For more than a0 years, and although the Prime Minister famously said brexit means brexit, and no deal is better than a bad deal, we still dont really know what life outside the eu will look like. What will our Trade Relationship be with our closest neigbours . And whats the future for eu citizens living and working here . Well try and answer some of your questions about britains exit from the eu. With me is our economics editor, kamal ahmed. Oliver illott, Senior Researcher at the thinktank the institute for government, which works to make whitehall more effective. And the uk immigration lawyer natasha chell, partner at Laura Devine Solicitors in london. It would be great if we could rehearse all of this, wouldnt it . lets make a start. We will try to look at all of the different aspects if we can. The first question, oliver, we will start with you. What will happen if there is no deal at the end of two years . If we cant agree terms with the other 27 members . Well, if there is no de
Three months in and we’re yet to see the full effect of life outside the bloc. But for industries reliant on overseas staff like the care and agriculture sectors, it’s a different story
It’s a job that pays around £40,000 a year but few people want to do it, and it can’t be done by a machine. So when ‘chick sexers’ – who determine whether young chickens are male or female so they can be sorted for meat or eggs – were added to the skilled worker list set by the Migration Advisory Committee, poultry farmers breathed a sigh of relief. Butchers, bricklayers and deckhands have also been added to the list of shortage occupations for which there are not enough resident workers, offering a smoother route for migrant workers to come to the UK.