▁Britain ▁voted ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁European ▁Union ▁( Bre x it ) ▁by ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁the ▁IE A ▁has ▁lo bb ied ▁consist ently ▁for ▁a ▁hard ▁Bre x it ▁without ▁custom s ▁and ▁regul atory ▁alignment , ▁etc .; ▁a ▁report ▁it ▁published ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁proposed ▁using ▁Bre x it ▁to ▁remove ▁rules ▁protect ing ▁ag ency ▁workers , ▁to ▁der eg ulate ▁fin ance , ▁ann ul ▁the ▁rules ▁on ▁ha z ard ous ▁chemical s ▁and ▁weak en ▁food ▁lab elling ▁laws . ▁ ▁The ▁IE A ▁supports ▁priv at ising ▁the ▁National ▁Health ▁Service ▁( N HS ); ▁campaign s ▁against ▁controls ▁on ▁j unk ▁food ; ▁attacks ▁tr ades ▁un ions ; ▁and ▁def ends ▁zero - hour ▁contract s , ▁un pa id ▁intern ships ▁and ▁tax ▁ha vens . ▁Its ▁staff ▁frequently ▁appear ▁on ▁BBC ▁television ▁prom oting ▁these ▁positions . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁The ▁Guardian ▁accused ▁the ▁IE A ▁of ▁publishing ▁" at ▁least ▁four ▁books , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁multiple ▁articles ▁and ▁papers , ▁over ▁two ▁dec ades ▁suggesting ▁man made ▁climate ▁change ▁may ▁be ▁uncertain ▁or ▁ex agger ated ▁[ and ▁that ] ▁climate ▁change ▁is ▁either ▁not ▁significantly ▁driven ▁by ▁human ▁activity ▁or ▁will ▁be ▁positive ". ▁The ▁IE A ▁rejected ▁these ▁claims , ▁describing ▁them ▁as ▁" ent ire ly ▁un worth y ▁of ▁the ▁paper ’ s ▁proud ▁history ▁of ▁inqu iry ▁and ▁fair