Our community say the Commons’ dramatic 100–100 tie on plans for a bespoke UK–EU customs union has intensified the debate ...

Britain’s bewildering array of benefits can, for those who know how to work the system, deliver a very comfortable living without having to work. The left-leaning Centre for Social Justice has ...

Overall public debt has doubled since 2010, and recent estimates place the cost of Brexit at about £200bn each year, or 7% of GDP. The government is committed to working with the EU to reduce these ...

So Starmer needs to learn from Trump’s ability to create emotional resonance for his base, without adopting his methods or ...

09:35, Wed, Oct 22, 2025 Updated: 09:35, Wed, Oct 22, 2025 Respected senior economists have emerged to condemn Rachel Reeves’ attempts to pin blame on Brexit ahead of her second tax-raising Budget ...

Catriona Shelly’s PhD was funded by Research Ireland. Orla Muldoon receives funding from the European Research Council (agreement 884927). Queen's University Belfast provides funding as a founding ...

Five years to the day since Britain formally left the European Union, it is fair to say that few are dancing in the streets ...

It has been five years since Brexit “got done” – and voters and politicians alike are still counting the cost. Britons voted to leave the European Union by 52 per cent to 48 per cent in 2016, in a ...