How to Judge Brexit a Success or Failure?

UK Researchers have been awarded about £500m in grants since re-entering the Horizon Programme one year ago. The UK has had the highest number of beneficiaries of any of the 19 non-EU members and, in terms of value, the third highest. In total, nearly 3000 British science projects were awarded grants in 2024, according to…

From an EU perspective having ceased to be a Member the UK is now considered as a ‘Third Country’ and thus treated as any other Third Country. Consequently UK Passports now need to have six months remaining before the expiry date on arrival in the EU and one month remaining after the scheduled departure date….

Every serious independent economist argued that massively raising barriers with your main trade partner is an extraordinary act of self-harm. And now, 6 years too late, the extreme right wing Brexit backing Express newspaper last week carried the headline “Brexit blamed as UK exports 2021 drop 14% – Britain ‘missing out’ on global trade”. And…

Majority think the EU Trade deal with UK has pushed up costs, increased paperwork and delays, and put the UK at a competitive disadvantage. New research carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce of more than 1,000 businesses has highlighted a host of issues with the UK’s trade deal with Europe. The BCC believes urgent steps should be taken to address these problems…

“We still need a Peoples vote to determine if the country wants Brexit. So we need to prevent a Tory majority, as they will proceed to implement their damaging Brexit. Due to the First Past the Post electoral system we all need to consider voting Tactically. North Herts for Europe, as a non-party organisation, is…

The government’s preparations for regulatory trade negotiations are less advanced than they should be. Discussions are still taking place within government on the UK’s position on a number of important regulatory issues. This creates a real risk that the government will be pushed into making concessions it shouldn’t – or will fail to make concessions…