Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire says London and Dublin will share data to stop migrants using Irish border as backdoor into Britain. Britain is seeking to shift the frontline of immigration controls to Ireland's ports and airports to avoid having to introduce a "hard border" between north and south after the UK leaves the European Union, the Guardian has learned.
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All EU nationals currently living in Britain will be allowed to stay following Brexit, after the Home Office discovered that five in six could not legally be deported.more
The London School of Economics says some of its academics have been barred from advising the Foreign Office on Brexit because they are not British. The university said the leader of a project had been told only UK passport-holders should be involved in talks on national security and foreign trade.more
Angela Merkel has stressed that the UK cannot have access to the EU's internal market after Brexit if it limits immigration from the bloc. The German Chancellor said that giving Britain full access to free trade across Europe's border but allowing it to restrict the movement of people would lead to a free-for-all.more
Over 21,000 people have applied since July. The number of Irish passport applications by British citizens has almost doubled since June's vote to leave the European Union and the rate of enquiries is continuing to accelerate, Ireland's foreign office said on Wednesday.
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Immigrants who come to Britain and "consume" its wealth are not welcome, the International Trade Secretary has said. Liam Fox said Britain's exit from the EU did not mean immigration would be reduced to zero, but that people who arrived "without ever having created anything" would be penalised.more
The UK will also lose £10 bn per year in tax revenues, according to the analysis. Britain crashing out of the European single market could cost banks and associated businesses in the UK almost £40 billion in lost revenue, undermining a key sector of the economy, an industry report warned on Tuesday.more
Uneducated people in Britain voted to leave the EU and the government must ensure more people from "disadvantaged backgrounds" go to university, a Minister has suggested.more
What it means for holidaymakers, families, pensioners and workers. The pound is trading at a new 31-year low level against the dollar at $1.2749, having been hit hard this week by Theresa May's announcement that she will trigger the Brexit divorce proceedings by March 2017. But how will the slide in the value of our national currency affect different groups in society?more
Plan to shame companies that turn down British staff • Sterling hits 31-year low as markets fear 'hard Brexit' Companies will be forced to reveal how many foreign workers they employ under government plans to shame bosses who fail to take on British staff.
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David Davis has dismissed the idea that he and other prominent leave campaigners were put in charge of Brexit so they could be held responsible if it went wrong, saying "there will be plenty of blame to go round" if that were to happen.more
Large numbers of Scots agree that Eastern European immigration take jobs away from their countrymen, according to official research published as the SNP pressed Theresa May to continue allowing free movement after Brexit.more
The Cabinet minister also made clear that tighter controls could be forced on companies recruiting from abroad to encourage them to instead take on British workers.more
More than half of Britons think having complete control over immigration policy is more important than access to the EU single market in Brexit negotiations, a Sky Data Snap Poll reveals.
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Theresa May has said she will trigger EU divorce clause by end of March 2017. How will Brexit negotiations unfold? As the man who drafted it has said, the EU's divorce clause was never meant to be triggered: article 50 was inserted into the Lisbon treaty purely to silence British complaints that there was no official way out of the union.
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Brexit should be an opportunity to reflections about relations between the European institutions and between the EU institutions and the Member States - said Witold Waszczykowskimore
A bonfire of red tape was predicted after Britain leaves the EU. But which rules and regulations are the most likely to go? The Great Repeal Bill will state which EU laws and regulations Parliament can decide to dump, alter or keep when the UK exits the European Union.
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Theresa May has given the clearest signal yet that she is veering towards a 'hard Brexit' as she told Tory conference those wanting to compromise on immigration controls are looking at things the "wrong way". more
Britain's economy is heading for a "rollercoaster" ride over the coming two years or more during negotiations to leave the European Union, Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned. Mr Hammond said the expected "turbulence" has forced him to tear up predecessor George Osborne's plan to bring the national finances into surplus by the end of the decade.more
Taken by the British decision to withdraw their country from the EU is a warning signal for the rest of the Community, which must learn to make decisions faster instead of trying to agree on a new treaty - said yesterday German Chancellor Angela Merkel.more