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Nearly nine years on from the narrow Brexit referendum result, which led to the UK leaving the European Union, most Britons want to see the UK return to the EU. A YouGov poll highlights the extent to which the UK public is “Bregretful” about the outcome of the vote, which ended David Cameron’s term as prime minister. more

After more than three years of talks, Spain, the UK and the European Commission reached an agreement in Brussels yesterday on Gibraltar's future relationship with the European Union. It includes, among other things, the abolition of land border controls.more

The UK government has announced it will scrap planned border checks on fruit and vegetable imports from the European Union, preventing the measures from taking effect on July 1.more

The UK government is reportedly considering selling a post-Brexit border check facility in Kent that could fall out of use as a result of this week’s trade pact with the EU.more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa signed three agreements in London yesterday, including on security and trade. This is the first EU-UK summit since Brexit in 2020.more

EU leaders will meet today in London with UK Chief Executive Keir Starmer for their first summit since Brexit. The meeting is expected to include the signing of a defence agreement. However, the conclusion of a deal was not a foregone conclusion until the final hours before the summit.more

A leading UK business lobbying group is calling for a major reset of relations with the European Union, urging both sides to "build bridges" and move beyond Brexit divisions.more

Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study. Researchers from the University of Surrey say that after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left and were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had a knock-on effect for patients. more

Official figures show that 728,000 people came to the UK in the year to June 2024 - fewer than in the previous 12 months. The fall was greater than expected because the estimated number of people who came in the year to June 2023 was revised up sharply, to 906,000. more

British food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit, according to new trade body figures highlighting how bureaucratic barriers have changed the relationship between the UK and its most important trading partner.more

The UK is to offer a youth mobility scheme to EU countries, the website of ‘The Times’ newspaper has reported. If adopted, tens of thousands of young workers and students from the EU would be able to stay and work legally in the UK for two to three years.more

Sadiq Khan will tell EU diplomats “Brexit was a mistake” and renew his backing for a youth mobility scheme as he argues strengthened ties with the bloc would help offset Donald Trump’s threatened tariff regime.more

Jeremy Clarkson has said he can’t get on with people who voted for Brexit, weeks after experiencing the nightmare ramifications of leaving the EU.more

At midnight on Friday, it will be five years since the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. A majority of Britons now believe Brexit was the wrong decision, and support for it has fallen to its lowest level since the 2016 referendum, according to the latest YouGov poll.more

A new report from the Citizens Rights Project reveals systemic struggles exacerbated by migration status and policies. EU migrants and their families in Scotland are facing increasing challenges in accessing justice, welfare, and basic support due to systemic barriers worsened by migration policies post-Brexit. more

The UK government has ‘no current plans’ to join the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM), EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds announced, as quoted by the media yesterday. This possibility had been mentioned by EU Trade Commissioner Marosz Szefczovicz.more

Britain has become the top trading partner for a major European gateway port in a “remarkable” post-Brexit turnaround.more

Between 2018 and 2023, France's trade surplus with the UK fell by almost 20 per cent. - report the French media. They cite a study published by the Directorate-General of Customs on Friday, which attributes the unfavourable trend for Paris to the UK's exit from the European Union.more

The damage from Brexit to trade links with the EU cost the UK £27bn in the first two years, but the overall impact was more limited than forecasters first estimated, according to the most comprehensive review of the issue since Britain fully left the bloc at the start of 2021.more

The European Commission is taking the British government to court over alleged violations of the rights of EU citizens in the UK, a decision that ​casts a cloud over Keir Starmer’s attempted post-Brexit reset.more

A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according to a cross-Europe study that also found a reciprocal desire in member states for closer links with the UK.more

Numbers of hungry and malnourished households in the UK are on the rise because of climate breakdown and inflation, government figures show, with poorer, younger and disabled people hit hardest. Many households worry about food running out, cannot afford balanced meals, experience hunger and have missed meals in the past 30 days, the figures reveal.more

The Northern Ireland assembly has voted to continue with the special Brexit trading arrangements for another four years. It means Northern Ireland will retain some EU trade laws as a means of maintaining an invisible border on the island of Ireland, despite continued opposition in some unionist quarters.more

The Bank of England governor has urged ministers to “rebuild relations” with the EU, warning that Brexit has undermined the UK’s economy. Speaking at the Mansion House dinner in the City of London on Thursday evening, Andrew Bailey said he took no position on Brexit “per se”, but added: “I do have to point out consequences.”more

"The worst effects of Brexit are yet to come," warned Tulip Siddiq, the economic secretary at the British Treasury, who was quoted as saying by the Independent. According to her, 60 percent of the economic effects of Brexit have not yet been realized.more