Brexit
UK eases foreign trucker rules to tackle supply chain crisis
Global bottlenecks caused by reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns and foreign workers leaving Britain after Brexit have caused an acute shortage of lorry...
-
UK worker shortage threatens Christmas turkey supply
Faced with a labour shortage in the poultry sector, UK farmers across the country have been advertising for workers. But applications are extremely rare and this could threaten the country's Christmas turkey supply.
-
British soldiers to deliver fuel to ease supply crisis
The week-long crisis has triggered panic-buying and sparked violence at forecourts as critics blame Britain's exit from the European Union, the coronavirus pandemic and a lack of foresight in replacing thousands of foreign drivers leaving the country.
-
Fuel pumps run dry in UK as govt blames panic buying
The government says a lack of tanker drivers to deliver fuel and unprecedented demand is behind the crisis.
-
UK urges public calm over shut fuel stations
The UK government on Friday urged the public against panic-buying as some petrol stations closed pumps due to a lack of lorry drivers to deliver fuel.
-
Brussels warns UK its Brexit bill is final
Accounts published last month by the European Union give a figure of 47.5 billion euros (40.8 billion pounds, $56.5 billion) that Brussels says it is owed by the UK government, to be paid over several years.
-
Northern Ireland needs South Africa-style truth commission: Blair
Modelled on South Africa's post-apartheid experience, the commission would be a better approach than endless recriminations in court prosecutions, said the former British prime minister.
-
Belfast in turmoil as Brexit stokes tensions in Northern Ireland
The unrest started last week in the pro-UK unionist community, where tensions are high because of new post-Brexit rules some feel are dividing the region from Britain.
-
Northern Ireland riots signal dark new chapter for Brexit
The unrest emanates from the unionist community -- which believes in Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom -- and where some feel a new post-Brexit 'protocol' is an existential threat.
-
Britain's au pair system 'killed' by Brexit
Under post-Brexit working terms, au pairs now must earn a minimum of £20,000 ($28,000) per year to obtain a work visa. That is significantly higher than the £5,000 per year typically given in the past.
-
New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future
New Year's Day newspapers reflected the historic but still deeply divisive change, which will have repercussions for generations to come.
-
EU member states endorse Brexit trade deal
This will provisionally allow tariff-free trade with Britain to continue after it leaves the EU single market at the New Year.
-
Trucker, fisherman, scientist... the voices of Brexit
AFP has spoken to six people whose lives will be directly affected by Britain's departure from the EU, the single market, and the customs union.
-
Britain and EU release full text of post-Brexit trade deal
To ratify the deal, Britain's parliament has been recalled to sit on 30 December. A vote in favour is virtually assured after the UK's main opposition Labour Party said its MPs would back it.
-
Britain faces major Brexit challenges after last-minute deal
The country will now not tumble off a trade 'cliff-edge' come 1 January, avoiding a mountain of harmful tariffs and quotas.
-
EU and Britain seal post-Brexit trade deal
The final 2,000-page agreement was held up by last-minutre wrangling over fishing as both sides haggled over the access EU fisherman will get to Britain's waters after the end of the year.
-
EU-UK poised to announce post-Brexit trade deal
The two sides had hoped to unveil the accord on Wednesday, and the front pages of several British newspapers already proclaimed victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
-
Brexit trade talks enter desperate 'final hours'
The European Parliament has demanded that it see the text of any accord by Sunday at the latest, and the UK government says it will not allow talks to go beyond 31 December.
-
Facebook to implement UK accounts switch after Brexit
That means that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy charter will no longer apply to the data.
