Voices: Starmer’s Brexit reset deal divides Independent readers – ‘both extremes will be unhappy’ YOUR VIEWS: Our community is torn on Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset deal, which faces last-minute disputes over fishing, and student fees The Independent UK · May 15, 2025
Youth mobility, defence and £25bn in trade: Everything we know about the UK-EU ‘Brexit reset’ talks Sir Keir Starmer will try to rebuild Britain’s relationship with the EU, on everything from defence, fishing rights, migration and food standards, while dodging allegations he is betraying Brexit The Independent UK · May 15, 2025
Brexit reset deal hits deadlock just days before crucial UK-EU summit With the Brexit reset deal due to be unveiled at a summit in London on Monday, the talks have hit late problems with issues on fishing rights, university fees and youth visas raised by EU member states The Independent UK · May 15, 2025
Kemi Badenoch Issues Blunt Warning to Starmer: “We’ll Undo Any Brexit Backpedal” Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has made it crystal clear that any softening of Brexit under Keir Starmer’s Labour government won’t go unchallenged. The Fashion Central · May 15, 2025
Under Pressure From Hard-right, Starmer Takes Cautious Approach To EU 'Reset' Prime Minister Keir Starmer is treading a fine line on UK-EU relations as hard-right populists make gains at a time when Brexit and immigration remain toxic issues in Britain. International Business Times · May 15, 2025
Fear UK consumers are more exposed to cancer-causing food because of Brexit A new campaign backed by world leading scientists and politicians from seven different parties hope the Brexit reset will force the UK to follow the EU lead in banning nitrates from meat The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
Tories only realised Brexit impact on small boats ‘just before’ leaving EU, admits senior MP Chris Philp says in leaked audio that Tories ‘ran some checks’ just prior to Brexit and realised ‘around half’ of small boat arrivals could have been returned under EU law The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
"Island of Strangers" Warning Sparks Labour Meltdown as Brits Say Immigration Now Top Concern For the first time since the Brexit vote back in 2016, immigration has officially overtaken the economy as the issue most on the minds of the British public. The Fashion Central · May 14, 2025
UK does not need to be a ‘supplicant’ to EU in forthcoming talks – Badenoch The Conservative leader will claim that ‘Eurocrats in Brussels have had a 10-year tantrum over Brexit’. Evening Standard · May 14, 2025
Details of Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed including youth mobility scheme Exclusive: The deal will be unveiled on Monday — with a warning it will anger both Brexiteers and Rejoiners The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
UK's post-Brexit reset with the EU could depend on Gibraltar deal, Spain says Spain’s foreign minister has suggested that an EU-UK security pact may hinge on the future of the tiny British territory. Euronews · May 13, 2025
The Guardian view on UK trade: quiet re-engagement is a slow fix for Brexit’s mistakes Editorial: As an Asian giant rises and Trump postures, the UK offers commercial credibility while inching toward a pragmatic European reset it won’t name The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2025
Care homes will close thanks to Starmer’s immigration crackdown, providers warn Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced the closure of the care worker visa for overseas recruitment as part of the government's immigration reforms The Independent UK · May 12, 2025
Evening Standard · May 12, 2025 Who is Richard Tice? Everything we know about Reform’s deputy leader Alongside Farage, Tice stands at the helm of the party he helped to found in 2019. But who is he?
Evening Standard · May 10, 2025 Badenoch tells EU she would reverse Labour’s post-Brexit reset if UK ‘damaged’ The Tory leader laid out five tests that the Conservative Party has when it comes to the UK’s relationship with the EU.
The Independent UK · May 9, 2025 Europe remains the key to Britain’s future economic success THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: For all the praise that has greeted the government’s new trade arrangements with India and the United States, it is the promise of closer ties – both economic and defensive – with our nearest neighbours that will prove the most valuable and enduring
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025 ‘Look forward, not back’: UK keen for closer trade ties with EU, says Starmer Exclusive: PM says he has ambitious plans for partnership and argues Britons have moved on from Brexit
The Independent UK · May 9, 2025 Voices: If the UK is to grow, Labour must look towards the real trade prize COMMENT : An agreement with the US, which leaves its 10 per cent tariffs in place, would be eclipsed by a deal that lowered the trade barriers between the UK and the EU, writes James Moore
The Conversation · May 9, 2025 To fend off Reform, mainstream parties must address the tangible decline of British towns Reform UK’s surge in recent local elections is not an isolated incident but a culmination of long-term economic and social shifts that have reshaped British society. It is the latest chapter in a narrative that includes the 2016 Brexit referendum and reflects a broader disillusionment with mainstream politics.
The Fashion Central · May 9, 2025 Macron’s Cunning 5-Day Masterplan to Trap Brexit Britain Exposed as Payback Strikes Turns out, Emmanuel Macron wasn’t just playing hardball in the post-Brexit years—he nearly pulled the plug on Britain, literally.
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025 Will Nigel Farage and Reform UK kill off the Tories? Don’t be so ridiculous History proves byelections to be futile polls on leaders. If I were Farage, I would apply for the Tory whip and capture the party from within, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025 Bank of England governor urges UK to rebuild EU trade ties as key summit looms After US talks, Andrew Bailey says Britain must do everything it can to improve trading relations with bloc
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025 There are three ways moderates could yet save the Tories. One is to renounce Brexit As Kemi Badenoch makes a bad situation worse, I’ve been speaking to centrists desperate to stop the rot, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2025 Keir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud Britain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virus, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr