@thetimes: A thriving economy, low tax, free childcare and £2.40 pints. Ten years after the Brexit vote, The Sunday Times meets the Brits with very good reasons for making new lives in Warsaw and Krakow.⁠ ⁠ Poland’s long and turbulent history of partitions, occupations and invasions has fuelled waves of mass migration over the centuries. But the biggest wave, undoubtedly, came after Poland voted to join the EU in 2003. ⁠ ⁠ At that time one in five people in Poland were unemployed and grateful when the prime minister Tony Blair opened Britain’s borders to help fuel a booming UK economy. By 2016 there were close to a million Poles living in Britain, many of them tradesmen seeking a better standard of living.⁠ ⁠ But a decade after the Brexit referendum, Britain is not looking so appealing. Not only are Polish people going home in increasing numbers — 25,000 Poles left the UK last year, with only 7,000 arriving — British people are following them ⁠ #poland #unitedkingdom #brexit #plumber #news

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Sunday 14 June 2026 14:30:00 GMT