The EU failed to stop Britain leaving its federation of failure, and was forced to sign a leaving agreement that fell far short of its ambitions. That, though, won’t stop it trying to make up lost ground…
Brexit has left British research free to develop itself – but has the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU still left some strings attached?
The NI Protocol was forced on the UK during Brexit negotiations. It’s already causing problems…
The British fishing industry was strongly in favour of Brexit, and the government trumpeted it as a big beneficiary of leaving the EU. But that’s not the end of the story…
The EU cannot hide its dismay at the success of Britain’s vaccination programme. And its attempt to strongarm Britain to make up for its failure backfired spectacularly…
While the SNP concentrates on eye-catching headlines, industry in Scotland faces a bleak future after years of kowtowing to EU state aid rules and a long-term agenda of fragmentation and privatisation…
Before Covid-19, 4.4 billion journeys were made by bus each year. Buses are the backbone of Britain’s public transport system, but workers will have to fight to keep the quality bus services the country needs.…
There’s a reason why the people of Wales have not succumbed to separatism. As a recent book shows, they are committed to the union…
With another set of reforms to the NHS in prospect, it’s worth looking at what workers did for themselves in the past…
Breast screening has restarted. But almost a million women have missed mammograms due to the pandemic.
Manchester bus drivers working for Go North West have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action against the company.
After hollow gestures of solidarity with staff by offering pay cuts in a time of financial crisis, senior Scottish university administrators on obscene salaries have quietly returned to their old ways.
Once more, the EU is squaring up for a fight with Switzerland over how far European law should reach.
Whatever the short-term issues with the EU blocking British fish and shellfish exports, Newlyn in Cornwall is planning for the long term.
In the face of EU obstruction of British seafood exports, the Cornish Fish Producers Association is working to encourage more fish consumption in the home market.
Rail unions RMT and Aslef are calling on the government to provide urgent support for Eurostar after the company said it was on the brink of bankruptcy.
The GMB union is claiming a “historic win” after the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers are not self-employed but are workers.
Whatever the limitations of the final Brexit agreement negotiated by Britain with the EU – and there are certainly a good few – it is now blindingly obvious that the EU has never been happy with it.
Outline proposals for a new interventionist era for Britain by replacing EU state aid regulations with a home-grown subsidy scheme must benefit basic industries such as steel.
