Brexit and the EU referendum Archive

News13 October 2023

Economic issues partly blamed on Brexit by UK voters

British voters are pessimistic that Brexit will turn out well and more than half believe leaving the EU is causing economic problems, according to Public First and UK in a Changing Europe.

News8 September 2023

UK readmitted to Horizon Europe

Liam Kay-McClean

The UK has re-joined the world’s largest research collaboration programme, Horizon Europe, after agreeing to a bespoke deal with the European Union.

News6 September 2023

Omnisis launches WeThink polling brand

Market research business Omnisis has developed a brand – WeThink – to represent its public opinion polling work.

News8 February 2023

UK government breaks up DCMS and Beis; appoints new culture secretary

Katie McQuater

Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, has split up the Departments for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis), with Lucy Frazer replacing Michelle Donelan as culture secretary.

Feature23 December 2022

2022 review: Biggest disappointments

From Roe v Wade being overturned to the World Cup, industry contributors share their biggest disappointments of the year.

News8 November 2022

Data adequacy with EU 'high priority' for UK government

Liam Kay-McClean

The UK government will prioritise data adequacy with the EU in its upcoming reforms to data protection and is “confident” any new proposals will not put the agreement at risk, a Westminster eforum policy conference has heard.

News27 September 2022

Brexit driving UK constitutional crises

Liam Kay-McClean

Brexit is still influencing constitutional issues in the UK, with ‘Remainers’ increasingly unhappy with and mistrusting the government, an event discussing the National Centre for Social Research’s (NatCen’s) British Social Attitudes report has heard.  

News22 September 2022

Demand for economic intervention remains high, finds NatCen

Liam Kay-McClean

The public will face the cost-of-living crisis with as much appetite for government intervention in the economy as it had during the pandemic, according to the latest British Social Attitudes report from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).

News19 July 2022

UK AI guide released as data bill enters parliament

Liam Kay-McClean

The UK government has published a guide to artificial intelligence (AI) regulation and introduced data protection and digital rights legislation into parliament as part of post-Brexit data reforms.

News17 June 2022

Data reform bill proposes GDPR changes

Liam Kay-McClean

The government has published a data reform bill to change the UK’s data laws post-Brexit, including new powers for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and a relaxation of some requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).