Brexit farm workers scheme found fuelling risk of slavery in UK
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Migrant farm workers in Britain are being trapped and mistreated by employers in conditions ripe for modern slavery, campaigners said on Tuesday, urging the government to review a scheme designed to avoid agricultural labour shortages post-Brexit. Seasonal labourers in Scotland have been pressured to sign zero-hour contracts, made to live and […]
Essay: Brexit deal done – what’s in it and where next for the UK and EU?
In an article first published on The Conversation, ANDREW GLENCROSS, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University in the UK, takes a look at the detail of the much vaunted Brexit trade deal…
“Parting is such sweet sorrow”: EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord
London, UK/Brussels, BelgiumReuters Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire. The deal, agreed more than four years after Britain voted by a slim margin to […]
On the cusp of Brexit trade deal, EU and UK hash out final details
Brussels, Belgium/London, UKReuters Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70-year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War II. While a last-minute deal would […]
Brexit seen as a boon for human traffickers if UK-EU cooperation ends
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Brexit will be a boon for human traffickers unless Britain acts swiftly to improve its border controls and maintain cooperation with European law enforcement bodies, according to activists. Britain’s transition period out of the European Union ends on 31st December, and it is unclear how much access it will retain to the bloc’s […]
New COVID curbs prompt wave of resistance across Europe
London, UKReuters A wave of COVID curbs has prompted resistance across Europe, with the right-wing British politician who helped force a referendum on Brexit harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner. The United Kingdom, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from COVID-19, is […]
Top UK bishops slam “disastrous” bill as Brexit talks teeter
London, UKAP The UK’s most senior Anglican bishops warned Monday that legislation breaching part of the Brexit divorce agreement the government signed with the European Union will set a “disastrous precedent” and could undermine peace in Northern Ireland. In a letter published in the Financial Times, the top archbishops in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland […]
Sight-Seeing: Get listening
Writing from the UK, SIMON LENNOX, director of free Bible study app WordGo, writes about the importance of listening – not just talking – during what is a testing time…
ESSAY: MANY SCOTS WANT INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. HOW MIGHT THAT PLAY OUT IN A POST-BREXIT WORLD?
In an article first published on The Conversation, SIMON TORMEY, professor of politics at the University of Bristol in the UK, looks at where to from here with regard to the possibility of Scottish independence…
Will Brexit distract Britain from net-zero emissions goal?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As Britain left the European Union on Friday and started work to rewrite its relationship with the bloc and quickly strike new global trade deals, some fear Brexit may undercut a similarly demanding key pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Conservative government’s celebrations on finally reaching divorce day […]