Brexit and the UK Constitution

With a foreword by renowned political sociologist Katy Hayward, Brexit and the UK Constitution offers a grounded, factual, and authoritative contribution to understanding Brexit’s implications ten-years on from the referendum

John Springford considers significant developments in trade, investment, the labour market and immigration, and productivity and offers a refreshing evidence-based account of how the UK economy has changed outside the EU. Catherine Barnard and Joel Reland examine the legal and regulatory landscape post-Brexit, and assess what ‘taking back control’ has meant in practice for the UK’s legal landscape. Finally, Jonathan Thomas looks at immigration since 2016, examining policy and trends since the referendum and considering the impact which Brexit has had on both immigration to, and emigration from, the UK. He focuses on what has really happened, moving beyond rhetoric and soundbites to provide an unbiased and non-partisan account.

John Springford is an associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform.

Catherine Banard is Professor of European Law at the University of Cambridge.

Jöel Reland is a senior researcher at UK in a Changing Europe.

Jonathan Thomas is a Senior Fellow and has been the Migrant Researcher at the Social Market Foundation.

Katy Hayward is Professor of Political Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast.