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As the reality of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU in January 2021 begins to take its toll on trade, culture and services, Byline Times is keeping track of the impact
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No Meetings Held by ‘Powerful’ Committees Set Up to Iron-Out Brexit Problems
One of the bodies – established to deal with post-Brexit chaos in the fishing industry – hasn’t met for three months, Sam Bright reveals
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Brexit Vote Five Years On
Five years after the EU Referendum, the country is stuck because no one will lead an honest conversation about the future, says Mike Buckley
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Measuring the Cost: Brexit Six Months On
The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey
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Fast Food Giants Latest Sector to Report Brexit-related Staffing Concerns
McDonalds joins restaurants, farmers and the meat processing industry with concerns that ‘reduced access to overseas labour would present a challenge to our business,’ reports Sian Norris
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‘Farms Will Not be Able to Survive This’: Farmers Speak Up About Brexit’s Damaging Impact
As the details of Boris Johnson’s trade deals are unveiled, two farmers spoke to Byline TV about the pessimistic post-Brexit future of their industry
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The Problems Plaguing the UK’s Post-Brexit Trade Deals
Sam Bright summarises the key issues with the UK’s attempts to forge new economic alliances after leaving the world’s largest trading bloc
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Campaigners Concerned ‘Hostile Environment’ Returning to Schools
Schools are requesting proof of pupils’ immigration status, although Government denies return to ‘hostile environment’ policy, reports Stephen Delahunty The Government has denied it is reintroducing a “hostile environment” into schools after reports emerged of parents being asked to produce their children’s passports as proof of their immigration status. The term “hostile environment” describes immigration…
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The UK-Australia Trade Deal: A Tale of Brexit Insanity
Otto English dissects the disadvantages that a free trade agreement between the two countries would bring to the UK
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Windrush Fear Drives Record Number of European Applications for British Citizenship
A lack of trust in the Home Office has caused EU migrants to seek permanent status in the UK, reports Joshua Stein
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Avoidable Sabre Rattling in Jersey Can’t Hide Brexit’s Impact on Fishing
Gunboats patrolling Jersey’s waters was avoidable, yet the fracas with France is one of many Brexit-related issues plaguing the fishing industry, David Hencke and Sian Norris report
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UK’s Post-Brexit Mexican Trade Deal Left Obsolete
The EU-Mexico Agreement has thrown a spanner in the works, reports David Hencke
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Lords Raise ‘Grave Concerns’ about Brexit’s Impact on Family Law, Crime and Justice
UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons
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UK in Brexit Limbo with EU Disputes Resolution Bodies Still Not Set Up, Say Lords
Twenty-five committees and five study groups to cover almost every conceivable area of interest between the EU and UK have still not been established
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Company Owner Featured in Government Brexit Newspaper Campaign Charged With Fraud
One of the business owners featured in the advertising drive is fighting charges of embezzlement, fraud and theft
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Johnson’s Culture Wars Hide the Real Security Problems
In the appointment of David Frost to oversee the consequences of Brexit, Mike Buckley sees little evidence that the Prime Minister can hold his winning ‘Get Brexit Done’ coalition together
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The Brexit Dividend: Gove Complacency as Trade Nightmares Strike the UK
David Hencke reports on the growing problems experienced by firms trading with the EU and the lack of help from the Vote Leave Government
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Exporting Lies: How Brexit Deceit is Affecting My Balance Sheet
Eighth-generation oysterman Tom Haward explains how Brexit is pummelling the fishing industry
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Brexit Bites the Falkland Islands’ Calamari
Local officials are considering breaking ranks with the UK Government and asking the EU for help, reports David Hencke
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Trade Blockade: ‘Pretty Much Worst Case’ Brexit Causes Upheaval for Allergy Vaccine Firm
Sam Bright reports on the disruption, time and cost suffered by one mid-sized company before and after the UK’s formal departure from the European Union
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Losing Control: The Cost of Brexit Starts to Rear Its Ugly Head
The practical impact on businesses and individuals of the UK’s departure from the EU exposes the Leave campaign’s big Brexit lie, says Mike Buckley
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UK Government has No Idea How Much Fish has been Caught in British Waters by EU Fishing Vessels this Month
After a four-year-long row over fishing quotas, the UK is in the dark about the amount of produce the EU is actually taking
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The Red-Tape Curtain: The New Costs Afflicting Businesses After Brexit
Richard Barfield explains the deluge of restrictions and regulations that have been saddled on firms after the UK’s departure from the EU
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Trade Between Britain and Ireland Falls by Half After Brexit
The Brexit bomb has detonated beneath the UK economy, reports Sam Bright
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The Reckoning: Brexit and the Legacy of Lies
Chris Grey explains how Britain is only at the beginning of counting the mounting costs of leaving the EU
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‘I Was Taken Along on the Ride’: Fishing Merchant’s Regret at Voting Leave After Brexit Ruins his Business ‘Almost Overnight’
In an exclusive interview with Byline TV, Ian Perkes reveals why he would now vote differently in the EU Referendum if he could turn the clock back
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The Brexit Effect: Trade Deals Outrank Human Rights Concerns
Steve Shaw reports on the House of Commons vote which allows the British Government to sign off on trade deals even if they are with countries guilty of mass killings
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Government’s Attack on Workers’ Rights – The Unleashing of ‘Britannia Unchained’
Post-Brexit Britain is free from EU rules and oversight in theory but not in practice, says Mike Buckley
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‘Frustrated, Disappointed, Disillusioned’: Fishermen Warn of Worse to Come As Brexit Bites
The betrayal of the fishing industry through Britain’s withdrawal from the EU shows no signs of abating, reports Sam Bright
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Boris Johnson’s Deregulation Agenda is Burning His Green Credentials
Vulnerable wildlife is collateral damage in the Prime Minister’s economic vision for Britain, writes Stuart Spray
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‘Ludicrous’ Brexit VAT Change Wreaks Havoc on Businesses
Stephen Delahunty and David Hencke report on the changed rules stifling UK imports and exports in red tape
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The Tyranny of the Brexit Minority
Boris Johnson’s ‘no deal’ posturing is a reminder of how Brexit has violated British democracy, argues Sam Bright
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The Brexiters Who Fled Britain
With more jobs shipped abroad by the very people who supported leaving the EU, the Byline Times Team considers which members of the Brexit battalion have moved their residences or businesses to other shores
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UPDATED: Britain’s Cod Awful Fishing Fiasco
There is currently no legal basis for the UK’s distant-waters vessels to fish cod in Norwegian waters from the end of this year, reports David Hencke
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Brexit’s Toll On Britain’s Creative Industries: The Sadness and Madness that Awaits
Composer Howard Goodall sets out what performers will need to know in a post-Brexit world and reflects on the sorrow of the Government’s desire to erect barriers, when the job of creatives is to tear them down
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CONSUMED BY LIES: Britain’s Masochistic Trashing of its Global Reputation
With Boris Johnson now U-turning on the Withdrawal Agreement he signed with the EU in December, Alex Andreou argues how the entire Brexit project “never made any sense” from the very start
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Fact-Free Farage: UK Sees Fall in Asylum Applications
New Government figures show the Brexit Party Leader’s asylum ‘invasion’ for what it is: a myth
