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  • More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote Lisa O’Carroll
    Experts say Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ votersSupport for rejoining the EU rather than simply rejoining the single market is growing among British voters, with more than 80% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party supporters favouring this option, according to research mapping voter attitudes 10 years after the Brexit referendum.Labour’s “muted” approach to the issue means it risks losing support among progressive voters and in “red
     

More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote

17 April 2026 at 13:27

Experts say Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters

Support for rejoining the EU rather than simply rejoining the single market is growing among British voters, with more than 80% of Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party supporters favouring this option, according to research mapping voter attitudes 10 years after the Brexit referendum.

Labour’s “muted” approach to the issue means it risks losing support among progressive voters and in “red wall” constituencies, experts have said as part of research by Best for Britain.

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  • Home Office ‘red flag’ error leaves German mother separated from toddler in UK Lisa O’Carroll
    Liza Tobay was told settled status had been ‘red flagged’ when she tried to fly home from Germany to ScotlandA German woman has been separated from her two-year-old daughter in Edinburgh after a Home Office mistake left her stranded in Dusseldorf earlier this week.Liza Tobay, who has lived in the UK for 15 years, had taken her oldest child, a six-year-old boy, to visit his grandfather and some other relatives over Easter when confronted with what she said appeared to be “a serious administrative
     

Home Office ‘red flag’ error leaves German mother separated from toddler in UK

17 April 2026 at 06:00

Liza Tobay was told settled status had been ‘red flagged’ when she tried to fly home from Germany to Scotland

A German woman has been separated from her two-year-old daughter in Edinburgh after a Home Office mistake left her stranded in Dusseldorf earlier this week.

Liza Tobay, who has lived in the UK for 15 years, had taken her oldest child, a six-year-old boy, to visit his grandfather and some other relatives over Easter when confronted with what she said appeared to be “a serious administrative error”.

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© Photograph: Liza Tobay/Copyright: Liza Tobay family

© Photograph: Liza Tobay/Copyright: Liza Tobay family

© Photograph: Liza Tobay/Copyright: Liza Tobay family

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