The main immediate impact of Brexit is that UK lawmakers will have to vacate the EU Parliament.
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Even though the UK is officially out of the EU on Jan. 31, it’ll take at least another 11 months of negotiations before its departure is complete.
Remain voters overwhelmingly prioritise a deal with the EU.
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How the public ranks different post-Brexit trade partners and which sections of the economy they prioritise.
As the U.K. leaves the European Union, what awaits Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
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People who support Brexit want different results from the UK’s departure from the EU – and they can’t all get what they want.
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Boris Johnson has proposed the public ‘bung a bob for a Big Ben bong’ to commemorate Brexit.
Many fear the U.K. will be worse off economically outside the EU.
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Brexit represented British voters’ desire to reclaim more control over their economic future, but some worry the cost will be some of the prosperity gained from globalization.
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Research consistently finds that immigration has little, if any, impact on the employment prospects of UK-born workers. But it doesn’t account for possible regional variations.
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Public opinion is likely to pose an additional constraint to Boris Johnson’s attempts to strike post-Brexit trade deals.
It’s not just Brexit that he’s eyeing up.
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A large majority gives the prime minister freedom to dramatically alter the machinary of the nation.
Boris Johnson’s party has announced some modest spending increases.
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Before we declare the end of austerity, it is important to explore what exactly austerity was – and remind ourselves of the terrible toll it has had on many people’s lives.
From left, the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union affects Ireland, too.
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Politicians who want to unite Ireland under a Dublin-based government are stuck choosing whether to participate in the UK in an effort to stay in the EU.
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Promises in the Tory manifesto on the NHS fall well short of what is needed.
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A more generous pledge than last time, but how will it play out in reality?
Corbyn channelling Usain Bolt?
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The manifesto is perhaps unsurprisingly dominated by the big picture, with the economic emphasis on nationalisation and climate change.
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In the UK today, the term ‘craft beer’ has so many associations that there’s a danger it may end up meaning nothing at all.
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Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.
Brexit supporters gather during a rally in London in late August 2019, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspended Parliament.
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The United Kingdom pretty much did what it wanted in the EU. That it chose to pursue a national agenda of austerity and neoliberalism has nothing to do with Europe.
The longest phenological record derive from the cherry blossoms in Japan.
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Monitoring the timing of recurring biological events is key to understanding the effects of climate change.
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There were 590,000 incidents of assaults and threats on shop workers in 2018.
Demonstrations against the arrival of immigrants on England’s south coast.
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It’s not all about the economics – people’s sense of well-being may help explain anti-immigration attitudes.
New chancellor, Sajid Javid.
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With Brexit and another general election on the horizon, these spending plans are highly likely to change.