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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

British prime minister Boris Johnson claimed that the UK would have not been able to be at the forefront of providing support for Ukraine if it was still in the EU.more

A study of EU citizens living in the UK has revealed the “open wound” left by Brexit, with respondents saying the decision to leave the bloc had left them feeling betrayed, insecure and distrustful towards the country that most nonetheless still call home.more

Airport chaos which has seen constant flight delays and cancellations is “completely to do with Brexit”, the boss of the Ryanair airline has said.more

The UK has expressed disappointment that the European Union has reopened one suspended infringement procedure and launched two new proceedings in response to a draft law allowing the British government to unilaterally amend the Northern Ireland Protocol.more

Britain and the European Union were once again on the brink of a trade war over the Northern Ireland Protocol after the government in London - unable to persuade Brussels to renegotiate the agreement - decided to implement the proposed changes through a national law.more

Boris Johnson published plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020. The PM wants to change the Northern Ireland Protocol to make it easier for some goods to move between Britain and Northern Ireland.more

The UK government says it is not "currently considering" copying European Union plans for a common charging cable. more

The government has confirmed that a consultation which could pave the way for greater use of imperial measurements in post-Brexit Britain hava been launched on Friday.more

A government push to boost the use imperial measurements after Brexit will bring British “culture” back into shops, a minister has claimed.more

Brits hoping to holiday in Europe later this year have been warned that they may be hit with an unexpected fee. The extra bill is due to a new post-Brexit scheme. So far since Brexit, people from the UK have not needed a visa to visit the EU and have been able to enter using their passports. However, this is all set to change.more

The British government will submit a bill which will introduce changes to the Northern Ireland protocol, as announced by the British Foreign Minister Liz Truss.more

Boris Johnson’s vow to ‘Get Brexit Done’ in 2019 has not been delivered, according to more than half of Britons. The prime minister focused on Brexit during the general election two years ago, with the promise to deliver on the result of the 2016 referendum credited as one of the reasons for the Tories winning a huge majority.more

Due to Brexit and Covid restrictions, Brits may be confused about the new rules for travelling to the European Union (EU). As the UK has left the EU, holidaymakers are now subject to travel restrictions like the rest of the world. Plus, Covid rules can also be difficult to keep up with, as the rules vary by country and can be subject to change.more

The British government could start the process of actually dismantling the Northern Ireland Protocol as early as next week, although not through Article 16 as has been speculated so far, the BBC reported yesterday citing government sources.more

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Northern Ireland's largest Protestant party, has stated that it will not be part of the provincial new government until its objection to the Northern Ireland protocol has been met.more

Exclusive: Survey of Britons on continent shows deep transformations, shame and disappointment.more

Brexit has strengthened rather than weakened the British response to the war in Ukraine. Britons have the best view of their own actions, but in second place is Poland, and positive perceptions of Ukraine and Poland have risen strongly in the past two months, a survey published yesterday shows.more

Government plans for a new so-called ‘Global Britain tax’ will make it harder and more expensive for British businesses and investors to forge important new relationships with markets outside Europe, with up to £200 in additional taxes being put on the cost of flights, business leaders warned.more