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Brexit UK: Petrol shortage: customers still panic-buying, says fuel retail boss
Brian Madderson says filling stations are emptied within hours of a delivery as calls grow for the army to step in ...[Read more]
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EU lorry drivers will not help Britain ease its fuel crisis, union says
Official from Dutch-based FNV criticises visa plan as ‘dead end’ due to poor working conditions ...[Read more]
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Brexit UK: Sewage discharge rules eased over fears of chemical shortage
Sewage treatment chemicals have been added to the growing list of products in short supply because of the UK’s chronic lorry driver shortage, it has emerged. The government has told wastewater plants in England and Wales they may be able to discharge ef ...[Read more]
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Worker shortage will lead to UK food price rises, industry warns
Wholesale firms have been trying to mitigate rising costs ‘but will not be able to continue absorbing them’ ...[Read more]
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Food, beer, toys, medical kit. Why is Britain running out of everything?
Gaps on supermarket shelves. Fast food outlets pulling milkshakes and bottled drinks from their menus. Restaurants running out of chicken and closing. Empty vending machines. Online grocery orders full of substitutions. Fruit and vegetables rotting in the ...[Read more]
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100 days on, what impact has Brexit had on UK-EU trade?
Official UK figures in March showed the UK recorded a record fall in trade with the EU in January, as the economy struggled with post-Brexit rules and the pandemic. Goods exports plunged by 41% and imports by 29% as the UK's departure from the EU's single ...[Read more]
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Cracks in Northern Ireland?
The political situation in NI remains febrile, despite a pause in the rioting. Arlene Foster, the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) leader and Northern Ireland’s first minister, resigned after 6 turbulent years in that position. Foster would probably have ...[Read more]
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Northern Ireland suspends Brexit checks amid safety fears for port staff
Brexit checks on animal and food products arriving into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended amid fears over the safety of staff, Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry has said. The decision came after Mid and East Antrim borough council agreed ...[Read more]
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Brexit: Dutch officials seize ham sandwiches from British drivers
Dutch TV news has aired footage of customs officers confiscating ham sandwiches from drivers arriving by ferry from the UK under post-Brexit rules banning personal imports of meat and dairy products into the EU. Officials wearing high-visibility jackets a ...[Read more]
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The Brexit Deal Is Done But Services Are Likely To See Losses
A deal was found on Christmas eve and while both sides, Britain and the European Union, may have lost, the British loss seems bigger. The 1256 pages of the deal are mostly about trade in goods, not about trade in services. While there will be no tariffs a ...[Read more]
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit Deal (Or Not) Undermined By Incompetence
In 2016, BoJo Johnson travelled into the future and arrived at a post-Brexit Britain. The vista he faced pleased BoJo immensely. Writing in The Telegraph, the charlatan fantasist and future prime minister said of the panorama in front of him: “The marke ...[Read more]
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