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  • Lorries queue to embark on a ferry at the entrance of the Port of Dover, south-east England on February 16, 2022

    UK exporters still struggling with post-Brexit rules, says trade body

  • Keir Starmer stands on steps in front of the parliament buildings at Stormont, Belfast, July 2024. He is clutching a red folder. JULY 8: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast, following a meeting with party leaders, during his tour of the UK following Labour's victory in the 2024 General Election on July 8, 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The newly elected Prime Minister arrived in Belfast from Edinburgh, where he met with Northern Ireland's leaders. As part of a four-nation tour, he will then head to Wales before returning to England. (Photo by Liam McBurney - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    Starmer faces first major Brexit test as unionists request Stormont brake

    UK government has been asked to veto EU law update applying in Northern Ireland relating to chemical labelling
  • Waspi protesters calling for compensation outside parliament earlier this year

    UK politics: Waspi campaign accuses Starmer of misinformation over claim 90% of women knew pension age to rise – as it happened

    Activists say ombudsman’s findings ‘based on rigorous evidence 60% had no idea’ of changes

  • Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years, review finds

  • European Commission takes UK to court over EU citizens’ rights

  • Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market

  • Northern Ireland votes to continue Brexit arrangements for another four years

  • Starmer says UK strengthening defence partnership with Saudi Arabia as charities criticise human rights record – as it happened

  • Reeves to pledge closer EU ties in pivot from post-Brexit ‘division and chaos’

  • PCS union says Starmer’s criticism of civil servants ‘inaccurate and cowardly’ – as it happened

  • British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’

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Opinion

  • Heather Stewart

    Rachel Reeves’ push to improve EU ties remains boxed in by red lines

    Heather Stewart
    Chancellor’s visit to EU meeting looks for smoother trade to improve growth but youth mobility scheme remains sticking point
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a funnel marked with the X logo pouring money towards the Reform UK logo

    Farage, Musk and Candy say ‘cheese’ – now British democracy’s toast

    Stewart Lee
  • William Keegan

    Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe

    William Keegan

  • The latest cost of Brexit is about to hit – and voters are watching. Will Labour act?

    Polly Toynbee

  • Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU

    Jonathan Freedland

  • I set up my own indie label. From Brexit’s brutality to the joy of DIY music, here’s what I learned

    Giles Richards

  • Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs

    William Keegan

  • The Observer view on trade relations: closer ties with EU is the lever for economic growth

  • From Thatcher to Trump and Brexit: my seven lessons learned after 28 years as Guardian economics editor

    Larry Elliott
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Explainers

  • Rows of trucks parked at Dover, as two others drive by on a road in the foreground

    Could Labour build closer EU trade ties and would this increase growth?

  • Close up of large lorry driving in Sevington Inland border facility

    How UK’s new border controls will affect animal and plant imports

    • A poster protesting against the Irish sea border next to a road

      Northern Ireland: what does the new post-Brexit deal mean?

    • The Sevington inland border facility, near Ashford, will process all the products coming through the port.

      How UK’s new border controls will affect plants and animal imports

    • People walk in front of the Stormont assembly building.

      Northern Ireland: what is the power-sharing deal – and could it be blocked?

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Analysis

  • Keir Starmer wears a white plastic hard hat as he stands by a grey and white turbine blade which fans out behind him

    Labour hopes to deepen economic ties with Europe outside EU’s structures

  • General Election campaign 2024<br>Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves visit Ocean Gate container terminal at Southampton docks where they saw trains being loaded with goods from around the world and later held a Q&amp;A with workers. The two were campaigning in the south of England for next month’s General Election on July4. Picture date: Monday June 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Election Labour. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

    A Norway deal? Rejoining? What are Labour’s options for forging closer ties with Europe?

    Starmer and Reeves plan to improve parts of the relationship with the EU. But what of becoming a member of the single market – or even a return to full membership?
  • A pro-EU demonstrator holding a placard that reads: 'BREXIT WAS NOT WORTH IT.'

    Why is nobody talking about Brexit in the UK election?

    The once defining issue in British politics has barely featured in this summer’s campaign
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