Brexit is having its impact already, notably on the economy, with businesses freezing investment decisions (this morning's good news from GSK notwithstanding); shoppers holding off on planned purchases; house prices falling; and unemployment predicted to rise. The scientific community is also finding the landscape more complicated, apparently, with EU funds being lost to some long-term studies, and British scientists excluded from some new projects, for fear that their presence will jeopardise the chances of successful funding.
Even those in favour of leaving Europe anticipated economic problems – which they expect to be short-term – and our latest article from carer, Laura Graham, highlights the difficulties family carers face from further austerity and other consequences of Brexit.
Click to read Carer's Voice: What Does Brexit Mean to Carers?