Following the EEF’s report on Piecing Together the Puzzle: Getting UK Manufacturing Productivity Growth Back on Trend, please see below CMI's comment from Rob Wall, Head of Policy at the Chartered Management Institute:

A post-Brexit hard border in Northern Ireland could put lives at risk, ministers have been warned, as new figures revealed that hundreds of emergency vehicles have crossed the frontier in the past two years.

Dominic Raab today set the clock ticking on securing a final Brexit deal with the EU as he said negotiations must conclude by the end of November.

Ministers will only agree to extend the Brexit transition period if plans for a Northern Ireland backstop are dropped, Dominic Raab has said.

Civil servants have reportedly begun contingency planning for a second Brexit referendum amid fears Theresa May is unable to get parliament to back a deal.

Fear of a no-deal Brexit is already forcing big businesses to plan job cuts, a major industry lobby group has warned.

Vince Cable will today tell anti-Brexit demonstrators that his generation is "betraying" the young over Brexit.

The Mayor of London has announced £10 million for ambitious councils that want to boost their role in building new homes in the capital. 

Jeremy Hunt has suggested his controversial comparison between the EU and the Soviet Union eased the logjam in Brexit negotiations.

A Cabinet minister has warned Theresa May against extending the Brexit transition period if it means forcing the UK to abide by EU fishing rules for longer.

DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds has rejected calls for the post-Brexit transition period to be extended, claiming it would cost the UK billions and not break the Irish border deadlock.

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The DUP's backing for Brexit has seen them backed into a constitutional corner, says Andrew McQuillan.

Theresa May has prompted fury from her own party after saying she would consider extending the UK's Brexit transition period by a “matter of months”.

Theresa May last night indicated that the UK could remain tied to EU rules for an extra 12 months in a bid to break the ongoing deadlock over the Irish border.

A Commons vote on Theresa May's Brexit agreement must be a straight 'deal or no deal' choice, Dominic Raab has said.

Theresa May has insisted that her Brexit plan is not "dead" as she prepared to head to Brussels amid deadlocked talks with the EU.

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, has welcomed the fall in UK inflation, but warned that government IR35 tax policy is still a major worry for self-employed people.

The United States is ready to start talks on a trade deal “as soon as” Britain leaves the EU, Donald Trump's trade envoy has declared.

The EU is willing to extend the post-Brexit transition period in an attempt to break the deadlock which has seen negotiations grind to a halt, the Irish deputy Prime Minister has said.

Philip Hammond has been accused of reigniting "Project Fear" as he warned ministers Britain will still face a hefty Brexit divorce bill if it fails to secure a trade deal with the EU.

Sir John Major has said that Brexiteers "will never be forgotten nor forgiven" as he warned that leaving the European Union could also lead to the break-up of the UK.

Donald Tusk has demanded Theresa May produce "concrete proposals" on how to solve the Irish border row as he wrote off the chances of a Brexit deal being agreed at a crunch EU summit this week.

Consistent, institutionalised late payment is not an industry practice, but a business failing, says NFB.