Are we going to press ahead confidently for a full Brexit that will allow the potential of our nation to flourish, or will we be cowed by the EU?

Pickets were out in force in East Dunbartonshire at the end of June after Unison members went on strike over cuts to terms and conditions including reductions to holidays.

The West Midlands is undergoing a rebirth, with more jobs created than in any other region, a trade surplus with China, and businesses like HSBC UK relocating to the region.

The hygiene levels of a growing number of primary schoolchildren are so bad that teachers are having to provide basic items of personal hygiene to large numbers of them, says a charity.

The Charity Gingerbread has warned that single parents, particularly those who are working, are losing out under Universal Credit.

The crisis over the makeup of Italy’s government shows that the EU is desperate to assert itself as the master in the country – and that it is afraid of the anger of the Italian people.

The tangled Brexit negotiations are designed to trap us in the EU net. But there is a solution: the government must walk away from the table.

The whole issue, “backstop” or none, is being used as a backdoor way of delaying and perhaps denying Brexit.

The EU is enforcing a discard ban during the proposed Brexit transition period that could bankrupt most of the UK fishing fleet.

A national protest against Driver Only Operation outside Parliament on 25 April drew rail workers and union banners from many towns and regions across the country.