Brexit News

Low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. It is urging employers to "move away" from relying on "cheap labour" from Europe and invest in retaining staff and developing automation technology. The Home Office said EU and non-EU citizens coming to the UK would be treated equally after UK-EU free movement ends on 31 December. Labour said a "hostile environment" would make it hard […]

Following Brexit, the UK is free to strike new deals for selling goods and services around the world. The government will also have to negotiate a new trade agreement with the EU. This will be a top priority, although France has warned the UK to expect a bruising battle. So, what is free trade and what deals has the UK already done? What international trade does the UK do? Selling goods […]

France has warned Britain to expect a bruising battle with the EU in post-Brexit trade negotiations. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian predicted the two sides would "rip each other apart" as they strove for advantage in the negotiations. He also said it would be tough for the UK to achieve its aim of agreeing a free trade deal by the end of the year. The UK government said it […]

There haws been a 10% drop in the number of skilled workers from overseas applying to work in private companies since the Brexit vote, a new report suggests. Over 4,000 fewer applications for Skilled Worker Visas were made by non-EU workers seeking to work in the private sector in 2018-19. The number dropped from 48,600 in 2015-16, the year of the EU referendum, to 44,300 in the last year figures […]

Labour's Brexit stance in the general election was the "right policy", the favourite to replace Jeremy Corbyn as the party's next leader has told Sky News. Sir Keir Starmer defended the party's position on Britain's EU exit, despite Labour suffering its worst performance at the ballot box since the 1930s. The party lost 59 seats and saw its vote share drop by more than 7% as Boris Johnson returned to […]

Emmanuel Macron is making a last-ditch push for a tougher EU negotiating position with Britain over the post-Brexit relationship despite concerns among other member states that they risk blowing up the talks before they have begun. The conclusion of an internal decision on Brussels’s so-called level playing field demands has been delayed as the French government continues to push for stronger commitments on regulatory alignment to be asked of the British […]

Britain’s financial sector wants a new forum to oversee how the UK and European Union are maintaining access to each other’s financial markets after Brexit. Britain left the EU last month but will apply the bloc’s rules until December, after which new trading terms will be needed. Access to the EU for investment banks, exchanges and clearing houses in Britain, will depend on Brussels finding them “equivalent”, or compliant with […]

A new tracking app for traditional fishermen could prevent them from enjoying their much-heralded 'Brexit bonus'. Fishermen are hoping to be exempt from rules set by Brussels, which dictate how much and where trawlermen can fish, once the Brexit transition period ends on December 31st, and they hope as a result to be able to catch more fish. But industry officials have accused the fishing regulator, the Marine Management Organisation […]