Not via Twitter:Macron slams Johnson as Channel migrant row grows

Not via Twitter:Macron slams Johnson as Channel migrant row grows

The French President accused the British PM of not being “serious” after Johnson released a letter outlining measures for dealing with the crisis.

  • byEmily Ashton andAngelina Rascouet

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France detains British fishing boat,London to summon French ambassador

France detains British fishing boat,London to summon French ambassador

France also suggested it might restrict energy supplies to the Channel Islands,British Crown dependencies that lie off the coast of France.

  • byDanica Kirka andThomas Adamson
Post-Brexit Britain opens door for 800 foreign butchers to process ‘backlog of pigs’

Post-Brexit Britain opens door for 800 foreign butchers to process ‘backlog of pigs’

A combination of Brexit and COVID-19 has sparked an exodus of east European workers,leaving some 120,000 pigs waiting to be slaughtered.

  • byGuy Faulconbridge
Boris Johnson sees path from ‘uncontrolled’ immigration to higher wages

Boris Johnson sees path from ‘uncontrolled’ immigration to higher wages

Boris Johnson,at a Tory conference,also claimed the AUKUS agreement with Australia would not have been possible if Britain was still in the EU.

  • byLatika Bourke
‘Doing everything we can’:British army begins driving fuel trucks to stem shortage

‘Doing everything we can’:British army begins driving fuel trucks to stem shortage

Rishi Sunak,Chancellor of the Exchequer conceded that shortages could continue into the pre-Christmas period and said there was no quick fix to the problem.

  • byStephen Castle
The next skill shortfall for Brexit Britain could be bankers

The next skill shortfall for Brexit Britain could be bankers

First,the lorry drivers dried up. Now,lobbyists in post-Brexit Britain are warning of another looming skills shortage:bankers.

  • byHarry Wilson
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No,the UK’s energy woes have not really been caused by net zero
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No,the UK’s energy woes have not really been caused by net zero

The crisis gripping Britain consists of three main problems,and two of them have absolutely nothing to do with climate policy.

  • byBevan Shields
‘Sausage war’ sizzles as EU,UK stuck at Northern Ireland impasse

‘Sausage war’ sizzles as EU,UK stuck at Northern Ireland impasse

The delicate post-Brexit act of protecting the Good Friday Agreement usually centres on history,nationalism,religion and geography,but the latest spat is centred on sausages.

  • byMichel Rose andMichael Holden
Brits show a strong taste for Australian beef,and other exports
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Brits show a strong taste for Australian beef,and other exports

The British public appears to have rejected a push by their farmers to paint Australian meat as substandard,as a new survey showed Australia was the first choice for Brits seeking to increase trade post-Brexit.

  • byLatika Bourke
A ‘miracle’ no one has been killed in reignited Belfast violence

A ‘miracle’ no one has been killed in reignited Belfast violence

More than 50 police officers had been injured over several nights of disorder between Nationalists and Loyalists,reportedly involving children as young as 13.

  • byPeter Morrison andJill Lawless
Leaders call for calm after another night of rioting in Belfast

Leaders call for calm after another night of rioting in Belfast

The police had to close roads into the nearby Protestant area as crowds from each divide attacked each other.