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THE UK minister responsible for fishing rights has been urged to explain why a Scottish vessel was detained in France.
Government must engage more coherently with farmers, or new plans will ‘fall at first hurdle’, committee warns.
The Brexit trade deal hailed as a £148 million boost to the UK fishing fleet over the next five years will instead punish the industry to the tune of more than £300m, a new report says.
It comes as the Brexit "divorce bill" negotiated by the PM is up to £5 billion higher than the UK government expected.
Fears of ‘unimaginable’ supply chain collapse triggered by 60,000-strong shortfall of HGV drivers.
The number of seasonal workers applying to work at one Kent-based company is down 90% in the last two years and there are fears for the future.
Instead of protecting the natural world, the proposed Office for Environmental Protection ‘could undermine the rule of law’, and lead to worse damage than under EU, lawyers say
The fisheries minister has refused to say sorry for the government's handling of the post-Brexit shellfish saga amid tough questions from exporters whose sales to the European Union have been torpedoed since the New Year.
Talks on quotas collapsed on Friday, endangering jobs and threatening to push up price of fish and chips.
The UK has promised a greener and more pleasant land after breaking free of the EU’s farming subsidy programme. But some warn that the new plans could leave small farms at a disadvantage and leave British farmers on uneven and uncertain ground.
The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has highlighted ongoing concerns about the viability of upland farmers and commoners during the transition away from direct support in England.
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council has approved proposals from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to allow temporary veterinary registrants to undertake Official Veterinarian (OV) work at slaughterhouses.
Co-founder of Cheshire Cheese Company told by environment minister to look at US and Canada markets rather than EU.
"He can’t wriggle out of this one, the net is closing in on him," Luke Pollard said.
The European Union has told the UK shellfish industry that thousands of tonnes of oyster, mussel, clam, cockle and scallop exports are banned from the bloc indefinitely.
Patrick Murfet says he tried to import bees via Northern Ireland but was told they would be destroyed.
British beekeeper told his order of baby Italian bees would be ‘destroyed’ if he tries to import them
Exports of seafood and meat products to the EU have been disrupted since the end of the transition period on January 1st, with businesses of all sizes reporting losing money and trade due to bureaucratic border processes. ... House of Commons EFRA Committee today launch an inquiry into how the Government can support meat and fish exporters.
SCOTTISH sheep farmers have blasted a Tory minister's "laughable" claim about the potential for selling lamb to the EU after Brexit.
Confusion over ability to sell to Northern Ireland after 31 December hits farmers hard.
A disorderly break with the European Union at the end of the year poses a bigger threat to Britain’s food supplies than the coronavirus pandemic that saw supermarket shelves emptied, a Parliamentary committee warned.
Farmers are waking up to the effect Brexit could have on their industry, says PETER HETHERINGTON.
International trade minister Liz Truss is reportedly preparing a “big concession package” to secure a trade deal with Donald Trump and the United States.
Britain’s government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds of taxpayers’ money on preparations to leave the European Union, the public spending watchdog said on Friday, in the first detailed estimate of the cost of Brexit.