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At the last general election, all of you stood on a platform of “getting Brexit done”. / Voters were told in your party’s manifesto that this would “unleash the potential of our whole country” and “transform the UK for the better”.
Many Brits will be forced to go without a Christmas turkey this year because of Brexit labour shortages, MPs were told this afternoon.
Cornwall may only get a maximum of £3million of cash from the Government to directly replace the £100m it could have been eligible for if the UK had remained in the EU, it has been claimed.
‘Red Wall’ and other poor parts of England will lose as much as £1 billion of development cash this year because of Brexit, dashing Boris Johnson’s pledge to “level up” Britain.
UK food shortages: Rural areas and summer holiday favourites at ‘back of queue’ for deliveries
22/07/2021
As supermarket giants pile pressure on suppliers to serve cities and bigger towns, shops in rural areas and tourist hotspots such as Cornwall, Norfolk and the Highlands stand to be overlooked.
‘Stitched up and sold out’: UK’s fishing crews outraged at Brexit betrayal five years after referendum
23/06/2021
On the fifth anniversary of the vote to leave the EU, many in the fishing industry feel betrayed by a trade deal that effectively sacrificed one of the key promises of the Leave campaign.
Cornwall Council closes Brussels office
10/06/2021
Cornwall Council has started the process of closing down its Brussels office in response to the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
In another example of post-Brexit trade problems, many UK fishermen are now struggling to export their catch to the EU.
Express goes bananas over EU
03/06/2016
The staunchly eurosceptic Daily Express has published a listicle about the “amazing things we get back if we leave EU”. / “From powerful vacuums to straight banana’s (sic), here are all the things we’ll get back if we vote out,” the paper says. / The piece has been getting widely shared online. But does it pass the FactCheck test?
Time-sensitive seafood exports have been hit hard as the fishing industry struggles to deal with long-winded paperwork and new rules
In Newlyn, anger at red tape and the falling price of fish looks certain to be felt at council polls.
Businesses have been hit hard by Brexit, according to research by an affiliation on Chambers of Commerce in the region.
Fields of flowers worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are being left to rot in Cornwall.
Officers from as far afield as Gwent in Wales, Devon and Cornwall and Yorkshire have all been moved to the county to deal with the contingency plans brought in to deal with the change in rules when travelling to EU countries.
Cornwall’s Varfell Farms doesn’t have enough pickers as Cornish workers don’t last.
The moves are reminiscent of other changes to fish names to make them sound more appealing. Patagonian toothfish, for example, was changed to become Chilean seabass in the United States and Canada.
Cornish fishers renaming species unpopular with British buyers after Brexit disrupts EU market
09/02/2021
Megrim and spider crab will be rebranded in desperate attempt to boost domestic market.
In another example of post-Brexit trade problems, many UK fishermen are now struggling to export their catch to the EU.
'There won’t be a fishing industry in five years at this rate'
Cornish exporters 'struggling' to get goods like meat and fish into EU since Brexit signing
31/01/2021
Cornwall Chamber of Commerce says some are reporting long delays and even being refused entry
Cornish fishermen are concerned about the future of their jobs as shellfish exports to the European Union have stopped since the UK left the EU.
Two different programmes since 1999 have brought nearly £800 million to dozens of projects.
Conservative councillors say EU base is ‘waste of taxpayer money’.
Critical report by Council of Europe calls for more support for Cornish, Irish and Ulster Scots.