Brexit highlights

Brexit highlights

This subtopic is an archive of Brexit highlights from the Public Law team. The Brexit highlights bring you a collated summary of the latest Brexit news and legislation updates from across a range of practice areas.

Brexit-related research continues to be relevant as post-Brexit policy implementation and related legal changes remain ongoing after the event. We keep Brexit-related matters under constant review and continue to add new and updated materials to address relevant developments, issues and queries. We will continue to monitor and report on the relevant updates, including legislation, as matters unfold.

Each week the team compiles a summary of key Brexit highlights news and legislation updates from across a range of practice areas. Subjects covered include:

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Brexit headlines—key overarching Brexit news updates and analysis
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Brexit legislation updates—updates on Brexit-related primary legislation and legislative preparation more broadly
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Brexit SI and sifting updates—updates

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Latest Public Law News

Commons Library examines Murphy's review of Windsor Framework's democratic oversight

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn MP, has commissioned an independent review of the Windsor Framework, led by Lord Murphy of Torfaen, with the report due by 10 July 2025. Established in February 2023 to amend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and avoid a hard border, the Framework is being examined to determine how it can operate with the support of all communities in Northern Ireland. This commission follows a 10 December 2024 vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly, which supported the continued application of EU law under the Framework without cross-community consent, thereby triggering a statutory requirement for review.

HM Treasury unveils ten-year Infrastructure Strategy with £725bn clean energy investment plan

HM Treasury, in partnership with the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, has unveiled a landmark ten-year Infrastructure Strategy as part of the Plan for Change. This detailed strategy commits at least £725bn to infrastructure investment through to 2035, with the dual aim of establishing the UK as a clean energy superpower and providing long-term investment certainty. It outlines aggressive 2030 clean power targets of 43–50 gigawatts (GW) offshore wind, 27–29 GW onshore wind, and 45–47 GW solar capacity, while allocating £9.4bn for carbon capture, usage and storage projects and £500m for hydrogen transport infrastructure. In addition, the strategy sets aside £14.2bn for the development of Sizewell C and £2.5bn for small modular reactor programmes, with Great British Energy set to invest £8.3bn in clean power projects, including £300m for offshore wind supply chains.

Weekly round-up of EU-UK TCA Specialised Committees’ publications—20 June 2025

This round-up includes details of publications made by Specialised Committees established by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) for the period from 13-19 June 2025.

IIEA analysis examines President Trump's tariffs' impact on Windsor Framework implementation

The Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) has published an analysis examining how President Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs, which set different rates for the UK and EU, affect Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework. The analysis highlights that Northern Ireland faces potential exposure to dual tariff regimes when the current 90-day pause expires on 9 July 2025. While businesses in Northern Ireland could theoretically benefit from this position, the IIEA notes these advantages depend on the arrangements becoming permanent.