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UK to delay start of health and safety checks on EU imports – report
New post-Brexit border checks ‘set to zero’ to avoid what Defra calls risk of serious disruptionThe...
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Brussels proposes return to pre-Brexit mobility for UK and EU young people
Commission to seek approval from leaders to start talks with UK on visa-free exchanges for 18-...
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Garden centres in UK stockpile plants before new Brexit checks
British growers and sellers fear government measures starting on 30 April could result in delays and...
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‘It’s catastrophic’: Italian restaurants in London struggle to find staff post-Brexit
UK hospitality industry hit by crisis as thousands of young Italians are forced out by latest...
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New Brexit checks will cause food shortages in UK, importers warn
Rules due to come in this month will impose new handling fees – and experts say...
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Michael Gove admits to ‘moral cowardice’ during Brexit campaign
Levelling up secretary says he should have been upfront with David Cameron about his role in...
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Brexit import charges may mean rise in food prices, say trade groups
Fees of up to £145 on EU animal and plant products through Dover and Folkestone begin...
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British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for...
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Migrant workers at greater risk of modern slavery after Brexit, research finds
Exclusive: Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages expose people to ‘hyper-precarity’ and exploitationVisas created hastily...
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Dover health authority says inland border facility will be ‘open door for disease’
Sevington site was never designed to handle volume of imports envisaged by post-Brexit changes due in...
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Food trade bodies consider legal action over post-Brexit ‘not for EU’ labelling
Producers say the labelling could add £250m a year to their costs, further fuelling inflationFood industry...
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Brexit has cost UK food companies exporting to EU an extra £170m
Exclusive: Data shows costs have contributed to value of meat exports falling by 17% since 2019Food...
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Dover Port health body fears gangs of meat smugglers looking to bypass new post-Brexit checks
Authority weighs up legal action against government over new checks on imported meat taking place 22...
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‘It’s all a bit marginal’: claims of Brexit trade perks don’t add up, say firms
A business department report trumpeting the four-year benefits of leaving the EU does not match the...
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Northern Ireland government to reconvene after two-year DUP boycott
Assembly members to gather at Stormont to restore power sharing under Sinn Féin first ministerNorthern Ireland’s...
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Northern Ireland to get new Brexit trade rules in deal to restore power sharing
‘UK internal market’ to be created to ease unionist fears over de facto border in the...
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UK minister: Brexit checks ‘price you pay for being a sovereign state again’
Andrea Leadsom says businesses experiencing ‘some friction’ should ‘adapt’ to changes in trade rulesBusiness live –...
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Northern Ireland will no longer automatically have to follow EU laws under deal to restore power sharing, DUP leader says – politics live
The DUP has endorsed a deal with the UK government to restore power sharing in NI,...
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Tuesday briefing: The late night vote to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland
In today’s newsletter: how the DUP finally brought two-year boycott of Stormont assembly to an end•...
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Brexit border rules could cut shelf life of fresh food from EU by a fifth, say experts
Requirement for importers to give 24 hours’ notice of deliveries described as ‘unfeasible’ by suppliersNew Brexit...
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UK walks away from post-Brexit Canada trade talks ‘over hormones in beef’ – business live
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as Canada says UK was unwilling to...
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UK suspends trade talks with Canada after claims ‘progress is not being made’
Talks that began in 2022 halted amid unhappiness on both sides about lack of access to...
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New Brexit checks ‘pose existential threat’ to UK fruit and flower growers
Exclusive: NFU warns blanket import checks from April could fuel long delays and damage future cropsThe...
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Sadiq Khan: ‘Free young people from Brexit work and travel ban’
London mayor calls for ‘youth mobility agreement’ in one of the most pro-European interventions by a...