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The amount of European funding allocated to British universities has fallen as Brexit approaches. Figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy analysing support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme show that the proportion of funds allocated to British universities had dropped to 24.22% by the end of May – down from […]

Jacob Rees-Mogg and his European Research Group are to directly challenge Theresa May with their own blueprint setting out plans for a Hard Brexit. The Times reports today that the group of around 60 to 80 Hard Brexit-supporting Tory MPs have begun work on what is effectively a riposte to the prime minister’s Chequers plan, […]

TIM WALKER gives five stars to King Lear at London’s Duke of York’s theatre King Lear Duke of York’s, London, until Nov 3 ***** (Five stars) Two kings, neither in full possession of their faculties, are currently holding dominion in the West End, and across the Thames, at the National Theatre. One is sublime, and […]

Fancy an award-winning Belgian White or a German Weisse? Tough – Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has announced he is looking at getting rid of all EU products The Brexiteer has said his firm was reviewing its “whole range” of products from the EU to see if they could be replaced by alternatives from Britain or […]

After Nick Cohen’s recent stunning essay criticising the BBC’s coverage, the Corporation’s former communications chief ED WILLIAMS leads the case for defence. Politics in Europe and America is now ferromagnetic. The iron filings of policy are being drawn to extreme poles of left and right. In America and across Europe, strange bedfellows are governing in […]

The English Renaissance took music into new directions and saw that emergence of a tune which still echoes down the ages. Sophia Deboick reports. Elizabeth I had been on the throne for more than 20 years as the 1580s dawned, and was presiding over a peaceful England. But these years were the calm before the […]

From Brexit to climate change, there are still too many refusing to acknowledge that our current trajectory is headed for disaster. Young activist LIBBY CHERRY explains why urgent action needs to be taken. Climate change is not a new concern. Yet only now has it become plastered across the front pages of newspapers, due less […]

Some of the country’s leading disability activists, including Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, have published an open letter calling for the public to have the final say on Brexit. The campaigners say they are convinced that the ‘chaotic, uncertain, and discordant’ Brexit process is going to lead to a ‘reduced quality of life’ for disabled people in […]

Keep calm and carry on is the old British motto but comedian, musician and writer MITCH BENN explains it’s not going to work this time round. Sorry to begin on such a downer note, but I’ve been thinking about it and there’s one thing that nobody’s saying, and it is the one thing that people […]

The clamour for Boris Johnson to say sorry continues to grow. But, MIC WRIGHT asks, ‘what is the point of the political apology?’ Sorry, but this is going to be a thing about apologies. Even worse, it’s going to be a thing about politicians and apologies. I can only apologise again. According to research commissioned […]

Southern soul may have lost its lustre in the States but it has found a home in northern Italy. GARTH CARTWRIGHT reports. Poretta is transfromed with the largest soul festival in the world. – Credit: Archant In the mountains south west of Bologna sits a sleepy town called Porretta Terme. Most of the time it […]

More than 100 Leave constituencies across the UK now back Remain, a major new study has revealed. The analysis is the first to take an in-depth look at the changing attitudes on Brexit at a constituency level in the UK. It has found a monumental shift in public opinion against Brexit. The study – commissioned […]

The ‘centre of gravity’ on Brexit is shifting towards a People’s Vote, the Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable has told campaigners in Bristol. People’s Vote campaigners in Bristol. Photograph: Britain for Europe/Twitter. – Credit: Archant Sir Vince was speaking alongside Femi Oluwole, Tory MP Sarah Wollaston, Labour MP Stephen Doughty and Green MEP Molly […]

In the past, the Edinburgh Fringe has been a hotbed of some of the most satirical and illuminating political comedy. So what does 2018 have to offer? Writer and novelist John Nicholson reports. When many of our most important politicians are such ridiculous, ludicrous, grotesque parodies, not just of politicians but of actual human beings, […]

I voted out in the referendum, but rapidly recovered my senses when Brexit fell prey to the far-right agenda. This stairway to heaven has become a dark passage inhabited by the dark art of data manipulation, and questions about the people behind anti-EU backers. To me it is now crystal clear that the whole Brexit […]

Deborah Meaden has not featured heavily in the Brexit debate so far, but in recent weeks she has become more vocal in her criticisms. The star of the BBC’s Dragon’s Den programme is one of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, having worked and invested in business since leaving college at the age of 19. In the […]

