EU admits post-Brexit London City jobs-loss forecast was way off the mark
The European Union has admitted that a doom-laden forecast of huge “City” job losses in London resulting from financial institutions moving their operations…
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Has Sunak lost his marbles? It takes major league ineptness to turn a ritualistic Greek demand for the return of the Parthenon Friezes into a diplomatic incident
British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is so floundering, so out of his depth and at the end of his time that the basics of diplomacy are impossible for him to grasp.
UK travel industry relief as Britain moves to cut border red tape for French school trips
The UK Government is to roll back immigration rules for children on school trips from France.
British MPs’ concern at costs and cuts in UK’s Brussels mission
The UK Mission to the European Union faces a shake-up after a senior House of Commons inquiry found transparency wanting around the work and cost of the Brussels-based…
Facial recognition technology now available to Western states could make China look like amateurs in mass surveillance
For me, the moment the surveillance society really began to hit home was as far back as 2010, when primary schools in the UK started fingerprinting their pupils…
Does the EU still have jurisdiction over the whole of the UK? The ECJ seems to think so
Hidden in the dull reports from the European Courts is a groundbreaking judgment that makes it clear just how done in Brexit has been.
UK ‘in final stages’ of agreeing border-control deal with EU
The UK Government is about to agree a new border-control agreement with the European Union, according to British media outlets.
Demolition threat for UK billionaire’s luxury hotel that hosted key Brexit agreement
A five-star hotel in Surrey, England, that provided the backdrop to the signing of a key Brexit deal, faces demolition after its billionaire owner was found to have…
Deadline looms for British PM Sunak: Ditch EU’s Horizon or pursue UK’s Pioneer
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces an end-of-September deadline on whether to rejoin the €95bn Horizon Europe programme or extend the domestic arrangement that…
UK confirms three-month delay to post-brexit border checks
The UK government confirmed a three-month delay to post-Brexit border checks on European food imports that were due to begin in January 2024.
Spain faces UK protest over Gibraltar waters ‘incursion’
The UK is to launch a formal protest with Madrid after Spanish customs officers “overstepped” their jurisdiction to board a locally-registered boat suffering…
UK defends immigration strategy despite Channel deaths
The British Government has defended its immigration strategy after six people drowned and more than 50 needed rescuing when the small boat they had boarded to cross…
Small migrant-boat landings in UK top 100,000 since 2018
The number of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel to the UK has topped 100,000 since 2018, according to latest figures from the UK Home Office.
EU crime database block on UK ‘lets crooks off the hook’
The European Union’s decision to pull the plug on UK law enforcement agencies’ post-Brexit access to its central crime database is making the fight against crime…
EU climbdown defuses row with UK over Falklands
The European Union on July 20 defused a diplomatic flare-up with the UK after using the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands in a statement.
UK bank ‘shut Farage’s account over values’
Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said a British bank that abruptly closed his account did so because his views “do not align with our values”.
UK-based EU citizens still in limbo despite court ruling
A Home Office decision to grant an automatic two-year extension to the pre-settled status of 2.
Horizon deal stalls as Sunak and von der Leyen draw a blank
High hopes for an announcement of the UK officially rejoining the European Union's Horizon programme have been dashed after a much-heralded meeting on July 14 between…
UK agency brands migrant centre ‘inhumane’ due to poor Wi-Fi and lack of hair salon
Inspectors from the UK’s Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), a prisons watchdog, have labelled a female migrant detention centre in England "inhumane" and cited…
Farage on UK bank row: ‘Just change the law!’
Moves by the UK Government to re-examine the European Union law that has led to the sudden closure of bank accounts held by some high-profile Britons have been shrugged…
UK Court of Appeal torpedoes Rwanda migrant plan
The British Court of Appeal has ruled against the UK Government, declaring its policy to deport migrants to Rwanda is illegal.
Horizon science talks ‘crunchy’ as UK and EU seek new deal, says Hunt
Negotiations over the renewal of UK participation in the European Union’s Horizon Europe science programme are ongoing, despite reaching a "crunchy" phase, according…
EU flag stunt ban leaves London mayor squirming
London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been left with egg on his face after his "great idea" to fly the European Union flag from City Hall in the UK capital on June 23, the…
UK dodges Brexit slump, says upbeat French bank report
Despite doom-laden headlines dogging the UK post-Brexit predicting prolonged economic misery, one of Europe’s biggest banks has now concluded that leaving the…
Brexit done? It could take years, say pollsters
While Brexit might to some seem a nightmare that the UK is struggling to awaken from, a new survey suggests that the angst is not being caused by the country having…
EU citizens’ watchdog turns on UK over paperwork delays
The UK government has been left red-faced over embarrassing shortcomings discovered by the watchdog it set up to monitor European Union citizens' rights in the UK…
UK demands millions in refunds from EU nationals
The UK Government has angered Brussels with demands for the refund of millions of pounds in benefits apparently wrongly paid to European Union nationals after a…
UK government plan to deport over 3,000 asylum-seekers per month
Leaked documents show that over 3,000 asylum seekers could be detained and deported from the UK every month starting next year.