Ahead of another vote in the Tory leadership race, former chancellor Rishi Sunak pledges to get rid of those pesky EU regulations and unleash Britain’s potential. Where have we heard that before?
Post-Brexit deal with New Zealand goes to Parliament despite ‘concerns’ over removing tariffs
26/10/2022
A post-Brexit deal between the UK and New Zealand will be “formally laid in Parliament” today despite concerns over its impact on UK producers.
New Government figures show a massive post-Brexit slump in UK exports to Germany, France, Italy and Spain – and reveal the UK failed to transition to key export markets such as the USA and China. The new International Trade Secretary, Kemi Badenoch, faces an uphill battle, warns ParcelHero.
LEVELLING up secretary Michael Gove has been caught out sharing misleading trade figures, according to a fact-checking organisation.
India supplies the NHS with a quarter of its medicines and changes to pharma monopoly rights and patent laws under leaked plans could see costs spiral.
Trade secretary had dismissed predictions by Office for Budget Responsibility. / Rishi Sunak has refused to accept Brexit has damaged the UK's trade with other countries – despite the government's own figures showing a sharp drop.
Former minister George Eustice admits Australia post-Brexit trade deal ‘not actually good for the UK’
14/11/2022
Tory former Environment Secretary says UK ‘gave away far too much for far too little in return’.
Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch has taken a swipe at ex-PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss for setting public deadlines in trade negotiations.
The government hail it as “momentous” - it’s just a simple memo with no extra money or cut in tariffs.
Brexit is to blame for the Dover travel misery blighting Britons’ Easter holiday trips to the Continent, a senior Tory MP said on Monday.
What is wrong with these people?': James O'Brien ridicules Kemi Badenoch's trans-Pacific trade deal [2 mins]
31/03/2023
James O’Brien asked Kemi Badenoch if "she's seen a map", as he argued that the trans-Pacific alliance is a weak alternative to the EU.
‘Brexit is a joke’: New analysis shows projected 0.08% from UK-Asia trade deal could be an overestimate
11/04/2023
Hidden in the small print of a technical document published by the Department for International Trade is an admission that officials could have juiced up the figures.
Rachel Donald looks at how the Trade Minister’s justification for a zero-tariff trade deal with Malaysia only accelerates global deforestation.
Forecasts suggest the UK will be 15 years late in hitting £1 trillion annual export target set by David Cameron before the Brexit referendum.
The UK government is set to break its promise to scrap all inherited EU laws by the end of 2023.
Fury among Eurosceptics over news that large sections of Brussels legislation will stay on statute books.
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said the Government will only be able to remove 800 of the retained laws before the end of 2023.
Only several hundred laws will now subject to Retained EU Law Bill’s 2023 sunset clause.
The government has announced a major climbdown over its Brexit plans to remove EU laws from British statue books by the end of the year.
The UK has ditched plans for a Brexit "bonfire" of retained EU law, with Rishi Sunak being accused of breaking his promises by a former Cabinet minister.
Britain’s bonfire of European Union laws has been reduced to embers.
THE SCOTTISH Government has welcomed No 10's decision to ditch its planned Brexit “bonfire" of EU laws.
Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash from Tory Brexiteers after ditching a promise to complete a “bonfire” of remaining EU-era laws by the end of the year.
The government has ditched its plan for thousands of EU-era laws to expire automatically at the end of the year.
Commons Speaker blasts Kemi Badenoch over EU laws bonfire U-turn: ‘Who do you think you are speaking to?’
11/05/2023
Lindsay Hoyle enraged by business secretary’s response to criticism.