The new bill giving ministers the power to align trade with the EU has huge practical and symbolic value. Let it herald a new and exciting ambition Good things may come to those who wait, but when it ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
16:49, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Updated: 17:23, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Keir Starmer is laughing in the face of the 17.4million people who voted for Brexit. The Labour leader is hellbent on reversing the historic ...
15:53, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Updated: 17:22, Tue, Jan 6, 2026 Sir Keir Starmer faces fresh fury over a plot to hand the EU new powers that could allow Brussels to alter UK law. Anger erupted after it was ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Dec. 31 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1862, the Union ironclad ship USS Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., during a storm. Sixteen members of the crew were lost. In 1879, Thomas Edison gave ...
Covid-19 was a gift to Brexiteers. After years of argument over the Vote Leave campaign’s irreconcilable promises, the pandemic finally redirected public attention elsewhere. Boris Johnson, a former ...
It will soon be 10 years since the referendum on British membership of the European Union. But Brits just can’t seem to let Brexit go. The Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has, in a lengthy ...
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist. The ...
Research suggests the blow dealt to the UK economy by Britain leaving the European Union may be at the “higher end” of what was feared, according to Bank of England rate-setter Swati Dhingra. Dhingra ...
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Brexit is likely to continue to weigh on British economic growth over the coming years, offering a warning to the wider world of the damage caused by erecting trade ...
“The impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting,” said Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday. The economic fallout from Britain’s decision to leave the EU is, she indicated, one of the main reasons that ...