CDE News - The Dispatch

Four ways Brexit and the loss of free movement have made life harder for mixed British-European families

by Michaela Benson Professor in Public Sociology, Lancaster University; Elena Zambelli Senior research associate, Lancaster University; Nando Sigona Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute…

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Britain’s Brexit divorce bill to hit £42.5bn

Britain’s EU divorce bill is set to rise to £42.5 billion, the Treasury has admitted, blaming spiralling inflation that has bloated eurocrat pensions. The Government has conceded for the first…

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Britain kicks off post-Brexit ‘transformation’ of finance

LONDON (Reuters) - British financial regulators will have to promote the global competitiveness of the country's financial sector, though a plan for more government oversight of their work has been put on…

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Support for post-Brexit trade rules grows in Northern Ireland – poll

BELFAST, June 29 (Reuters) - A growing majority of voters in Northern Ireland support the region's post-Brexit trade rules, large swathes of which the British government are currently moving to do away…

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Boris Johnson sees ‘muted’ reaction to rewriting Brexit deal

KIGALI, June 24 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the reaction to his government's plan to scrap some trade rules governing post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland has been…

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Brexit will cost UK workers 470 pounds a year, study predicts

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Britain is becoming a more closed economy due to Brexit, with damaging long-term implications for productivity and wages which will leave the average worker 470 pounds ($577)…

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French minister calls British plans to ditch parts of NI protocol “worrying”

France's Europe minister Clement Beaune said on Tuesday the United Kingdom should respect its Brexit agreement with the European Union and described as worrying initiatives by London to ditch parts of the…

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Irish PM Martin urges Britain to resume talks with EU over its N.Ireland law

LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Sunday a new British law to change part of a Brexit deal to try to ease trade with Northern Ireland…

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UK-EU trade war? Sefcovic says all options are on the table

LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - The European Union will keep all options on the table in terms of its response to Britain's move to override some post-Brexit rules for Northern Ireland, Maros…

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ECB’s Lagarde stresses rule of law in Brexit dispute

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said the rule of law was of paramount importance, when questioned on Wednesday about attempts by Britain to override some Brexit…

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UPDATED: Britain disappointed with EU legal move, says PM’s spokesman

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - Britain is disappointed with the European Union's move to launch two new legal proceedings against it and will review the documents carefully before responding, a spokesman for…

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UPDATED: Britain to defy EU with ‘relatively trivial’ N.Ireland law

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Britain will set out plans on Monday to override some of the post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, scrapping checks and challenging the role played by Brussels in a fresh clash with…

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British transport department denies UK mulling visas for EU workers to ease airport woes

(Reuters) - Britain's Department for Transport denied a report that the government was considering issuing temporary visas to workers from the European Union to ease a staffing crisis at airports. The Telegraph…

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Risking EU clash, Britain pushes post-Brexit Northern Ireland bill

LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Britain will present legislation to parliament on Monday to unilaterally revise the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, raising the risk of a trade war and a…

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Brexit cost the UK billions in lost trade and tax revenues, research finds

The decision to leave the European Union has undoubtedly delivered greater political freedoms. The UK has been able to enact immigration reforms and a speedy vaccine rollout during the Covid-19…

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UK to present post-Brexit N.Ireland legislation on Monday

LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government will present legislation to parliament on Monday to unilaterally revise the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland. The order paper for…

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UK opens door to world’s top graduates in post-Brexit immigration push

Graduates from the world's top universities will be able to apply to come to the UK under a new visa scheme. The government says the "high potential individual" route, which…

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Possible return to pounds and ounces in the UK

Boris Johnson will pave the way for the return of pounds and ounces in British shops this week, in a "common sense" move heralded by Tory MPs as taking advantage…

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Russian hackers are linked to new Brexit leak website

A new website that published leaked emails from several leading proponents of Britain's exit from the European Union is tied to Russian hackers, according to a Google cybersecurity official and…

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Economists sound the alarm over UK’s post-Brexit finance plans

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - More than 50 economists warned on Monday that Britain's post-Brexit plans to boost the competitiveness of its huge finance industry risked creating the kind of problems that…

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Ireland says EU ready to work with Britain but protocol must be respected

BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Monday that the European Union is ready to talk with Britain to resolve the issues in their Northern Irish trade…

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UPDATED: Britain seeks significant changes to protocol without scrapping it – PM’s spokesman

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Britain wants to make significant changes to the enforcement of the Northern Ireland Protocol in negotiations with the European Union but Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes this…

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Ireland calls on UK to cool Brexit tensions over N.Ireland

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Ireland's foreign minister Simon Coveney urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday not to introduce new post-Brexit trade laws in the coming the days that he…

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UK rejects EU proposals to resolve N.Irish trade row

LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday it would not shy away from taking action to resolve post-Brexit trade tensions in Northern Ireland as it rejected European Union proposals to…

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Britain to bolster competitiveness in finance after Brexit

Britain said on Tuesday it will require its regulators to help the City of London remain a globally competitive financial centre after being largely cut off from the European Union…

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Ireland calls for partnership not threats from UK on Brexit protocol

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Union needs partnership from Britain rather than threats of unliateral action if the two sides are to reach a compromise on post-Brexit trade rules for…

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UK says it may have to take unilateral action on N. Ireland protocol

LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Britain may have to take unilateral action to address problems in Northern Ireland caused by Brexit arrangements, Northern Ireland Office minister Conor Burns told LBC radio on…

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UK PM Johnson refuses to rule out triggering Brexit’s Article 16

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday refused to rule out triggering a unilateral suspension of parts of its Brexit agreement with the European Union by using…

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UK PM Johnson won’t retract Brexit comment on Ukraine, Russian state responsible for hoax calls to UK ministers

