The UK government is still failing to understand the country’s supply chains, say logistics operators, or recognise their anxiety as more Brexit regulations loom.

European media responded with shock and disbelief this morning after a minister in Northern Ireland ordered to end checks on food in his country and the UK declared it won’t do anything about it.

The government and its supporters are beginning to claim 'benefits' of being outside the European Union some of which were always available to EU member states or, in other cases, are not benefits at all.

Businesses say bloc has listened and gone ‘beyond expectations’, increasing their hopes of a deal.

Even the keenest Brexiteer must feel that the process has been tortuously long. / That has been, in large part, because successive British governments have refused to accept the trade-off between untrammelled sovereignty and friction-free access to the EU’s single market, a refusal that shapes today’s increasingly testy relationship.

MPs told of how Brexit bureaucracy leaves lorries stranded for hours without right paperwork.

UK firms warn that even with a trade deal, both sides need to phase-in changes to border checks over six months.

The EU is not contemplating blocking food supplies to Northern Ireland, a representative of the country's largest supermarkets has said.

Health certificates could add 40,000-pound cost per truck. / Supermarkets may pull out if business unviable: Trade group. / Extra paperwork required by Brexit will raise U.K. supermarkets’ cost of operating in Northern Ireland so much that some may pull out, a trade group warned.

Ministers’ letter confirms border control posts at ports of Belfast, Warrenpoint and Larne.

EU Commission warns time is running out after first committee meeting on NI protocol.

DUP isolated in backing plan, which could ‘destroy economy and Good Friday agreement’