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Brexit & Foreign Policy

Brexit anniversary
News

UK security is being compromised by Brexit, warns SNP MP

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 January, 2024

“Brexit makes us weaker because sitting outside the EU makes you more insecure. The EU is, at its heart, a peace project – it was built as one and is the most successful peace project on Earth and it will continue in that role because of its economic clout, security clout and soft power.”

Brexit and EU
News

Government’s pint of wine Brexit ‘freedom’ widely ridiculed

Hannah Davenport
27 December, 2023

“Fear not, the government’s much vaunted Brexit freedoms mean we can now buy wine in pint bottles.”

News

Government’s Windsor Framework deal described as ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
16 December, 2023

‘A lot of manufacturers will probably just give up on the European market.’

NHS worker conditions
News

Post-Brexit nurse shortage costs NHS £61m a year, new study finds            

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 December, 2023

‘Our research sends a clear message: political decisions impacting immigration and workers’ expectations about the future, like Brexit, can have far-reaching effects on sectors dependent on skilled foreign labour, such as the NHS and the wider healthcare sector.’

News

Rejoin EU Party launches campaign to return UK to Erasmus scheme

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
26 November, 2023

‘We need to put pressure on the UK government to act on this issue. Already two full academic years of students have lost this right forever. Let’s act before more opportunities are lost for other.’

News

Brewing industry hit hard by Brexit, as another small brewery is forced to close

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 November, 2023

An award-winning brewery in the North-East is to close, citing ‘post-Brexit’ export problems.

Brexit
News

Strikes Act could breach post-Brexit deal and “stoke UK-EU tensions” unions warn

Hannah Davenport
26 October, 2023

Irish and UK unions warn anti-trade union legislation risks exposing the UK to hefty sanctions

Andy Burnham
News

Northern mayors slam ‘ridiculous’ post-Brexit rules around musicians touring Europe

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
22 October, 2023

Andy Burnham says it is time for ministers to stop evading questions around Brexit.

Michael Gove
News

Michael Gove mocked for claiming infamous £350m a week NHS promise has been delivered

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 October, 2023

‘Why is this and all the other Tory lies not being fact checked and reported?’

Gordon Brown
News

Gordon Brown reiterates calls to rejoin European Union

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 October, 2023

‘Many voted to stay in the European Union and feel very frustrated we are outside it.’

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