Animal welfare faces ‘clear and present danger’ from post-Brexit trade deals, study warns
28/07/2022
Claim that UK farming at risk if ‘soft’ approach pursued with countries with ‘less qualms’ about quality.
Australia deal will cause £94m blow to UK farming, fishing and forestry, government admits
21/12/2021
Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with Australia will damage the UK’s agriculture and food sectors by hundreds of millions of pounds, according to the government’s own impact assessment.
Country’s claim that meat exports are suffering wins support from 14 countries.
THE UK Government has been accused of treating Scotland’s farmers as “expendable” as the trade deal with Australia comes into effect.
Australia trade deal to cause £94m hit to UK farming, forestry and fishing, Government study reveals
20/12/2021
Post-Brexit free trade deal will cause a ‘reallocation of resources within the economy’ including a £225m hit to semi-processed food, the Government’s own impact assessment says.
Australia trade deal will deliver minimal benefit to UK economy and poses risks for farmers, say experts
15/06/2021
Farmers fear that deal will mean they risk being undercut by cheap imports made to lower animal welfare standards.
Australia trade deal would cause cruelty not tolerated in UK and betray the public, warns RSPCA
19/05/2021
Agreement would undermine major overhaul of animal-welfare laws announced to fanfare last week, campaigners say.
Investigation finds areas of cleared land in Queensland likely to be habitats for threatened species.
Former trade negotiator Dmitry Grozoubinski celebrates the "virtually unprecedented result" for Australia in the trade deal with the UK, telling James O'Brien "we've not heard" any benefits for Brits.
If you don't laugh, you'll cry. The anchors on Channel 9 news have been having a good giggle at Brexit this week.
Talk at this week’s NFU conference will be alive with financial, labour and competition concerns.
Ian Blackford suggested that the UK's proposed trade deal with Australia would send 'farmers down under'.
THE SNP have slammed Boris Johnson for “betraying” Scottish farmers over plans to go ahead with a tariff-free trade deal with Australia.
Boris Johnson has laughed off claims that he's planning “planning to throw our farmers and crofters under the Brexit bus” over trade negotiations with Australia.
'Obviously if we can’t then we will have the very good option also of an Australian-style arrangement,' says PM.
Boris Johnson has been warned his prospective free trade deal with Australia could “decimate” the British farming industry, as opposition parties unite against a zero-tariff agreement.
Phil Hogan notes the EU does not have a deal with Australia.
Boris Johnson’s free trade deal with Australia could cause devastation on a scale with the Highland Clearances, a former Scottish Government minister has claimed.
Brexit deal winners ‘are Australian producers, Australian farmers, indeed Australia full stop’
17/06/2021
The comments, from the acting Australian PM, will send shivers down the spine of the British farming community.
BRITONS are turning to Queensland to escape the Brexit blues, with new figures showing a spike in the number of UK property seekers searching for a piece of paradise in the sunshine state.
George Eustice lambasts Liz Truss for arbitrarily ‘setting the clock against us’ and calls on top civil servant to quit.
It comes after a former environment secretary criticised the treatment of farmers in the UK-Australia trade pact.
Ministers criticised for failing to fight for ‘ambitious’ commitments to cut CO2 emissions.