Exclusive: Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages expose people to ‘hyper-precarity’ and exploitation

Top team has narrower list of asks for Brussels after Starmer’s determination to take heat out of brexit for his party

At Portsmouth and other sites, rule changes have left port operators with new, expensive and now partly redundant facilities

Thousands face Easter getaway misery as EU refuses to recognise passports over 10 years old – with British travellers now categorised ‘third country nationals’ alongside nations such as Venezuela and Samoa

Co-owner of investment management firm called for ‘urgent’ post-brexit changes to City rules at committee meetings

From why the 10 year rule no longer applies to British holidaymakers travelling to the EU to when you need to renew, The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder answers your top questions

Thousands face Easter getaway misery as EU refuses to recognise passports over 10 years old – with British travellers now categorised ‘third country nationals’ alongside nations such as Venezuela and Samoa

Thousands face Easter getaway misery as EU refuses to recognise passports over 10 years old – with British travellers now categorised ‘third country nationals’ alongside nations such as Venezuela and Samoa

Sevington site was never designed to handle the volume of imports envisaged by post-brexit changes due in April, port’s health chief warns

The 10 year rule isn’t quite what it seems for British holidaymakers travelling to the EU. The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder is on hand to answer your passport questions - from when to renew and the best time to submit an applic ...

The rule keeps on catching people out

A Conservative MP’s daughter has said she would consider voting for Labour if they offered more support for children with disabilities. Former brexit secretary David Davis’s daughter Sarah Schofield said she would support another party if t ...

Farmers on tractors converged on Westminster on Monday, 25 March, in a protest against “substandard imports and dishonest labelling” they warn threatens food security. Campaigners from Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent assembl ...

Editorial: Ireland’s taoiseach resigned because his political touch is weakening. But he deserves Britain’s gratitude

First gay taoiseach, who won social-reform victories and proved wily amid brexit, faced uncertain future

Mr Hunt is alleged to have told Sir James Dyson to “stand for election” if he thinks he could “do a better job”

Perhaps our government imagines bulldog spirit will protect us from the dangerous substances that Europe rules unsafe, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Wine Society describes planned alcohol duty changes as ‘ludicrous, expensive and probably unworkable’

Sadiq Khan attacked Conservative rival Susan Hall, claiming that she ‘supported a hard brexit’

Talks offer ‘huge opportunities’ but come at a delicate time after Ankara held up Sweden’s accession to Nato