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World-leading scientists have warned Theresa May not to allow Brexit to create new barriers to collaboration across Europe. Dozens of winners of the Nobel Prize have written to the prime minister and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker setting out their concerns. Their message was echoed by the London-based Francis Crick Institute, which warned that a […]

In June more than 100,000 campaigners marched against Brexit. On October 20th organisers are expecting an even bigger crowd calling for a People’s Vote. Why are people marching? Polls in recent months have shown that a majority that support a People’ Vote. Organisers say that ‘whether you voted to Leave or Remain, nobody voted to […]

The number of Brits seeking to reclaim their German citizenship has leaped following the Brexit vote, it has been revealed. A German government response to opposition politicians published today says 1,667 people applied to Germany’s embassy in London last year to reclaim the citizenship they or their ancestors were stripped of by the Nazis. The […]

DUP MPs who prop up Theresa May’s government are preparing to vote against her budget if the prime minister breaks their Brexit red lines. The radical move is one of the options being considered by the DUP if attempts to nail down a deal with Brussels include any proposals that would leave Northern Ireland being […]

Your holiday flights to Europe could be grounded in the event of an “unfriendly” Brexit, the head of the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. Sir Amyas Morse, the head of the National Audit Office, said many existing arrangements with the EU would require “goodwill” on both sides if they were to continue if Britain leaves […]

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has claimed that a People’s Vote from Labour might not include an option to Remain. Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain McDonnell said the form of the question would be decided by parliament but said ‘it will be about whether you accept the deal or not, or whether you send people […]

The senior civil servant running Northern Ireland’s public services since Stormont collapsed has expressed his deep concern for the region if there is no Brexit deal. David Sterling, the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, told an event in Brussels that many local firms might find it “impossible” to continue to trade normally if […]

Leaving the EU without a Brexit deal would inflict “substantial costs” on the UK economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. In the latest of its regular assessments of the state of Britain’s finances, the IMF said that all likely Brexit scenarios would “entail costs for the UK economy”, but that a disorderly departure […]

Jaguar Land Rover has announced that more than 3,000 staff will move to a three-day week at its Castle Bromwich plant in the West Midlands, just hours after a Tory Brexiteer accused its boss of “making it up” when warning that a Hard Brexit would wipe out profits and cost tens of thousands of jobs […]

A bad Brexit deal could “jeopardise patient care” in hospitals, nurses have warned. In a letter to party leaders, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) claimed Brexit poses an “immediate risk to the provision of safe and effective care”. The warning comes as the RCN calls on all political parties to back a referendum on […]

The European Commission has backed a newly-launched petition calling for Britons to be able to retain EU rights after Brexit. The petition – ‘Permanent European Union Citizen’ – has this week launched as a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). ‘The main objective of the proposed initiative is to guarantee that European citizenship and its associated rights […]

Anti-Brexit campaigners have been helping ministers with their mass medical stockpiling as the Department of Health and Social Care prepares for a no-deal Brexit. The young activists were dressed in doctor and nurse gowns and armed with wooden crates used as props to demonstrate the panic stockpiling that would ensue if the UK crashes out […]

The chance of a chaotic no-deal Brexit is now “50-50”, Latvia’s foreign minister said today in a stark warning to Theresa May. Edgars Rink?vi?s said there was a “very considerable risk” of a no-deal scenario but insisted he remained optimistic an agreement with Britain on its withdrawal from the EU could be reached. He said […]

Boris Johnson is to face investigation by an independent panel following complaints that his comments on the burka breached the Conservative Party’s code of conduct. It is understood that the process is being triggered automatically after the receipt of a number of complaints over the former foreign secretary’s comparison of Muslim women in face-covering veils […]

Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis has called on Boris Johnson to apologise for comments he made about Muslim women wearing burkas. The call followed a hail of criticism for Mr Johnson’s remarks, which were described as “offensive” by Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt and “bigotry” by former Tory chair Baroness Warsi. Writing in the Daily […]

Farmers have called on the government to make food security a top priority on the day the country’s cupboards would run bare if households relied only on British produce. A long-term decline in self-sufficiency that has stagnated at around 60% in recent years means around three quarters of the shortfall is imported from the rest […]

Care workers must be prioritised under new migration rules to stop a post-Brexit shortfall in provision that would leave women quitting work to look after elderly relatives, according to a leaked government report. In the “worst case scenario” where EU migrants were stopped from coming to the UK, there would be a shortage of 6,000 […]

Councils across the UK are drafting emergency plans for delivering public services after a nightmare no-deal Brexit, it has emerged. A Sky News report revealed yesterday that Dover District Council and Kent County Council are preparing for a 13-mile Brexit lorry park on the M20 southbound to be in place for at least four years. […]

A food industry boss has called for a meeting with the government as he warned that Brexit is becoming “the stuff of nightmares”. Food and Drink Federation (FDF) chief executive Ian Wright urged ministers to explain the implications of a no-deal Brexit to businesses in the industry. He told the i newspaper: “Brexit is shaping […]

The likelihood of Britain exiting the EU without a deal is “increasing by the day”, Jeremy Hunt has said. Ahead of talks with his opposite numbers in France and Austria today and tomorrow, the foreign secretary insisted that if Brussels fails to strike a withdrawal agreement with the UK it would cause job losses on […]

Fears over the impact of a no-deal Brexit have been raised after it emerged Dover Council is considering converting a 13-mile stretch of the M20 into a giant lorry park to deal with backlogs. A report by the council expresses concern over the levels of readiness for the potential situation and states “urgent clarity” is […]

Boris Johnson appears to have finally accepted that Leave means Leave as removal vehicles were spotted outside the grace and favour home he lived in as foreign secretary. Three weeks after quitting the Cabinet in a row over Theresa May’s Brexit plans, his belongings were being removed from One Carlton Gardens in central London. Mr […]

Police are having to deal with more racist hate crimes following a rise in offences around the EU referendum, figures show. The latest Home Office data shows an increase in the number hate crimes reported to the police, where race is the motivating factor, during the year of the Brexit vote. In the 2016-17 financial […]

Jeremy Corbyn has finally come clean over his views on Brexit. In a speech launching his plans to boost British manufacturing, the Labour leader made the extraordinary claim that there has already been a economic ‘benefit’ of Brexit. The address, which will outrage most Labour voters and MPs, also echoed Donald Trump’s protectionist policies by […]

Donald Trump has looked ahead to his trip to the UK this week, saying the country is in “turmoil” and it is “up to the people” whether or not Theresa May remains prime minister. The US president will have also delighted Mrs May by saying that he might take time during his UK visit to […]

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has resigned amid growing anger at Theresa May’s Brexit plans. His resignation follows that of Brexit secretary David Davis who quit late last night. Senior Tory sources are now briefing they expect May to face a leadership challenge. The prime minister now faces a crunch meeting of the parliamentary party this […]

Theresa May faces a leadership crisis after David Davis savaged the government’s approach to Brexit while dramatically quitting as the minister responsible for the UK’s departure from the EU. His resignation was warmly welcomed by hardline Eurosceptics in the Tory ranks who were already expressing reservations about Mrs May’s leadership after her Cabinet agreed a […]

Theresa May appears to have faced down Brexiteer Cabinet ministers after securing agreement on plans which will keep the UK closely aligned to Brussels. The proposals, which will now be assessed by the European Union, would result in the creation of a new UK-EU free trade area for goods, with a “common rulebook”. But under […]