How to Judge Brexit a Success or Failure?

Deadline of 30th June 2021 for EU Citizens to apply for settled status The government has set (and recently confirmed) a deadline of 30th June 2021 for EU Citizens resident in the UK to apply for EU Citizen settled status. This requirement supersedes any previous granting of indefinite leave to remain from the days of…

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…

A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40-minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact the…

A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40 minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact…

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…

Like pointed out elsewhere, this means that UK artists now have the same exact rights in those 19 EU countries than, say, Australian artists do. What that means is that precisely nothing has changed with those negotiations but someone felt the need for positive news. Jouni K – August 2021 UK has just changed “no…