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Ferries were confronted by a blockade of protesting fishing boats, care homes were shut down and a gang of bandits hijacked a vaccine shipment in a no-deal Brexit tabletop exercise. Post-Brexit wargame Operation Capstone also saw medicines heading for hospitals battling with mounting Covid-19 cases stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday warned there … Read more
Criminals may not be brought to justice as quickly under a no-deal Brexit as police lose access to European databases on suspects, National Crime Agency boss warns Steve Rodhouse today told MPs that alternative systems would be ‘sub-optimal’ Even if a deal is reached the UK is expected to lose 40,000 criminal alerts data Brexit … Read more
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have set a deadline of this Sunday for a breakthrough in post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and the EU. There are now just three weeks until the end of the ‘standstill’ transition period and the two sides remain deadlocked on a series of crunch issues. With time … Read more
Tesco is stockpiling food and its customers will face food shortages and drastic price increases in the ‘worst-case scenario’ of a No Deal Brexit, the supermarket has said. Britain’s biggest retailer is stockpiling long-life food as Boris Johnson struggles to find a way through the deadlock in trade negotiations and has again warned against panic buying. … Read more
The UK was today warned it faces a double whammy of one of the worst coronavirus hits of any major economy – while businesses that have ridden out the crisis could be hammered by the failure of EU trade talks. The latest outlook from the OECD suggests Britain will be affected more dramatically than most … Read more
Japanese makers Toyota and Nissan to seek compensation from UK if no-deal Brexit forces 10% export tariff on cars built in Britain, according to report Toyota produces motors at Burnaston plant and Nissan builds cars in Sunderland Both will reportedly ask Britain to reimburse them for additional custom charges that could be incurred after Britain … Read more
It was an admission that stunned MPs, enraged Brussels and left Boris Johnson facing the biggest Tory rebellion since the election. Brandon Lewis was making a workmanlike defence of the new Internal Market Bill following reports that it would clash with obligations made by the Prime Minister in last year’s Brexit deal. But, asked whether … Read more
Angela Merkel says Britain will have to ‘live with the consequences’ of Boris Johnson’s decision to loosen economic ties with the EU as German leader hardens her Brexit stance Angela Merkel has hardened her stance on a UK-EU Brexit trade deal Ex-UK PM Theresa May was keen on keeping close ties with the European Union … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘will tell the EU that Britain will choose a no-deal Brexit if trade talks stall’ Threat comes despite WTO warning it could slow UK recovery from coronavirus PM wants tariff-free access but insists the country can thrive under WTO terms A series of talks will then be held at official level for five … Read more
A think-tank has warned that an extension to the Brexit bill could cost the UK an eye-watering £378billion, as the country increases planning for no-deal after trade talks with the EU stalled last week. The figure comes from a report by the the Centre for Brexit Policy, who also conducted a poll that said almost … Read more