Why are so few politicians talking about Brexit?

Five years ago, the last general election was about Brexit. It was called to break the impasse at Westminster on how to “get Brexit done” and that became the then Prime Minister’s slogan. Boris Johnson had, you may recall, an “oven-ready Brexit”. And

Brexit: What has changed in eight years?

Struggling to sell one multi-million dollar home currently on the market won’t stop actress and singer Jennifer Lopez from expanding her property collection. Lopez has reportedly added to her real estate holdings an eight-plus acre estate in Bel-Air anchored by a multi-level mansion.

Why do fishermen feel disillusioned after Brexit?

In 2019, a flotilla of boats set sail from a Cornish fishing port campaigning for Brexit and “taking back control” of British waters. Four years after the agreement was ratified, fishermen in Devon and Cornwall feel they have been let down and say

UK would partly control Wales Brexit cash – Labour

Labour’s most senior Westminster politician in Wales says the Welsh government will not have full control over the replacement for European Union funds, should the party win the general election. Shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that both the

Is Brexit talk a ‘poisoned chalice’ for politicians?

Cast your mind back nearly eight years if you will, when voters across the United Kingdom were preparing to make a seismic decision. We’re talking about the Brexit referendum of course and, four years after the UK left the European Union (EU), many

Post-Brexit trade scheme to cost more than £500m

The government’s main post-Brexit scheme for helping traders move goods from GB to NI will have cost more than £500m in its first four years. The detail is contained in a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) which looks at the delivery

Fisherman ‘sold down the river’ by Brexit

A Cornish fisherman who voted for Brexit said the fleet had been “sold down the river” because foreign boats were still fishing near the coast. Cornish MP Steve Double raised the issue in parliament this week saying the under-10m (33ft) fleet was “sadly

Huge rise in Manx visa applications since Brexit

The number of visa applications on the Isle of Man has increased five-fold since Brexit, the Treasury Minister has said. In 2017/2018 there were 856 visa applications, which had increased to 4,451 by 2023/ 2024, with 764 applications currently being considered and pending

UK’s puffin protection laws at centre of post Brexit row

The endangered puffin – one of Britain’s most iconic seabirds – is at the centre of a row over the UK’s post Brexit freedoms. The UK recently banned fishing in the North Sea for the bird’s favourite food, the sandeel. But the European

The post-Brexit hard sell for British food in Asia

In Asia, discussing food is like discussing the weather – it can get people talking for hours. But when the BBC recently visited one of the region’s leading food and drink events, it became clear that there are some cuisines that leave even