Mr Drakeford, who is stepping down next month after five years as First Minister, said Brexit had left Wales a billion pounds worse off and cut off from the rest of the world.
Brexit: despatches from the downside – No 24
01/03/2024
In this week's Brexit downsides, extra food labelling costing up to £250mn, a huge drop in overseas students, veterinary shortages in NI, and more.
Wales’ role in UK-EU relations has greatly diminished since Brexit, with open democratic debate replaced by diktat and decisions made in the shadows, MSs warned.
Ireland is a nation that has been able to map out its own destiny, says pro-independence Welsh party leader.
The First Minister has said famers in Wales would be in a “very different position” if they hadn’t taken the advice of Andrew RT Davies and voted for Brexit.
The first minister has blamed Brexit-voting farmers for Welsh ministers having to draw up their own farm subsidy proposals. / Mark Drakeford's government is consulting on plans for a scheme to replace EU-designed agricultural aid.
Plaid Cymru’s Spokesperson for Trade and Business, Hywel Williams MP, has called for the UK to re-join the Single Market and Customs Union as “a vital first step to improving our moribund economy.”
When former first minister Carwyn Jones blamed Port Talbot job losses on Brexit, some scoffed and said “No, net zero.” But he wasn’t wrong
Wales’ Potential First Minister Backs Rejoining EU Single Market and Calls for ‘Honest Conversation’ on Impact of Brexit
29/01/2024
In an exclusive interview, Jeremy Miles says he wants a frank discussion about Brexit’s hit to the economy – and calls for far greater devolution for Wales.
As Tata Steel announced significant job losses in Port Talbot, Byline TV asked Carwyn Jones why it’s happened. The answer: Brexit, and apathy.
“It’s Brexit” First Minister For Wales Exposes the Truth About Why Port Talbot Steelworks Closed [4 mins]
20/01/2024
The former First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones rejects claims from right-wing politicians and commentators that the closure of the steelworks is down to net-zero policies and lays the blame squarely at the feet of Brexit and the Conservative government who he says have done nothing to meaningfully save British steel since the referendum in 2016.
Nigel Farage predicted back in 2016 that if the UK didn't leave the EU it would be the end of the steel industry. This week the Brexiteer was proven wrong again, with news of massive job losses at Port Talbot Steelworks in Wales.
WALES and Ireland should strive for greater ties at a crucial juncture in the countries’ shared history, the Senedd heard. / Delyth Jewell led a debate on a report following an inquiry into Wales-Ireland relations.
Brexit: despatches from the downside – No 9
17/11/2023
Your weekly update from the Brexit ‘downside bunker’, chronicling the downsides, and occasional upsides, of Brexit.
Wales’ economy minister described replacement EU funding mechanisms as “chaotic and unwelcome” during a Senedd debate. / Vaughan Gething said the UK Government’s shared prosperity fund is smaller, less flexible and narrower in scope than the EU funding it replaces.
The great Brexit regional rip-off
18/08/2023
Wales and Scotland say they are missing out on hundreds of millions in funding from not being part of the EU.
The route is due to run out of money by the end of August. / A busy tourist project connecting Ireland's southeast with three Welsh counties will come to an end in August due to a collapse in funding.
Officials have said it would be a “terrible shame” to see a tourism initiative between Ireland and Wales close due to funding issues over Brexit.
First minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, and Scotland's deputy first minister, Shona Robinson, will be among the Celtic leaders in attendance at the first meeting of its kind.
Plaid Cymru has expressed serious concerns over the potential impact of the planned application of full Brexit border checks from the autumn.
Coles, Da Mhile, In the Welsh Wind and Penderyn distilleries awarded label in scheme brought in to replace EU version.
The closure of Wrexham’s Business Hub was due to the impacts of Brexit, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said.
Following the UK's departure from the EU, the route is due to run out of money by the end of August.
Brexit: nine UK regions where exports have fallen since 2018, including Wales, the South East and Yorkshire
11/07/2023
Northern Ireland has been hardest hit, with exports to the EU falling by a third between 2018 and 2021, analysis of official figures shows.