Let me count the days …

Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says Party’s efficiency chief says he would cut civil service and close six government offices – most of which are already closing

Day 2101 of #Brexit: ‘Reform UK would allow ministers to ignore international law and give them the ability to fire civil servants in a Donald Trump-style overhaul of government powers, the party’s new efficiency tsar has said.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jersey fisherman quits amid rising costs and red tape Ministers say they recognise the sector's struggles, but added some challenges go beyond politics.

Day 2101 of #Brexit: ‘A Jersey scallop fisherman is leaving the trade after nearly two decades, saying spiralling costs, post-Brexit red tape and lack of government support have made it impossible to carry on.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brexit sees another international institution abandon Britain for Europe The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has become the latest major international institution to announce plans to close its doors on its headquarters in the UK

Day 2101 of #Brexit: ‘The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has become the latest major international institution to announce plans to close its headquarters in the UK because of Brexit.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

Day 2101 of #Brexit: ‘Erecting tougher trade barriers with the UK’s largest partner is expected to cut Britain’s long-term productivity by about 4% relative to a remain scenario. The OBR could update this estimate at the 26 November budget.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

Day 2101 of #Brexit: ‘[Gill’s] links to Russia raise awkward questions for Reform UK, and for its leader, Nigel Farage – Gill was a key lieutenant of his when they were both in Brussels. [] multiple sources have told the Guardian [] the two men used to be close.’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Worries about immigration are ‘manufactured panic’ says charity as poll shows issue not a local concern – UK politics live YouGov poll say only 26% of people say immigration is an issue locally but more than half believe it to be a national issue

Day 2100 of #Brexit: ‘[…] a YouGov poll found only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community. This was half the 52% who said it was one of the biggest issues facing the country as a whole.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Centrist D66 party expected to win most seats in Netherlands election – as it happened Frans Timmermans resigns as GreenLeft-Labour leader as exit poll suggests Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV could finish second

Day 2099 of #Brexit: ‘In his first speech, D66’s [] leader Rob Jetten – who could become the [] first out gay to lead the government – said that millions of the Dutch people have turned a page today,” and “said goodbye to the politics of negativity and hate”’ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Pound sinks against euro and dollar as tax rises loom and growth slows Prospect of a tough budget is thought to have brought forward the likely date for a cut in interest rates to 3.75%

Day 2099 of #Brexit: ‘The pound fell to $1.32 against the dollar, hitting the lowest level since early August. The UK currency fared even worse against the euro, slumping to almost €1.13, the lowest level since April 2023. It later recovered to settle at €1.14.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – as it happened Lib Dems say ECHR protects ‘our elderly and most vulnerable…the very people who need it most’

Day 2099 of #Brexit: ‘The only parties in the Commons that clearly favour ECHR withdrawal are the Conservatives (119 MPs), Reform UK (5 MPs), and TUV (1 MP). Within the DUP (5 MPs), there is some support for withdrawal, but views are mixed.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.

Day 2098 of #Brexit: ‘Net migration will fall very sharply in future years as a result of immigration restrictions […]. Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes.’ ukandeu.ac.uk/the-coming-c...

Brexit partly to blame for high inflation, says Rachel Reeves The Chancellor was speaking at Riyadh’s Future Investment Initiative summit on her visit to Saudi Arabia.

Day 2098 of #Brexit: ‘Brexit is partly to blame for high inflation in the UK, Rachel Reeves has said as she made the case for rebuilding ties with the EU. The Chancellor said the cost of trading with Brussels was among the reasons for rising prices in Britain.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

John Major tells Tories alliance with Reform would be ‘beyond stupid’ Former PM says a pact would destroy the Conservatives for good and urges them not to desert centre ground

Day 2097 of #Brexit: ‘[John Major] urged the party not to reject the centre ground of British politics, saying they were “seriously alienating” voters by coming down on the wrong side of public opinion on Europe, climate change and overseas aid.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform MP's comments 'ugly' but intention was not racist, Farage says Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being

Day 2097 of #Brexit: ‘Nigel Farage has said Reform MP Sarah Pochin did not intend to be racist when she complained about adverts being "full" of black and Asian people.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot’? Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

Day 2096 of #Brexit: ‘Borders, Channel crossings, “Boriswave” migration: those are real areas of concern to British people. What flirtations Farage, or Johnson, have had with racist language are not.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

Day 2096 of #Brexit: ‘Prof Nicola Ranger, the RCN general secretary and chief executive, said it was a “mark of shame” that racist incidents were rising across health and care services.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital

Day 2095 of #Brexit: ‘But Northern Irish MPs have accused HMRC of failing to factor in the difference with Great Britain and the fact there is an invisible border with the Republic with no passport checks, on account of the 1998 peace deal.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Greece accuses British Museum of ‘provocative indifference’ over pink ball Event seated guests near Parthenon marbles, which Greece wants returned, and raised £2.5m for museum

Day 2094 of #Brexit: ‘The British Museum has been accused of “provocative indifference” & “covering Greek culture in the shade of Barbie” by officials in Greece after it hosted a star-studded fundraising gala that included guests seated near the Parthenon marbles’ www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Reform didn’t have any idea about south Wales’: Plaid Cyrmu supporters celebrate byelection win Welsh nationalists secured a hefty 47% of votes in what had been framed as a close two-horse race against Reform

Day 2093 of #Brexit: ‘The Welsh nationalists trounced their opponents with a hefty 47% of the vote in a Senedd byelection []. Reform failed to live up to the hype and [] and Labour’s vote [] collapsed to a paltry 11%.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK fishing fund offer to Scotland is 'madness', minister told Labour ministers have been criticised for giving less than 8% of a £360m package to Scotland, which lands more than half of the UK's catch .

