Liz Truss: EU membership created ‘defensive, outdated’ trade attitude
The international trade secretary said Brexit meant ditching long-held "assumptions and attitudes".
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
The international trade secretary said Brexit meant ditching long-held "assumptions and attitudes".
The Food and Drink Federation said Lord Frost's latest delay"penalises those who follow government advice".
One couple had sold their home in Brussels and are now having to move between Airbnbs with their children because of a Home Office rejection.
"Lord Frost trying to cement his reputation as the worst negotiator of all time here," wrote Ian Dunt.
“We’ve already seen the number of people wanting to do their HGV driving test literally fall off a cliff, with only 9,000 being completed in 2019, that was before Brexit and it was well before Covid."
"To be honest, it’s very hard on my son. We tried to make light of it, just saying we are going on vacation, but he misses his father," one British mother whilst being forced apart by Brexit from her French husband.
An additional £600m in costs hit British importers since Brexit came into force, taxes which were not required when Britain was in EU's single market.
It is now "abundantly clear" that the deal struck with the EU was a "terrible deal for Britain", the deputy editor said.
“It’s scary stuff when you consider that British applicants might have sold up in the UK to buy their dream home here, shipped all their furniture and belongings over and their pets - what do they do?” a representative for British immigrants in Spain said.
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