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson did not directly compare the war in Ukraine with Brexit and will not retract comments made during a speech on Saturday that…

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Boris Johnson Under Fire For Ukraine, Brexit Comparisons

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself under fire on Sunday, including from his own MPs, after saying that Brexit showed that Britons shared the same "instinct" for freedom as…

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Brexit shows Britons love freedom in same way as Ukrainians, Johnson says

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that Brexit showed British people loved freedom in the same way as Ukrainians fighting Russia's invasion, comments that were branded…

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Solving N.Irish Brexit row would help focus on Ukraine, UK says

LONDON (Reuters) - Settling a Brexit dispute over Northern Irish trade would enable London and Brussels to focus on external issues such as Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will tell the…

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EU, UK plan “intensive” Northern Ireland talks in coming days

European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic and British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said on Friday their officials would continue "intensive" discussions over Northern Ireland in the coming days after their third…

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UPDATED: EU’s McGuinness says no UK clearing access after June 2025

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - There will no access to the European Union for Britain's derivatives clearing houses after June 2025, the bloc's financial services chief said on Friday. Britain's…

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Britain sets out post-Brexit blueprint for investment funds sector

LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry set out its stall on Thursday for reforming the 11 trillion pound ($15 trillion) investment funds sector following Brexit, saying it will…

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Brexit has made trade more expensive, accounts committee says

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Britain's exit from the European Union has so far made trade more expensive because of delays and red tape, and there could be border disruption…

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Explainer: What Northern Irish political turmoil means for Brexit deal

Northern Ireland's First Minister Paul Givan resigned on Thursday in protest at post-Brexit trade rules, a day after an attempt by one of his colleagues to halt some checks on…

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Northern Ireland court orders Brexit food checks to remain for now

BELFAST, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Belfast's High Court on Friday said checks on food and agricultural goods traded from Britain to Northern Ireland under the post-Brexit trade deal with the…

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UPDATED: Halting Brexit checks ‘absolute breach’ of law, EU’s McGuinness says

DUBLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - An order by Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister to halt all post-Brexit checks on agri-food goods would be "an absolute breach of international law" if carried…

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UPDATED: UK’s Truss welcomes good Brexit talks with EU’s Sefcovic

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union said on Friday they would intensify negotiations to resolve post-Brexit trade issues, with British foreign minister Liz Truss saying there…

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Seeking N. Ireland solution, UK’s Truss hosts EU talks at her country house

LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - British foreign minister Liz Truss will on Thursday seek to inject momentum into talks with the European Union to resolve post-Brexit disputes over trading rules,…

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UPDATED: UK still ready to trigger Article 16 in EU-N.Ireland row, Truss says

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The United Kingdom is ready to take unilateral action that would suspend customs checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland, foreign minister Liz Truss said…

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UK companies face New Year Brexit import controls

LONDON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - British firms face the introduction of much-delayed post-Brexit border control checks from Jan. 1 which will affect businesses importing $314 billion of goods a year…

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One year on, most voters in UK say Brexit has gone badly

More than six out of 10 voters believe Brexit has either gone badly or worse than they expected – a year after the UK left the EU, according to an…

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Brexit trade trouble increasingly hits UK firms: BCC

British companies found it increasingly difficult over the course of this year to trade with the European Union under the terms of the Brexit trade deal struck with the bloc,…

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London banking job exodus to EU slows despite Brexit

The number of finance jobs shifting from Britain to the European Union due to Brexit is less than initially expected despite billions of euros in share trading moving to the bloc and London losing…

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UK Brexit supremo Frost resigns in blow to PM Johnson

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - British Brexit minister David Frost resigned on Saturday over disillusionment with the direction of Boris Johnson's government, dealing a major blow to the embattled prime…

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EU to propose easing medicines flow from Britain to Northern Ireland

BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The European Commission is due to set out on Friday legal changes to ease the transport of medicines from Britain to Northern Ireland, a move…

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Britain delays post-Brexit checks on goods from Ireland for EU talks

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - British Brexit minister David Frost said on Wednesday London would extend a grace period for introducing post-Brexit checks on goods moving from the island of…

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Remainers seek voice in UK’s post-Brexit cacophony

UK Remainers may take a crumb of comfort as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, elected on a promise to "Get Brexit Done", sees his poll support dive after a string of scandals. But…

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France says will fight for every UK fishing licence as European deadline looms

PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A day ahead of a European deadline, France said it was still waiting for Britain to approve nearly 100 licences for its fishermen to operate…

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U.S. became Britain’s biggest finance customer in run up to Brexit

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United States became Britain's biggest export market for financial services in the run up to Brexit, overtaking the European Union where sales shrank in…

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Brexit not a factor in U.S.-UK trade deal delay, U.S. official says

A U.S. administration official said the country's failure to remove tariffs on UK steel and aluminum has no connection to concerns about post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland, rejecting a…

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France, in letter to Boris Johnson, rejects joint border patrol in Channel

French Prime Minister Jean Castex told his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, that he rejected the idea of a joint British-French patrol in the English Channel to fight clandestine migration to…

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UPDATED: French fishermen block boat at St Malo as they launch Brexit protests

SAINT-MALO, France, Nov 26 (Reuters) - French fishermen blocked a British cargo vessel from docking in a Brittany port on Friday, in protest at what they say are moves by…

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EU’s Sefcovic says N.Ireland Brexit talks will ‘probably’ drag into next year – Politico

Nov 23 (Reuters) - Talks between the European Union and Britain on Northern Ireland trade rules will "probably" continue into next year, the vice president of the European Commission, Maros…

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France is determined the UK respect post-Brexit deal and fishing rights – French PM

PARIS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - France and the European Commission are determined to ensure that Britain respects its post-Brexit arrangements and agreements on fishing licences following the UK's departure from…

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