Day 2384 of #Brexit: ‘MI6 has been ranked as the most powerful foreign intelligence service in Europe ahead of France and the Netherlands, according to a peer review. [] The review was conducted by French magazine L’Express [].’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds

UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’

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Day 2383 of #Brexit: ‘But while the EU has recently imposed stricter controls on its plastic waste exports to prevent environmental exploitation abroad, the UK government continues to export plastic waste – to countries not part of the OECD [].’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem

Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke

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Day 2383 of #Brexit: ‘Burnham is the sixth prime minister since David Cameron resigned in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum in June 2016. […] Miliband has become the the ninth foreign secretary over that period.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Revolving door at 10 Downing St. is harming the relationship between UK and US

Leadership turnover is hindering important reforms at home, but it is also preventing the U.K. from developing a clear strategy on the international stage

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Day 2383 of #Brexit: ‘A high court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an alleged victim of trafficking forcibly removed to France under the “one in one out” scheme back to the UK.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Judge orders return of alleged victim of trafficking sent to France under ‘one in one out’ scheme

Ruling quashes Home Office policy to refuse asylum seekers’ right to have trafficking claims reconsidered after initial rejection

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Day 2382 of #Brexit: ‘Two Polish citizens who have lived in the UK for nearly 80 years after their parents fled the second world war have spoken of their terrifying experience after being told they did not have post-Brexit rights to return to the UK.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived as children of displaced Polish veterans, told they have no post-Brexit rights to return home to Bury

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Day 2382 of #Brexit: ‘But Miliband [] intends to be closely involved in talks on the UK’s relations with the EU since he regards a successful solution to that relationship as the single biggest question facing the UK.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202... ‘

EU relations, climate crisis and Gaza: why Ed Miliband is fired up by Foreign Office challenges

Labour veteran is said to relish role that requires careful negotiation of Trump and impending G20 leadership

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Day 2381 of #Brexit: ‘The UK Home Office has started stripping some EU citizens of their post-Brexit residency rights, in a move that has raised concerns about Britain’s compliance with its withdrawal agreement with Europe.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

After years of building lives in UK, potentially hundreds of thousands of EU citizens are being told they have no right to remain

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Day 2381 of #Brexit: ‘Burnham has cited as inspiration Germany’s postwar basic law, or Grundgesetz, which stipulates there must be equivalent living standards in all the country’s states, with the wealthier regions redistributing their funds across the nation.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Devolution plans strengthen case for written UK constitution, says Burnham

PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state

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Day 2380 of #Brexit: ‘As the supervisor responsible for Europe’s largest banks, the ECB has launched a programme of work to assess how the escalating damage to ecosystem services could expose the financial system to risk.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy

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Day 2379 of #Brexit:

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“George Cottrell, the convicted money launderer whose donations to Reform are now the subject of a police investigation, previously worked for Roman Abramovich, the now-sanctioned Russian oligarch close to Putin” www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...

Day 2379 of #Brexit: ‘The rules, devised under the EU’s landmark AI Act, mean companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with an AI-powered chatbot or viewing a manipulated image or AI-generated text.’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules

Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real

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Day 2378 of #Brexit: ‘If the UK is unable to reach an agreement with Brussels, British carmakers could face tariffs from their biggest export market if they do not source batteries from within Europe under the so-called rules of origin.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’

Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be eased

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Day 2377 of #Brexit: ‘EES will replace the manual stamping of passports. It tracks who enters and leaves the Schengen free movement zone []. “Third country" nationals - including UK citizens - must provide fingerprints and a photo at passport control.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why are there holiday delay warnings over the EU's new border system?

The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.

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Day 2367 of #Brexit: ‘Richard Tice has been referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over an undeclared loan of nearly £80,000 from Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Lib Dem MP calls for investigation into Reform deputy leader’s £80,000 loan

Richard Tice referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over undeclared sum from Farage aide George Cottrell

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Day 2366 of #Brexit: ‘A government minister has failed to rule out putting a promise to rejoin the EU in Labour’s next manifesto, suggesting that Andy Burnham could attempt to unpick Brexit in the next parliament.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Burnham could pledge to rejoin the EU in Labour’s next manifesto, minister says

‘What we do in our next manifesto will be a question for the Labour Party,’ a government minister said

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Day 2365 of #Brexit: ‘The Clacton by-election is a chance to “put Brexit back on the political agenda” and force the mainstream parties to consider rejoining the EU, a former Member of the European Parliament who is running against Nigel Farage has claimed.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Clacton voters can put reversing Brexit back on agenda, says ex MEP taking on Farage

John Stevens is running for the Rejoin the EU Party in the Clacton by-election but warns that voters in the Essex constituency do not like the suggestion they will support Count Binface making them ‘t...