Day 2093 of #Brexit: ‘[] Scotland as a whole would receive less than 8% of the fund. [] Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon [] said Scotland should be given at least 46% of the investment which []it received under the previous EU funding allocation to the UK’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Four out of five voters who think Brexit has been a failure blame Boris Johnson Exclusive: Nearly two thirds of the public think Brexit has been a failure - mostly because of the economy

Day 2093 of #Brexit: ‘Nearly two thirds of Brits believe Brexit has been a failure – and they mainly blame Boris Johnson, a survey has revealed. Of the 62% who say Brexit has been a failure, 8 in 10 (80%) point the finger of blame at Boris Johnson [].’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Reform’s only Black branch chair quits over ‘harmful’ migration debate Exclusive: Neville Watson leaves amid concerns about weaponisation of religion and erosion of community relations

Day 2092 of #Brexit: ‘The only Black branch chair of Reform UK [longtime Brexit supporter and former UKIP member Neville Watson] has left the rightwing populist party, saying the tone of Britain’s migration debate is “doing more harm than good”.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

French coastguards demand halt to ‘deadly plans’ to intercept small boats Union says UK-French Channel deal is inhumane and contravenes international conventions

Day 2092 of #Brexit: ‘French coastguards have called for plans to intercept small boats in the Channel to be halted because of the risk to life. The intervention came as the Home Office confirmed France was reviewing its “maritime doctrine” about the plan.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Stable inflation gives chancellor space to break the doom loop Steady inflation and lower bond yields gives Rachel Reeves an opportunity, but will she take it?

Day 2092 of #Brexit: ‘The chancellor [told] worldwide investors in the US […] Britain was […] the best place to invest and trade globally, that she was going to sort out Brexit-related economic problems and the UK had the fastest declining deficit in the G20.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As Eurostar orders double-decker trains, what’s happening with the Channel Tunnel? Exclusive: ‘It’s about flexibility, increasing frequencies and expanding destinations’, says Eurostar CEO

Day 2092 of #Brexit: ‘Eurostar services will hold 1,080 people, a 20 per cent rise in the current capacity. With the new trains, Eurostar aims to achieve an annual total of 30 million passengers across its network. In 2024, it carried 19.5 million people.’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Chancellor hoping shift in tone on Brexit will ring true for key groups of voters Rachel Reeves’ criticism of Brexit impact on economy is aimed at leave voters who have changed their minds and younger voters, says analysts

Day 2092 of #Brexit: “The trend on every Brexit indicator is downward. And as time goes by, more and more people are joining the electorate who are against Brexit or see it as a negative” - Robert Ford, a professor of political science at Manchester University www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Day 2091 of #Brexit: ‘The economic argument is settled in the eyes of people who care about evidence. The OBR calculates that Britain’s long-term productivity is 4% lower than it would have been if the country had retained EU membership.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jobs at risk due to Brexit funding uncertainty, NICVA warns Charities want the government to confirm what will happen when a major post-Brexit funding stream ends next year.

Day 2091: ‘Celine McStravick, chief executive of Nicva, said the government needed to deliver on promises made to maintain funding lost after the UK left the EU.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brexit had bigger impact on Britain’s economy than critics predicted, Reeves says Brexit ‘needlessly’ added costs to UK businesses, Rachel Reeves said, arguing ministers are now ‘unashamedly rebuilding our relations with the European Union’

Day 2091 of #Brexit: ‘Brexit had an even bigger impact on Britain’s economy than critics predicted, Rachel Reeves has said, as ministers have become increasingly bold in blaming the dire state of the nation’s finances on the decision to leave the EU.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Eurostar to run doubledecker trains through Channel tunnel from 2031 Operator signs €2bn deal with Alstom amid boom in international rail travel from UK

Day 2091 of #Brexit: ‘Eurostar is to start running doubledecker trains through the Channel tunnel to meet growing demand for international rail travel from the UK.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Reeves says economic damage caused by Brexit forcing her to take action in budget Chancellor, who is expected to announce tax rises and spending cuts, says effect of leaving bloc worse than predicted

Day 2090 of #Brexit: ‘Rachel Reeves has blamed a heavier than anticipated blow from Brexit and austerity for forcing her to take action to balance the books []. [] the chancellor said leaving the EU had caused more damage than official forecasters had expected.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...