Veteran BBC journalist GAVIN ESLER delivers an excoriating blast against broadcasters, Leavers and the lies that have left the country a more divided, poorer place. President Donald J. Trump. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) – Credit: The Washington Post/Getty Images When the facts change, rational people change their minds. It’s normal. […]

I noted with interest Tory trade secretary, Liam Fox, warning that a no-deal Brexit was now more likely than the UK getting an agreement with the EU. Quite bizarrely, this appears to be the same Liam Fox who little more than a year ago said that a post-Brexit free trade with the EU should be […]

As the new season kicks-off JAMES BROWN looks at an unexpectedly exotic managerial appointment which offers a ray of hope for his club. Not since Kevin Keegan went to lower league Fulham or European Cup-winner Rafa Benitez dropped into the Championship to get Newcastle United promoted has the world of non-Premier League football been lit […]

Jeremy Corbyn’s most vocal fan is going to extreme lengths to defend his idol from Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis. DAVID PAXTON analyses his increasingly-tortured logic. When, in March 2016, Jonathan Freedland addressed Labour’s growing anti-Semitism problem in an article for the Guardian, he made sure to include the oft-repeated line: ‘No one accuses him [Jeremy Corbyn] […]

An MP has warned we are putting England’s football clubs at a disadvantage after Tottenham Hotspur’s manager blamed their failure to make a summer signing on the pound’s Brexit-driven slump. Mauricio Pochettino said that Brexit, along with the cost of Tottenham’s new stadium, were central to the club failing to sign any new players in […]

Steve Anglesey looks at online reaction as Britain’s food shops prepare for a no-deal Brexit. Thank goodness for the earlier football transfer deadline! This self-inflicted wound, which disadvantages English teams while Europeans can still trade freely, has provided welcome relief from the problems of Brexit. But before we were obsessed with the transfer market, we […]

Voters would back remaining in the EU by 53% to 47% if a referendum was held now, according to a major poll. Some 45% want a say on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations with 34% opposed, the survey for the People’s Vote campaign found. If talks break down, half of voters said the final […]

Immigration targets will have to be scrapped after Brexit to allow companies to recruit enough staff, the Confederation of British Industries (CBI) has said. The organisation has warned that uncertainty over the issue means UK firms are already suffering from a shortage of migrant workers and that the ‘blunt target’ immigration policy will have be […]

In summer 2016 my wife sent to our MP a detailed response about the conduct of the referendum, outlining all our now too-familiar concerns. In summer 2016 my wife sent to our MP a detailed response about the conduct of the referendum, outlining all our now too-familiar concerns. She received an acknowledgement that her letter […]

Tim Walker’s diary focuses on how the Brexit-backing Telegraph owners’ businesses are impacted by Brexit, David Cameron delays submitting company accounts, Patrick Stewart and the challenge of playing King Lear and Chuka Umunna’s campaign to reclaim the colour mauve. The principal risk currently impacting on the parcel operator Yodel is ‘customer confidence from the uncertainty […]

Another clickbait headline is getting Twitter exercised. But, says CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ, the anger misses the target. This week the Twittersphere reacted with outrage over a headline. Nothing new there, of course. But bear with me, because the headline to this Telegraph exclusive was special. ‘Women will have to give up work to look after […]

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe – the country’s wealthiest man and an advocate of Brexit – is leaving the UK for Monaco. Sir Jim, who has previously claimed that he was ‘optimistic’ about the future of the UK after Brexit, has chosen to leave the country months before the decision is implemented. The founder of chemical […]

Boris Johnson broke ministerial rules when he took on his Daily Telegraph column after quitting as foreign secretary, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has said. The committee, known as Acoba, said it was “unacceptable” that he signed a contract with the Telegraph on July 12 – three days after quitting as foreign secretary – […]

Boris Johnson is to face investigation by an independent panel following complaints that his comments on the burka breached the Conservative Party’s code of conduct. It is understood that the process is being triggered automatically after the receipt of a number of complaints over the former foreign secretary’s comparison of Muslim women in face-covering veils […]

With food shortages just one likely outcome of a no-deal Brexit, download and display our poster and Make Britain Rake Again A no-deal Brexit would likely be the most serious economic shock since the Second World War – with even pro-Brexit ministers like Dominic Raab, and even Theresa May herself, admitting that industry should supply […]

One of the leading campaigners against Brexit looks for upsides in the aftermath of the UK’s looming departure from the European Union. Gina Miller was speaking to Krishnan Guru-Murthy on the Channel 4 News podcast Ways to Change the World when she was asked about any possible upsides to Brexit. She admitted the debate could […]