Anthony Rayner: Two months on - a Brexit progress report

The European Union (EU) referendum was more than two months ago but progress on what Brexit will actually mean - never mind any sense as to when an agreement will be reached - has been slow. Nevertheless, there are some developments worth highlighting around political pressure points and the economic impact so far. There are a number of reasons why progress has been so slow - not least that there was little planning for a Brexit scenario ahead of the result. At the same time, the implications of the result are numerous and complex - for example, unpicking and then re-establishing trade a...