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Day 2364 of #Brexit: ‘Birmingham residents have accused the local council and police of “dragging their heels” and giving “free rein” to a group [Raise the Colours] responsible for erecting flags across the city.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Birmingham council accused of giving ‘free rein’ to group erecting England flags

Campaigners call for injunction against Raise the Colours, which is accused of spreading anti-immigration rhetoric

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Day 2363 of #Brexit: ‘Payments to Reform UK first revealed by the Guardian are now being investigated by the Metropolitan police. The inquiry is scrutinising payments made to the party via a company controlled by its deputy leader, Richard Tice.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Police investigate payments to Reform UK first revealed by The Guardian

Scotland Yard is looking at two £250,000 donations to the party by Britain Means Business before the 2024 election

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Day 2363 of #Brexit: ‘Hundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen up the immigration system under proposals being considered by Andy Burnham as he looks for ways to relieve pressure on the social care sector.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sector

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Day 2362 of #Brexit: ‘The good news for the UK is that the regime effectively remains the same as before. What has changed is that our nearest neighbours in the European Union now have a much better deal than before, and in turn are in a better situation than the UK.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Faisal Islam: The UK's Trump trade deal no longer looks world-beating

While the US tariffs imposed on the UK are effectively unchanged, other countries now have a better deal.

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Day 2362 of #Brexit: ‘Andy Burnham has been urged to lobby EU leaders directly to suspend the new entry-exit system, EES, as the peak weekend for overseas holidays begins.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls

Lib Dems call on PM to push for suspension of ‘bungled, malfunctioning’ system as overseas holiday travel peaks

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Day 2361 of #Brexit: ‘The analysis by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium of scientists used peer-reviewed methods to assess the drought in western Europe, including England, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy, from April to June.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe

Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation

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Day 2360 of #Brexit: ‘The reduction of 9m tonnes wld mean the 27 EU member states & the UK will record their smallest harvest since 2018 & represents lost crop production larger than the combined total forecast grain productn of Austria, Ireland & the Netherlands’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops

Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018

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Day 2360 of #Brexit: ‘New research conducted by More in Common suggests that, under proportional systems such as single transferable vote or regional party list, the UK could end up being governed by a progressive alliance of parties.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area

These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

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Day 2360 of #Brexit: ‘France’s parliament has approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making it the first EU country to bar children from apps such as TikTok.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

France becomes first EU country to ban social media access for under-15s

Parliament votes to stop children using apps such as TikTok in policy championed by Emmanuel Macron

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Day 2359 of #Brexit: ‘Hamish Falconer, who takes over from Nick Thomas-Symonds as minister for intergovernmental relations and European relations, [] will be charged with continuing the reset of relations with the EU [].’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Burnham cuts VAT on electricity bills ahead of first cabinet meeting– UK politics live

Move is expected to save households around £45 a year but former minister say plan is ‘unfunded’

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Day 2358 of #Brexit: ‘The leaders of Germany and France announced on Friday that the German military would participate in a nuclear exercise under a French initiative to deepen European nuclear cooperation.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/germany...

Germany and France initiate nuclear cooperation as Europe seeks greater security independence

Germany and France are set to deepen nuclear cooperation

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Day 2357 of #Brexit: ‘Restoring the deteriorating health of the UK’s population to the level of 2014 would boost GDP by 2% and generate a £72bn dividend for the public finances, research suggests.’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says

Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances

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Day 2356 of #Brexit: ‘Europe’s most effective method of cutting dangerous planet-heating gases risks being weakened after the European Commission proposed an overhaul of its flagship carbon market, critics have said.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe’s most effective tool to cut greenhouse gas emissions ‘risks being weakened’

European Commission proposal to overhaul emissions trading system would give companies less demanding pathway to reductions

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Day 2355 of #Brexit: ‘The start of the peak summer season is set to bring millions of drivers on to British roads, with concerns of traffic chaos as the port of Dover faces its biggest test yet of new EU border controls.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

EU border chaos feared at Dover crossing as busiest summer weekend looms

British domestic holidays are being pushed to their highest levels since Covid

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