Crofting at Lochbroom SCOTLAND S CROFTING Federation has blasted the last minute Brexit deal with the EU as an inadequate stitch-up . The organisation has thrown its support behind the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament’s decision to decline consent for the trade deal. “It is clear that there is a ‘hard Brexit’ deal which is significantly inadequate and will have a detrimental impact on Scottish food-growing, a very EU-dependent sector, said chair of the SCF, Yvonne White. For example, negative impacts on live animal sales are predicted, with an increase in paperwork for buyers and hauliers. The producer will bear the brunt of the increased cost of sale, which could make hill lamb farming totally uneconomic. We are worried about supplies of inputs such as pharmaceuticals, and vegetable seed suppliers are already warning of shortages, which will affect croft vegetable production.
The British government is under pressure to ramp up vaccinations after making a significant commitment to inoculate 30 million people by the middle of February.
Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove said, “it’s important to stress that we want to progressively lift restrictions but what we need to do is make sure that as many people as possible, especially the vulnerable, first are vaccinated”.
Progress will be reviewed on February 15 from which restrictions could be slowly lifted.
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
The United Kingdom (UK) approved its second COVID-19 vaccine this week, while the European Union (EU) moved forward quickly with distribution of its first-approved vaccine to its Member States. United States (US) President Donald Trump signed another COVID relief measure linked to an Omnibus appropriations bill late on Sunday, after objecting initially to a number of provisions and calling for additional congressional action, which has kept the US Congress in Washington this week.
On the eve of Christmas Day, the UK and EU secured a deal outlining terms for the two trading partners after Britain exits the Customs Union on 31 December. This week, the EU also secured a deal with the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”) that addresses investments. Meanwhile, the US Government unveiled its new Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis (AIM) system and released two reports – one focused on human trafficking in the seafood su