The Lost Opportunities List

Since 1 January 2021 the European Union has not stood still. It continues to offer new opportunities and benefits to its citizens and businesses that we in the UK are no longer entitled to.

So far the UK has missed out on 33 opportunities to make our lives better

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The Davis Downside Dossier

In October 2016, David Davis, the then Brexit secretary, told the House of Commons that “there will be no downside to Brexit at all, and considerable upsides”.

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Latest News

Leave campaigners ‘surprised’ by decay in relations with EU, says David Frost

Brexit minister says dispute over border checks in Northern Ireland main barrier to better relationship

The deterioration in relations with the EU, partly driven by the Northern Ireland “sausage war”, has come as a surprise to those, who campaigned to leave the bloc five years ago, the government has admitted.

The Brexit minister, David Frost, said they had dreamed of a sovereign Britain, which could set forth on a global mission while maintaining friendly relations with its neighbours.

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24/06/2021 - www.theguardian.com

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UK removes quarantine requirement for arrivals from Balearics, Malta and some Caribbean islands – as it happened

Latest updates: territories are added to UK’s green list or green watchlist, while more countries added to red list

• Portuguese PM hints at tighter Covid rules for tourists from UK
• Public inquiry into Covid must begin now, says senior judge
• No 10 says mass event pilot findings will be published ‘shortly’
• Long Covid sufferers face new ordeals as sick pay runs out
• Coronavirus global updates – live

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That’s it from the UK blog team. You can follow our global coronavirus coverage here -

Related: Coronavirus live: Macron joins Merkel in call for EU to coordinate quarantine for non-EU countries such as UK

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Here is some reaction to the changes to the UK’s green list from our transport correspondent, Gwyn Topham.

The Balearic islands accounted for more than 8% of UK flights to EU countries in the last pre-Covid summer of 2019, when almost 1,000 flights a week would depart from the UK, according to data from analysts Cirium.

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24/06/2021 - www.theguardian.com

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Revamped and tougher official secrets laws are coming

Proposed changes to official secrets and espionage laws could seriously affect press freedom and civil rights.

Yorkshire Bylines Local News: Revamped and tougher official secrets laws are coming

24/06/2021 - yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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The Digby Jones Index

Lord Digby Jones told Andrew Neil before the referendum that there would not be a single job lost because of Brexit.

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Cost of Brexit So Far

According to the Bank of England voting to leave the European Union has cost Britain more than £440 million a week in lost growth since the referendum.

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