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In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

Brexit – the rise in immigration, the broader negative economic impacts on living standards and so on – have indeed fuelled the rise of Reform UK

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests

economic consequences of Brexit in speeches and interviews. Recently, the Bank's governor Andrew Bailey told journalists that as a consequence of Brexit: "I think the level of activity and growth in the economy

Rejoining customs union would not fix damage caused by Brexit, research finds

Brexit has depressed UK exports to the EU by 12%, and rejoining the customs union would undo only a fraction of the damage, research shared with the Guardian shows. With the UK’s future relationship

Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

impact on our export performance to the EU and beyond, might be subject to debate, but no one can credibly claim that we have marched to the sunny uplands of sustained economic growth

UK migration drops to 171,000 - almost half 2024's figure

impact on the net migration figures. The Labour government has retained the measures and in some cases expanded on them. They include most overseas students being restricted from bringing family members to the UK

Scottish mum stuck in Spain after baby falls foul of UK dual nationality rules

Brexit settled status, were told they could board the Ryanair flight, but the baby was refused. “I do feel this is ridiculous, because my baby was born in the UK, lives in the UK

Saplings in prisons and bogs on military ranges: Labour’s plans for nature-friendly state land

impact for generations and generations to come. So that’s really important,” she said. Reynolds contrasted this with what she said was a less wholehearted embrace of environmental issues by the Greens since Zack Polanski

Europe and US need ‘separate bedrooms’ but not divorce, says David Miliband

impact on the relationship. Speaking at the Hay literary festival on Sunday, the former Labour minister, who has served as the president of the International Rescue Committee since 2013, said: “You can see the argument

Gibraltar dumping all of its raw sewage into Mediterranean

Brexit. Attempts to fix the problem have repeatedly collapsed. In 2018, Gibraltar’s government awarded a contract to a joint venture between NWG Commercial Services (Northumbrian Water) and Modern Water to design, build and operate

Riots and racism: why is the UK burning?

Economics.  People marching through Southampton. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images The UK has endured a cost of living crisis, with prices rising in the shops and energy costs being

Mapped: the elections that could deliver ‘unprecedented’ losses for Labour

economically insecure voters. However, the Greens are on the rise in the north too, fresh from their win in the byelection for Gorton and Denton, on the outskirts of Manchester, in February. For Reform

Jo Cox’s murder prompted calls for a ‘kinder, gentler politics’. Why has intolerance prevailed?

economic to identity politics as beginning with the 1960s liberation movements – “gay rights, women’s rights, anti-racism” – which were about “something more fundamental” than “how to get half a loaf more of bread