BREXIT and the pandemic have left Fife Council short of everything from timber, bricks and plastics to food, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and microchips – and the disruption is "likely to get worse".
Businesses warn of goods shortages of as chaos builds at UK ports ahead of Brexit deadline
08/12/2020
Delays at ports getting worse after surge in demand for shipping as economy recovers and firms seek to build stockpiles.
'The government walking away from this EU deal just smacks of ideological dogma'
European scrutiny committee warns that UK approach risks access to vaccine
Government now wants close links with early warning system despite Brexit, source says.
Brussels says UK was briefed on bulk-buying plan and given ‘ample opportunity’ to join.
Senior Foreign Office official tells MPs that ministers refused scheme because UK had left EU.
Coronavirus: Three quarters of public favour working with EU to get vital protective equipment
16/04/2020
More than three quarters of the public think the UK should participate in EU schemes to secure vital protective equipment, as it emerged ministers passed on three opportunities to take part.
Britain did not take part in €1.5bn order for kit to protect against Covid-19 despite shortages in NHS.