Today marks six years – June 23 – after the 2016 EU referendum and Brexit took place. But not everything is needed well.
A survey conducted by Savanta ComRes in October found that only 36 percent said the project was a success and 52 percent a failure.
Here are six of the biggest enduring problems that Brexit has caused to mark six years since the big vote.
1) Food is rotting in the fields of Britain
There was a shortage of seasonal workers
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The end of free movement has made it harder and more bureaucratic for seasonal farmers to visit the UK, so many have cut it off from their annual schedule.
British people have shown little interest in working piecemeal on farms in the UK, so thousands of tonnes of crops have rotted in the fields during this year’s UK harvest season.
Tory MP Roger Gale, who represents Thanet’s community, is among the Conservative conservatives. He told the prime minister in parliament that a producer in his constituency had to throw away hundreds of thousands of pounds of produce.
Ministers say the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department of Labor and Pensions are launching a campaign “to raise awareness of career opportunities” in the harvest of British workers.
But there seems to have been little success so far, with producers cutting production for next season for fear that they will not be able to harvest what they have planted.
Leaders in the food industry have warned that the situation is almost certain to worsen unless the government urgently extends the pilot scheme, which allowed 30,000 temporary workers this year.
The National Union of Farmers has called on ministers to allow at least another 50,000 foreign workers to harvest and tens of thousands more to cultivate.
2) Rising inflation
Inflation is at its highest level in four decades (Dominic Lipinski / PA)
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Britain is considered “excellent” in the financial world because of its particularly high inflation, with analysts blaming Brexit.
Although the cost of living crisis has many causes, it is only in the UK that price increases are so severe. The ONS confirmed on Wednesday that annual inflation is now at a record 9.1 percent.
Citigroup, Bank of America and Standard Bank are among the US financial institutions that warned this week that inflation in the UK will be higher for years to come due to immigration controls and a shortage of the supply chain.
“Inflation in the United Kingdom will be more stable in the medium to long term due to Brexit,” said Vasileios Gkionakis, head of European monetary strategy at Citigroup.
A report from the London School of Economics, released in April, found that new trade barriers had led to a 6% rise in food prices in the UK, one of the contributing factors to rising inflation.
3) British fisherman on the verge of ruin
The UK fishing industry has said the Brexit deal is a betrayal
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The new bureaucracy introduced by Brexit supporters has hurt the UK’s fishing industry, with some long-standing companies forced to close due to the additional costs of leaving the EU.
The situation is particularly difficult for shellfish exporters, who are not only faced with new documents and catch certificates, but also with delays at the border, which could ruin the entire time-sensitive consignment.
Boris Johnson accused the exporters of not filling in the forms correctly. The export of some shells to the EU is now completely banned.
Fisheries leaders described the Brexit deal as a “betrayal” that failed to deliver much-promised benefits.
4) Crashes at airports in the United Kingdom
Airport passengers face long interruptions and long queues
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As Covid travel restrictions are lifted and international travel is returned, another problem for Brexit arises: airport chaos.
Much disguised during the pandemic, airlines now say they do not have enough staff to cover growing demand, and say it is because of leaving the EU.
Airline chiefs such as Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary said the chaos was “completely Brexit-related”.
As in so many other sectors, the disruption seems to be caused by a shortage of workers. Jobs were cut during Covid due to lower demand for two years: but now the aviation industry cannot hire.
Steve Heepie, CEO of Jet2, said the withdrawal of the EU had taken “hundreds of thousands, if not millions” of people out of the labor market.
The government blames airline mismanagement, but London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said ministers must ensure that “those who have been in these jobs before returning to their EU country of origin are encouraged to return “.
5) Shortage of truck drivers
Trucks and lorries lined up on the M20 towards Dover
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The government was forced to launch an emergency visa scheme for truck drivers last year after the country faced a shortage of 100,000 truck drivers.
Although there are many reasons for the shortage, post-Brexit rule changes have made it harder for drivers in the UK and customs procedures have been said to complicate their work – forcing many to simply work elsewhere.
As of May 2022, Logistics UK says the number of heavy-duty truck drivers is still declining, but “is not declining as sharply as in recent quarters”. The industry group hopes this means the problem can be resolved soon.
6) Mobile roaming charges are refundable
British passengers have to pay roaming charges again
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Anyone accustomed to using their phone abroad in recent years will be shocked.
Roaming charges were abolished by the EU in June 2017, but they came back in a big way after Britain left the bloc.
Three, EE and Vodafone have announced they will refund roaming charges.
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