FARMERS ARE struggling to harvest summer crops of fruit and salads as the number of migrant workers prepared to come to the UK has slumped. The UK relies on some 80,000 workers to pick summer produce, most of whom come ...
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Brexit: nurses vote with their feet
THE NHS IS one of the first organisations to feel the cold wind of Brexit breezing through its corridors. Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – the first, necessary, step towards ...
Read More »Immigration falls – as Brexit scares them off
THERESA MAY goes into the General Election able to confirm that since she has become Prime Minister, net immigration has begun to fall. It didn’t fall while she was the Home Secretary responsible – but she may not want to ...
Read More »Rushanara named as Brexit rebel
THE LABOUR candidate who recently called her Independent challenger “confused” is now confusing voters herself by appearing to support a Labour rebel pamphlet on “Brexit” policy. Two days ago, Labour candidate Chuka Umunna launched a pamphlet entitled Stop Hard Brexit: ...
Read More »Philip: secret Brexit weapon?
THERE ARE unconfirmed reports that Prince Philip is to be sacrificed to the EU as part of the Brexit negotiations. The Prince has announced that he will retire from royal duties in the autumn, by which time he will have ...
Read More »Brexit: EU prepares to take on May
THERESA MAY’S “cut and run” election has been exposed as a desperate gamble based on self-preservation rather than a move which can strengthen the UK’s hand in Brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister had claimed she had decided to hold a ...
Read More »Brexit begins!
THERESA MAY has signed the letter, a man called Sir Tim Barrow – the UK’s ambassador to the EU – has taken it over to Donald Tusk, President of the European Council and Britain is on our way. We’re not sure ...
Read More »Labour to announce Brexit tests
THE LABOUR PARTY has warned that the Government’s Brexit deal must meet its six tests to win support from Labour MPs. The Party’s Shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer, promised to reveal what the six tests are on Monday. Starmer was ...
Read More »Brexit chaos as Rogers resigns
SIR IVAN ROGERS has resigned, with immediate effect – with no explanation for his sudden departure yet being made public. Rogers has been the UK’s permanent representative to the EU since he was appointed by David Cameron in 2013. Widely ...
Read More »UK economy frail ahead of Brexit
The UK economy’s report card for 2016 reads “has made some progress, but could do better”. It has done well in terms of stock market performance and house prices – but these measures do not guarantee long term security or ...
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