weeks

The government is hopeful that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) move to bring Stormont to a halt will prompt the European Union to make a compromise big enough to reach an agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol in the coming weeks.

How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first

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10 Jan 2022 Health

How Brexit gives us the opportunity to put public services first

Brexit gives us greater freedom over how the British economy works. But current insurance rules on investment, a legacy from our membership of the EU, are a hindrance to ‘Levelling Up’. We need to remove this roadblock and put public services first

08 Jan 2022 Brexit

Liz Truss Risks Splitting Supporters With "Poisoned Chalice" Of Northern Ireland Protocol Brief

As Liz Truss gets ready for her first meeting with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic next week, figures on both sides of the Channel are debating how the ambitious Foreign Secretary will handle the "poisoned chalice" brief that is the Northern Ireland Protocol.

For trade deals to succeed the government must put consumers first

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06 Dec 2021 Economy

For trade deals to succeed the government must put consumers first

Consumer interests and protections should be at the forefront of the UK's trade deal ambitions.

02 Dec 2021 Brexit

Ireland Says A Post-Brexit Trade Resolution This Year Is A "Very Tall Order"

The UK and the European Union reaching an agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol before 2022 is a "very tall order" and "unlikely to happen," Ireland's foreign minister has said.

23 Nov 2021 Environment

A fair deal on fish quotas is essential for the future of many fishing businesses

Fishing might have been misleadingly used as the Brexit poster industry, but the UK is experiencing the opposite of a coastal renaissance. That needs to change. Ministers aren't taking notice as things go from bad to worse for fishing – and they have no plan to help British fishers.

20 Nov 2021 Brexit

Downing Street Insists The Government Hasn't Flinched On Article 16

Late November was supposed to be when UK and EU tensions would hit boiling point.

18 Nov 2021 Culture

Barriers to EU touring will cost us British influence and talent

In the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “music is the universal language of mankind”. Music transcends borders and nations. But while music will always travel freely internationally, thanks in a huge part to the wonders of modern technology, the reach of our musicians has become increasingly limited due to the current constraints of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement.

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04 Nov 2021 Brexit

Navigating choppy waters: anchoring the UK-EU Trade Cooperation Agreement through a robust dispute settlement mechanism

02 Nov 2021 Brexit

EU Braces For A "Big Crisis" With Fears Boris Johnson Will Suspend Northern Ireland Protocol After COP26

European Union figures worry tensions with the UK are about to ramp up a notch, due to a growing expectation in Brussels that Boris Johnson will trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol after the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.

29 Oct 2021 Brexit

Boris Johnson Is "Puzzled" By France Fishing Row As UK Threatens To Disrupt EU Boats

The government has warned Brussels that it plans to disrupt European boats fishing in UK waters if France goes ahead with its threats to obstruct British trade.

25 Oct 2021 Brexit

A time-limited UK-EU treaty could solve the impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol

The United Kingdom and the European Union both share both a common interest and a duty to do everything in their power to ensure peace and stability in Northern Ireland and support the still fragile process of reconciliation between different communities.

21 Oct 2021 Brexit

The UK government must not miss this opportunity to resolve issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol

Northern Ireland is a society that only works through sharing and interdependence. Brexit with its often-simplistic approach to complex situations and stark choices was always going to pose particular challenges to our region, including upsetting the delicate balance of the Good Friday Agreement.

13 Oct 2021 Brexit

EU Wants To Ditch Most Northern Ireland Checks In Bid To Break Protocol Deadlock

The European Union will today unveil what it has described as "very far-reaching" proposals for changing the Northern Ireland Protocol after the UK's Brexit chief Lord Frost warned Brussels that refusing to rewrite the treaty would be a "historical misjudgement".

12 Oct 2021 Brexit

Lord Frost Tells EU The Northern Ireland Protocol Has Lost Consent And Threatens Peace Agreement

Lord Frost has proposed a new protocol for Northern Ireland, arguing that existing arrangements negotiated by the UK government have lost consent and risk inflaming sectarian tensions.

14 Sep 2021 Brexit

Checks On EU Imports Have Been Delayed Again

The government has announced that a range of checks on goods coming from the European Union have been postponed for a second time, so businesses have more time to prepare for the post-Brexit paperwork.

08 Sep 2021 Brexit

Government Is Debating Whether To Delay Post-Brexit Import Checks Again

Exclusive: The government is strongly considering delaying checks on imports from the European Union again amid warnings of severe disruption to supplies in the run-up to Christmas.

06 Sep 2021 Brexit

The Northern Ireland Grace Periods Will Be Extended Indefinitely

The government has announced an open-ended extension to grace periods for trade from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, as talks with the European Union over finding long-term fixes continue.

02 Sep 2021 Coronavirus

Post-Brexit UK Food Industry Is £2bn Worse Off After "Disastrous" Fall In EU Sales

Exclusive: New figures show a sharp fall in food and drink sales to the European Union in the first half of this year has led to the industry being £2bn down on pre-pandemic levels, with post-Brexit trade barriers believed to be the principal cause.

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31 Aug 2021 Economy

GGF Responds to UKCA Extension

The GGF has reacted to the news of the Government extension of the transition period for the end of recognition of the CE mark in Great Britain has been extended until 1st January 2023.

31 Jul 2021 Culture

Blur Drummer Warns Post-Brexit Touring Costs Will Destroy Next Generation Of Bands

Exclusive: The next generation of Blurs will be "gone" unless the government secures new post-Brexit arrangements for the UK's musicians and other touring performers, a member of the iconic Britpop band has warned.

29 Jul 2021 Brexit

Without trust and dialogue, Northern Ireland risks becoming a permanent casualty of Brexit

Public opinion in Northern Ireland on the Protocol is split down the middle, aggravating existing community tensions. Patience, dialogue, and most of all trust between the UK and EU is needed to find a solution.