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The biggest challenges the food industry currently faces from Brexit include delays caused by the 'impenetrability of paperwork', the shortage of vets and customs officials and dealing with the island of Ireland. That's according to trade bodies responding to questions from MPs in the latest meeting of the parliamentary committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union. Ian Wright, chief executive of the Food & Drink Federation (FDF), said the new era after the end of the Brexit transition period would entail a complete overhaul of the UK-EU supply chain...

Wednesday January 13, 2021, 6:44 PM Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is "very concerned" about a new variant of coronavirus which has been identified in Brazil. Mr Johnson, speaking at the Liaison Committee, insisted to senior MPs that the government was "taking steps" to ensure the new strain is not imported to the UK, but he did not specify what measures were being taken. He added how experts are looking into whether new strains of the virus - including one first identified in the UK and another first spotted in South Africa - are resistant to vaccines. He said there is no evidence ...

Free health insurance card launched to replaced EHIC after Brexit A REPLACEMENT for the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) has been launched today. The UK Government's department for health and social care said the new scheme will be called the Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC), despite only being valid in EU countries. It was negotiatied as part of the deal when the UK left the EU and will be free for people living in the UK. Those who have one will be entitled to free state-funded emergency or "medically necessary" healthcare when travelling in the EU. Those who still have a...

Britain Has Left The EU: But The Question Of How Free It Wants To Be Remains 07 January As Boris Johnson delivered his long-awaited trade deal with the EU, he seemed unclear on whether he felt the UK was going to have its cake and eat it – trade freely with the bloc, while diverging from its laws. Initially, he showed sensitivity towards Brussels by stopping short of calling it “cakeism”. Then he claimed it was just that, before alighting on a compromise: “Maybe it would be unduly provocative to say that this is a cakeist treaty; but it is certainly from the patisserie department.”

CAMPAIGNER Gina Miller has accused the Government of trying to stage a power-grab amid claims it has blocked MPs from properly debating Boris Johnson's EU trade deal.