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U.K. households paid an average of £210 (around €240) more on their food bills alone due to Brexit, according to a study from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics published Thursday.more

Study by British Chambers of Commerce reveals flagship bill to purge EU laws is low priority for firms.more

A billionaire former Conservative donor has said he would back the party again if the government renegotiates with the EU for a “soft” Brexit trade deal. Guy Hands urged Rishi Sunak to consider a radical move to restart trade talks with Brussels, saying it could help the party win the next general election.more

A British man is being deported from Denmark because he did not know he had to apply to stay in the country after Brexit. Will Hill, 37, was ordered to leave by Sunday. His application to stay, made three weeks late, had been rejected, as was an appeal to the immigration authorities.more

David Davis has has admitted that Brexit has not delivered any ‘major’ economic benefits six years on from the vote to leave the EU.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today dismissed reports that his government intends to seek a closer deal with the European Union, similar to the one Switzerland has with the EU, and stressed that he believes in the benefits of Brexit.more

Robert Jenrick calls on firms to train local people as the head of the CBI says more immigration is needed to fill jobs and boost growth. more

Senior figures in Rishi Sunak's Government are reportedly considering putting the UK on the road to a Swiss-style relationship with the EUmore

The boss of retailer Next is urging the government to let more foreign workers into the UK to ease labour shortages. more

London urge Brussels to unblock access to European scientific programmes for British researchers, which it says is provided for in the post-Brexit trade deal.more

British Northern Ireland Minister Chris Heaton-Harris confirmed yesterday that he will call new elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly, but will announce the date next week. They will probably be held in December, which would mean a second election this year.more

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary hailed the appointment of Rishi Sunak as British prime minister on Tuesday, saying he was glad the "Brexiteer wing" of government was on its way out and calling for a trade deal with Europe to end post-Brexit turmoil.more

Thousands of protesters have marched through central London calling for the UK to rejoin the EU. The national rejoin march on Saturday saw large crowds of people walk from Park Lane to Parliament Square. Marchers from across the UK travelled for hours to attend.more

British government ministers are being taken to court by a body chaired by the former leader of the Conservatives in the EU parliament, over allegations the government is breaking the law on EU citizens’ rights post-Brexit.more

Economic and Social Research Institute analysis found ‘substantial reduction in number of products traded’.more

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted yesterday that a free trade agreement with the United States - which was cited as one of the main benefits of Brexit - is unlikely in the short to medium term.more

The UK has started a dispute resolution procedure with the European Union over "persistent delays" in accessing EU science programmes, the UK Foreign Office said today.more

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.more

The UK's Brexit divorce bill from leaving the EU could rise to £42.5bn, potentially adding billions to payments, the government says. more

The European Commission launched four new legal procedures against the UK today after the lower house of the UK Parliament passed a bill to end some rules governing post-Brexit trade deals for Northern Ireland.more

The British House of Commons adopted a bill on the Northern Ireland Protocol on Wednesday evening, which will allow the government to unilaterally introduce the proposed changes to this document. Following the submission of this draft, the EU initiated an infringement procedure.more

Experts of the Polish Economic Institute have warned that the UK faces a damaging recession later this year and raised fears that managers lacked experience in dealing with severe economic shocks.more

The outgoing director of the famous Edinburgh International Festival, Fergus Linehan, called on the British government to "urgently simplify UK visa rules". As he pointed out, the need for visas makes it difficult for artists to travel and creates new logistical challenges.more

The leader of the British opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, explicitly ruled out Britain's re-entry into the European Union. Instead, it wants to make Brexit deliver the desired benefits.more

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the party to push for a return to the EU single market, describing Brexit as “the biggest piece of self-inflicted harm ever done to a country”.more