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Latest news on Brexit and trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.
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New Brexit border tax ‘will cause chaos and food shortages' in weeks
- Importers will have to pay up to £145 to bring small amounts of food products into the UK from the end of April.
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- NewsThe Independent
Post Brexit changes linked to ‘collapse in confidence’ for UK farmers in food security crisis
A devastating new report has revealed a collapse in confidence among farmers since Brexit
- NewsThe Independent
New Brexit border checks chaos ‘masked’ by bank holiday weekend as businesses face delays and red tape
Leading trade expert has hinted the latest ‘Brexit red tape’ border system may have been introduced deliberately just before the bank holiday
- NewsThe Telegraph
Ireland’s blind hatred of Brexit has destroyed its borders. Starmer may do the same to ours
In 2017, when Britain began its disengagement talks with the EU, Ireland laid down two inviolable principles. First, no border: not so much as a matchstick to mark where the EU’s customs territory began. Second, no direct talks between the London and Dublin. If the Brits had anything to say, they should talk to Michel Barnier.
- NewsThe Guardian
UK flower industry thrown into chaos by new Brexit border checks
Firms said food and plant checks and Latin names causing costly delays with lorries waiting hours in first week of post-EU regime
- NewsThe Telegraph
How a non-dom shake-up risks triggering ‘a second Brexit moment’
When Jeremy Hunt announced plans to scrap non-dom tax status, the Chancellor said the change would mean those with the “broadest shoulders” pay more to the Exchequer.
- NewsThe Independent
Macron claims Brexit has ‘impoverished’ the UK in squabble with Downing Street
A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak disputed Emmanuel Macron’s comments, saying that Britain was “leading the pack” against illegal immigration
- NewsThe Guardian
Blackpool byelection shows Labour is back in Brexit-voting areas
Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss
- NewsSky News
Local elections 2024: Labour pulling off strong wins with 'truly historic' shock in Tory stronghold - as results show Brexit shift
Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results roll in from the local elections across England and Wales. The party was also buoyed by victory in the Blackpool South by-election, with a 26.33% swing from the Tories. Among the key council gains, Labour took Rushmoor in Hampshire, which the Conservatives had run for the last 24 years.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Letters: Ireland’s border antics make nonsense of the EU’s posturing on Brexit
SIR – The Brexit process was stymied for years by claims that instituting a hard border on the island of Ireland was not only impractical, but also immoral.
- NewsThe Telegraph
Pint-sized bottles of wine on shelves from September in post-Brexit shake-up
Pint-sized bottles of wine are expected to be allowed on shelves from September in a post-Brexit shake-up, a business minister has said.
