Brexit

Keir Starmer vows to fight on despite Labour’s heavy losses in local elections

Keir Starmer pledges to fight on despite Labour’s losses in local elections, but doubts over his leadership grow.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives an update on the situation in the Middle East at Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain, March 5, 2026.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks at her watch during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, March 19, 2026.

A golden age of diplomacy: A thing of the past? - comment

Whether the shift in diplomatic tone and practice was inevitable or whether we’ve reached a tipping point, only time will tell. But what’s clear is that the world will never be the same.

|BySHIFRA JACOBS
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks as demonstrators hold flags outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 12, 2026.

UK's Reform party plans to stop an immigration 'invasion,' promising to create ICE-style agency

With Reform ahead in opinion polls ahead of an election due no later than August 2029, the party led by Brexit veteran Nigel Farage is ramping up policy announcements.

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks at the London Tech Week in London, Britain, June 12, 2023.

Brexit was 'biggest act of self harm,' reversing it is 'ultimate goal,' London Mayor Khan says

Khan has declared that he wants Britain to eventually rejoin the EU, calling for a return to the single market and the customs union.

|ByESTHER DAVIS

French-Jewish far-right commentator Zemmour courts voters in London

Likely French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour on Friday praised Britain for leaving the European Union but dodged multiple questions about whether he would advocate for 'Frexit.'

NOVEMBER 20, 2021ByREUTERS
French right-wing commentator Eric Zemmour arrives before making a speech at an event at the ILEC conference centre, London, Britain, November 19, 2021.

Britain needs more battery factories for electric cars

Meanwhile, the EU is powering ahead to catch up with China and transform its car industry

JULY 20, 2021ByNICK CAREY, BARBARA LEWIS
A WORKER in a protective suit operates a machine inside the Envision battery manufacturing plant at Nissan’s Sunderland factory, earlier this month.

Boris Johnson says N. Ireland Jews facing ‘exodus’ over kosher food access

There are between 50 to 100 Jews in Belfast’s Jewish community, the only one in Northern Ireland.

JULY 8, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand in a street in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill in the UK; illustrative.

Brexit creating problems and financial risks for UK olim

Perhaps more serious is that the protection offered by a UK government-backed compensation scheme for investors who place funds with offshore insurance companies ended on December 31, 2020.

APRIL 11, 2021ByANDREW ALBUM
New olim are seen having arrived in Israel

EU trade deals with UK and Israel: Which is best? - opinion

The new UK-EU deal is not dissimilar to the Israel-EU free trade agreement (FTA).

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByLEON HARRIS
Calculating taxes

UK parliament approves Brexit trade deal with EU, both look to future

Britain and the European Union signed the deal on Wednesday and the British parliament will finalize its implementation, ending over four years of negotiation.

DECEMBER 31, 2020ByREUTERS
Participants hold a British Union flag and an EU flag during a pro-EU referendum event at Parliament Square in London, Britain June 19, 2016.

Pound off two-and-a-half-year peak after Brexit deal

The pound hovered below a 2-1/2-year high on Friday after Britain and the European Union struck a narrow Brexit trade deal.

DECEMBER 25, 2020ByREUTERS
US dollars and euros banknotes are seen in this illustration photo

Brexit trade deal sealed: EU and UK clinch narrow accord

The United Kingdom is set for a much more distant relationship with its biggest trade partner than almost anyone expected at the time of the 2016 referendum.

DECEMBER 24, 2020ByREUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in public for the first time since his self-isolation ended, leaves Downing Street during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, November 26, 2020.

Where will Israel be in post-Brexit world of the Commonwealth?

What will a post-Brexit trade deal look like between Israel and the UK?

NOVEMBER 7, 2020ByNEVILLE TELLER
Britain leaves EU on Brexit day

Europe must find a new way of dealing with Russia - opinion

I am not writing this to give a pass to Russia, but rather, the contrary.

OCTOBER 21, 2020ByVIORICA DANCILA
Russian President Vladimir Putin