Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says
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UK flower industry thrown into chaos by new Brexit border checks
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Brexit border bewilderment. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. No, it doesn't discuss the local elections results, but instead has the latest on import controls plus a deep dive into the convoluted issues beneath the Ireland-UK asylum row: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/brexit…

Coutts plans to move £2bn out of the City: It will now have 65% of its assets in North American, 13% in Europe, and just 3% in Brexit Britain. standard.co.uk/business/coutt…

'Britain is an estimated £140 billion a year poorer than it would have been in the EU. Trade in goods is down 15%. GDP growth lags the average for the EU, the G7 and the OECD. Investment stagnated for seven years after the referendum.' @Sensemaker
- How long will we stay stupid?

3.4tonnes of rotten carcasses and cheese dripping with blood in black sacks and duct tape seized at Dover last weekend👇

Well yes, when you dither about checks for 3yrs and since yesterday still wave it through with a wink wink, nudge nudge, crooks know where to send dodgy stuff

Remember when as EU members we had Blue flagged beaches and clean seas. news.sky.com/story/shellfis…

Incredible footage!

Every single one of these police officers is a hero. Thank you for running into danger to keep us all safe 🙏

Sadly 22% of police officers plan to resign in the next two years because of poor pay, declining mental health and low morale

The Police…

George Eustice lied his socks off on Andrew Marr this evening, including giving utter bollox about farming income doubling since Brexit.

Here’s the position for Poultry 👇

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Horrendous, chaotic & expensive.
That'll be the Tories, that'll be their Brexit.

Thanks to Brexit, we’ll all now have to pay more for our food, small biz will be more strained, and we’ll almost certainly lose the full variety of foods we have now.

But don’t worry!! The govt will spend the customs charges on… customs barriers! 🛃

Happy Brexit Day everyone!

Even though they promised utopia it was going to be hellishly bad.

There is no more pretending Brexit was anything but ludicrously bad decision!

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Ranvir Singh, 'Price of food imported from the EU to rise because of Brexit border checks coming into force today'

'The additional Brexit red tape, will cost the food industry £200,000,000 which will mean higher prices at the till'

Grocer, David Josephs, 'The new Brexit…

Reaping what you sow in #Brexit Britain : 'existential threat facing horticulture growers’ access to improved varieties post- #Brexit ' seedworld.com/europe/2024/04…

'Post-Brexit checks will add more than £330m to annual business costs and 0.2% to food inflation over three years, the government admitted.'
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There ain’t no bonus like a #Brexit bonus: trade agreements of limited benefit to #Brexit Britain, says trade expert. #Brexit Reality #Brexit BreaksBritain #Brexit IsntWorking #Brexit Shambles #Brexit Disaster
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The number of British civil servants has exploded since Brexit. That's because many civil service tasks were previously pooled with other EU countries, leading to enormous savings. All those tasks now have to be covered by the UK on its own – adding to costs and bureaucracy.

'Since the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, a number of other financial companies have set about relocating dealmaking teams from London to continental European cities.' thelondoneconomic.com/business-econo…

Only the Lib Dems can defeat the Conservatives in the Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Election. For a fresh approach to policing vote for Sean Prendergast on 2 May. stopthetories.vote/pcc/hertfordsh…

New salary threshold makes it difficult to hire ‘the brightest and best’ in #BrexitBritain