A significant amount of the UK’s meat production may become non-compliant for export to the EU if proposed changes are implemented, the sheep sector has warned.
British beekeeper told his order of baby Italian bees would be ‘destroyed’ if he tries to import them
RUMOURS that surfaced this week over the watering-down or scrapping of farm payments that rewards landowners for their environmental work has stoked anger amongst the Cumbrian farming community.
Patrick Murfet says he tried to import bees via Northern Ireland but was told they would be destroyed.
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.
Shadow international trade minister Gareth Thomas asked Defra what assessment it has made of the reasons for the UK florist industry's decline in trade with the EU.
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.
Brexit bonfire of EU laws could let water companies conceal sewage discharges, campaigners warn
14/03/2023
The Environmental Information Regulation allows the public to demand data from private water companies, but it is at risk of being scrapped by the Government.
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.
Exclusive: recruiters told military-style operation could stay open for two years.
Defra also confirms enforcing NDAs despite Theresa May’s criticism of such contracts.
Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals.
The UK's Environment Information Regulations have enabled researchers and campaigners to force water firms to publish data on river pollution, but they may be scrapped as part of the Brexit process.
The U.K. government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) preparing for Brexit since the 2016 referendum, according to figures released by the National Audit Office.
Brexit to put 1m penguins at risk as Falklands loses EU funding for conservation, Islands minister warns
03/08/2018
Island ministers 'yet to see any firm proposals' on UK replacement funding.
Brexit: despatches from the downside – No 19
27/01/2024
This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.
The NFU warned Britain had been left for years without proper checks and balances on food imports from EU.
Britain uses Brexit freedoms to continue use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticide banned in the EU
24/01/2023
Ministers have approved the emergency use of neonicotinoids against the advice of their own experts in a move branded ‘unacceptable’ by environmental groups.
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.
Brussels official says UK has ‘non-regression obligation’ to protect waters as part of trade deal.
Almost 50% decline shows need for veterinary deal to ease ‘red tape mountain’, says Labour.
Call in army to get goods to shops after driver shortage sparked by Brexit and Covid, government told [1 min]
03/07/2021
Fears of ‘unimaginable’ supply chain collapse triggered by 60,000-strong shortfall of HGV drivers.
Confusion over ability to sell to Northern Ireland after 31 December hits farmers hard.
Civil Service jobs: Scaling back to pre-Brexit figures is illogical as UK has more governance now, expert says
13/05/2022
Institute of Government says there is more work for the Civil Service to do now that the UK has left the EU