Brexit

Belief in Johnson's trustworthiness has steadily declined in the past two years, with 74% of the public finding him untrustworthy in a recent YouGov poll.

On Monday, the British government introduced legislation to rip up post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland, in an attempt to override the EU withdrawal treaty that it had signed.

The CEO of Europe's biggest airline also dismissed threats of summer strike action by what he called "Mickey Mouse" unions in Belgium and Spain covering some Ryanair workers.

English-language students swerve UK post Brexit

Britain set out sweeping reforms of big company audits on Tuesday after high-profile collapses at builder Carillion and retailer BHS in recent years hit thousands of jobs and raised questions about accounting quality.

The EU issued no hint that renegotiating the protocol was in the offing, after warning that any UK violation of the Brexit pact could see it hit back with tariffs.

Earlier on Sunday, Ireland's foreign minister Simon Coveney urged Johnson not to introduce new trade laws that he said could undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland.

London has been threatening to rip up the protocol for months - potentially threatening a trade war with Europe at a time of soaring inflation

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said the report reflected the "lived experiences" of more than 1,000 small- and medium-sized firms trading with the EU.

The licence fee funds BBC television, radio and online services, as well as programming, many of which are exported commercially worldwide.

The series of crises engulfing Johnson have seen him garner increasingly negative coverage in Britain's right-wing press

European fishermen can continue to work in British waters as long as they can prove that they used to fish there.

Macron said he had "confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take seriously" the French proposals and for the discussions to lead to a "result".

In Brussels, an EU spokesman said talks would be held with the UK and France to try to resolve the dispute.

Under the post-Brexit deal, EU fishermen wishing to operate in UK waters had to prove they had fished in the area in previous years.

Both sides say they want to preserve peace and stability by avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland

The UK said it would look at the proposals "seriously and constructively"

Felixstowe in eastern England has been particularly hard hit

The government blames the acute labour shortages afflicting the UK economy not on its hardline approach to Brexit but on the coronavirus pandemic.

Deliveries to supermarkets have been hit, while a lack of tanker drivers has triggered panic-buying at petrol stations

Johnson's government is facing a growing list of Brexit-related woes, including a smouldering row with France about fishing rights

A shortage of truckers even before the fuel supply crisis has led to empty supermarket shelves and delivery delays

As well as fuel deliveries, the shortage has led to empty supermarket shelves and raised fears about deliveries of food and toys for Christmas.

BoE governor Andrew Bailey believes that recovery is flattening as a result of the pandemic and global supply chain bottlenecks.

Economists worry that surging global inflation will continue to weigh on the world's economic recovery.

Britain will still introduce full customs declarations and controls on January 1, 2022, as planned.

Britain's reported new strategy has been trialled for months, overseen by the Royal Marines

According to recent estimates, the UK currently faces a shortage of about 100,000 lorry drivers.

Brexit created major border delays after Britain's exit from the European Union on January 1, while new immigration rules disrupted recruitment.

In Britain, at least 5.3 million long-resident Europeans have applied for settlement status to ensure their pre-Brexit rights are preserved