A couple of months after Britain finally took its great leap into the unknown, many businesses are still waiting to see where they will land. Others fear they have lost their footing for good

Brexit correspondent Lisa O’Carroll distils a few of the post-exit bumps facing individual British firms that she has investigated for the Guardian

Critics of the Hate Crime Bill published last April argued it would silence “gender critical” feminists—fuelling the SNP’s ongoing trans rights dispute

Forget the froth. Deep tides are now pushing Scotland its own way, and washing against the very idea of the UK

Johnson’s “road map” out of restrictions looks carefully considered. But further steps must be taken to prevent future outbreaks


Northern Ireland and the Republic need better transport connections between Dublin, Belfast and Derry. The PM’s talk of a bridge is the stuff of circuses

The Tory press peddled cod epidemiology. And until recently, the Prime Minister refused to face them down. We are paying the cost in lives

The shellfish industry between the EU and the UK was a textbook case of supply and demand working perfectly—Brexit has complicated that, and livelihoods are on the line

According to the standard economic model, the government should raise taxes early and focus on tackling the Covid deficit. But that strategy would worsen the deprivation already caused by austerity

The use of cash was already in decline, but the pandemic may spell its end. Where does that leave the 1.4 million Britons without bank accounts?

Three and a half years since the tragedy at Grenfell, the government has unveiled a new plan to improve safety. But with thousands of homes still unsafe, ministers must do far more to prevent future disaster

Time and again what I found out in government is that pinpointed attention—and money—is what gets things done. Rewiring structures often produces nothing but harm