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Watch: Vegetables discarded in field due to Brexit and Covid as divorce bill £5bn higher than expected
It comes as the Brexit "divorce bill" negotiated by the PM is up to £5 billion higher than the UK government expected.
‘Discriminatory’ travel update means family reunifications are ‘harder’
“Surely, the Pfizer vaccine we have in the UK is the same as British people in Romania or Romanians getting their vaccine in Romania have."
Tory MP to continue boycott and will miss final over stars taking the knee
"That’s their choice to take the knee, and it’s my choice not to watch the matches.”
Journalist fundraises for website to record UK government ‘lies’
"If people base their judgements on lies, they are treated as children, and that diminishes democracy.”
Johnson warns of a Jewish exodus from Northern Ireland due to Brexit protocol
The PM warned that access to kosher food is becoming "difficult", but said there were no plans for any concessions from the UK.
UK is ‘on its own’ post-Brexit, former EU chief negotiator says
“We negotiated a trade deal and instead of eliminating barriers, they created them," Michel Barnier said.
‘Cowardly’ thug who kicked police officer – while claiming he was protecting statues – spared jail
Alfie Hubbard was among a group of right-wing extremists patrolling the streets in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.
WHO warns of ‘epidemiological stupidity’ as infections rise by eight-fold in London
Countries are falling foul to the “dangerous assumption” that “everyone is protected” as cases spike, he said.
Brexit and Covid spark worst staff shortages since 1997
Recruitment firms are reporting acute hiring struggles across the economy as Brexit and Covid start to bite.