A round up of Brexit coverage
This briefing summarises the policy paper: Agricultural transition plan 2021 to 2024 published on 30 November 2020. The document sets out post-Brexit agricultural policy for England.
Oireachtas affairs at a glance Tuesday 3rd November – Leo Varadkar makes statement and answers questions in the Dáil in respect of the leaking of a draft agreement between the Government and the IMO to the rival GP representative group the NAGP. Monday 9th November – The release of correspondence between the Chief Justice and…
This briefing brings together notes from recent LGIU Brexit Network meetings and provides an enlightening snapshot of the current state of preparedness within the sector, and of the challenges local government faces in ensuring a smooth exit from the EU on January 1st.
IFS 2020 Green Budget covers the outlook for the economy and public finances, options for the upcoming spending review, what is referred to as the government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda (understood as redressing spatial inequalities) and what could be done to reform working-age social security.
DfE Guidance for schools during the transition period and after 1 January 2021 is an overview page providing links to a number of pieces of guidance in one place. Some of the guidance signposted has hardly changed, or not changed at all since Summer 2019. Recruiting and managing teachers and school staff Recruit teachers from…
The end of the transition period is imminent. What does the current uncertainty mean for councils’ trying to plan for it at the same time as dealing with Covid-19 and mounting financial pressures? We look at the key issues here for local government.
From the end of the transition period (31 December 2020), the current EU regulatory framework for cross border family law cases is likely to cease as the UK will need to rely on international conventions rather than EU law. This affects children of EU citizens in the UK (and children of UK citizens in EU…
What are the remaining negotiation issues between the EU and the UK? We look here at the endgame for the negotiations, the related debate on the UK internal market, and questions surrounding the end of the transition.
Background Ireland experienced the start of an economic boom during the second half of the 1990s. Unemployment rates fell from 14% in 1994 to less than 4% in 2000 and per capita incomes and outputs reached EU averages. Despite this very impressive performance, disparities between and within regions in Ireland remained. The Greater Dublin Area…
The UK’s exit from the transition period will bring significant change, with or without a new deal. Local government will have to contend with managing the continuing and unpredictable Covid-19 situation, the recovery, and the Brexit changeover simultaneously. We summarise the state of negotiations and the potential impact on councils.
