Brexit

'It feels like, as a country, we've shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit'
Maxïmo Park's Paul Smith
Brexit

'It feels like, as a country, we've shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit'

While some industries are still counting the cost, others are blossoming. We spoke to some of Brexit’s winners and losers 
Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? 'They got nothing'
A street in Boston in Lincolnshire
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? 'They got nothing'

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the divisions in UK society are deeper than ever 
Steven MacKenzie

Ten years after the Brexit vote, the divisions in UK society are deeper than ever 

Super Furry Animals: 'We could sign on and get income support so we could eat. It's harder now'
Music

Super Furry Animals: 'We could sign on and get income support so we could eat. It's harder now'

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here's how 10 promises made to voters hold up today
Brexit

The Brexit campaign kicked off a decade ago. Here's how 10 promises made to voters hold up today

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything
Debt

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs
Paul McNamee

Youth mobility scheme with EU will help to right the Brexit wrongs

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain
General election 2024

'I haven't voted since Blair': How politics failed one of the most Tory places in Britain

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election?
Keir Starmer hands out ice cream
General election 2024

Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the general election?

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction
Paul McNamee

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction

Nigel Farage is like poison – why is he still allowed to set the political agenda? 
A caricature of far-right politician Nigel Farage
Adam Barnett

Nigel Farage is like poison – why is he still allowed to set the political agenda? 

Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here's how that money could be better spent
The white cliffs of Dover, where Brexit border controls will come into force
Brexit

Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here's how that money could be better spent

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis
Farming

Farmers are under pressure from Brexit, Covid and war – pushing UK to verge of full-blown food crisis

'Women have to step up': Gina Miller on Brexit, misogyny and Britain's 'broken' politics
Politics

'Women have to step up': Gina Miller on Brexit, misogyny and Britain's 'broken' politics

In Northern Ireland's government, anything could happen
Paul McNamee

In Northern Ireland's government, anything could happen

No, Brexit didn't help UK 'take back control' – it made immigration rise. Here's how
Hein de Haas

No, Brexit didn't help UK 'take back control' – it made immigration rise. Here's how

I'm a Celeb: Nigel Farage helped break Britain. Don't let him rehab his image by chowing down on pig anus
Julia Raeside

I'm a Celeb: Nigel Farage helped break Britain. Don't let him rehab his image by chowing down on pig anus

A damning list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and screeching U-turns, from net zero to EU law
Rishi Sunak u-turn
Rishi Sunak

A damning list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and screeching U-turns, from net zero to EU law

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
nutrient neutrality rules protect developments from introducing river pollution
River pollution

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar
Changing river pollution to boost housebuilding has enraged the RSPB
Environment

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks
David Trimble John Hume and singer Bono May 1998 and Tim Wheeler
Dr Avila Kilmurray

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks

Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention
Charles Fort, Kinsale Co. Cork
Paul McNamee

Change is coming in Ireland. We need to pay attention

Immigration is a positive. It's time the UK accepted that fact.
A photograph taken on March 29, 2023 shows a board reading
Daniel Sohege

Immigration is a positive. It's time the UK accepted that fact.