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Home Office says delays at Heathrow are ‘unacceptable’
Border staff left dealing with backlog of travellers as reports emerge of people fainting in three-hour queuesDelays at Heathrow airport have been described as “unacceptable” by the Home Office, af reports of passengers fainting in queues of up to thre…
Ministers face showdowns on post-Brexit green bill weeks before Cop26
Peers’ challenge to government may see it arguing for lower environmental standards at home while hosting global summitMinisters are facing a fortnight of showdowns with peers over weak post-Brexit green protections just weeks before the Cop26 summit o…
David Frost: Irish Sea row risks damaging UK-EU relations long term
Minister says government will not ‘sweep away’ NI Brexit protocol, but renews demands for major changesThe UK will not “sweep away” the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol, despite renewed calls for its abolition by the Democratic Unionist party, the Brex…
Hilary Mantel: I am ashamed to live in nation that elected this government
Double Booker prize winner tells La Repubblica she may take Irish citizenship to feel European againHilary Mantel has said she feels “ashamed” by the UK government’s treatment of migrants and asylum seekers and is intending to become an Irish citizen t…
Coca-Cola’s supply chain under pressure due to shortage of cans
Firm is experiencing a ‘number of logistics challenges’ in UK and EU such as lack of HGV driversCoca-Cola’s British and continental bottling operation has become the latest business to come under pressure from the supply chain crisis, with a “shortage …
Brexit: food and drink exports to EU suffer ‘disastrous’ decline
First-half sales fall £2bn, says industry body, as barriers are compounded by staff shortagesExports of food and drink to the EU have suffered a “disastrous” decline in the first half of the year because of Brexit trade barriers, with sales of beef and…
Empty shelves are the only way Britain’s underpaid workers can grab national attention | Aditya Chakrabortty
If you don’t care about workers, a vicious downward cycle works – as long as you can get them. Then one day, you can’tIn the mid-noughties, I was economics producer at the BBC, working with the then economics editor, Evan Davis. He had just begun prese…
Has Covid ended the neoliberal era? | Adam Tooze
The year 2020 exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system like never before. It’s hard to avoid the sense that a turning point has been reachedIf one word could sum up the experience of 2020, it would be disbelief. Between Xi Ji…
Shop prices rise amid driver shortages and Brexit red tape
Retail data shows 0.4% month-on-month increase in August, with 0.6% rise in non-foodUK shop prices rose last month, according to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium, in a sign that driver shortages and the costs of Brexit-induced red tap…