British patrol boat boards Irish trawler and stops it from fishing contested Rockall waters in first post-Brexit fisheries clash The Northern Celt was boarded and its skipper told he can no longer fish Skipper said a Scottish patrol vessel told him he couldn’t fish around Rockall Outcrop lies 260 miles west of Scotland’s Western Isles … Read more
Ministers finalise £100m post-Brexit package to revive British fishing fleet so it can land catches normally taken by the French and Dutch Ministers are finalising plans for a £100million post-Brexit fishing package The scheme was promised last month as the government faced criticism Fisherman said it compromised on important issues to finally secure a trade … Read more
Ministers finalise £100m post-Brexit package to revive British fishing fleet so it can land catches normally taken by the French and Dutch Ministers are finalising plans for a £100million post-Brexit fishing package The scheme was promised last month as the government faced criticism Fisherman said it compromised on important issues to finally secure a trade … Read more
Michael Gove today insisted the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU will put British fishermen in a ‘stronger position’ but industry chiefs blasted they believe they will be ‘absolutely worse off’. The Minister for the Cabinet Office defended the terms of Boris Johnson’s trade accord as he said fishermen will see a ‘significant uptick’ … Read more
Michael Gove today insisted the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal will put British fishermen in a ‘stronger position’ than they were in the EU but industry chiefs blasted they believe they will be ‘absolutely worse off’. The Minister for the Cabinet Office defended the terms of Boris Johnson’s trade accord as he said fishermen will see … Read more
Boris Johnson today boasted that the UK will have ‘prodigious’ quantities of extra fish thanks to his Brexit deal – despite admitting he had made concessions to the EU. The historic agreement struck with Brussels will mean Britain claws back 25 per cent of the bloc’s existing catch over the next five and a half … Read more
Boris Johnson today boasted that the UK will have ‘prodigious’ quantities of extra fish thanks to his Brexit deal – despite admitting he had made concessions to the EU. The historic agreement struck with Brussels will mean Britain claws back 25 per cent of the bloc’s existing catch over the next five and a half … Read more
Downing Street was ‘incandescent’ when France announced its UK travel ban on Sunday night and is convinced Emmanuel Macron is trying to use the crisis to force Britain to cave in during Brexit trade talks, it was claimed today. Number 10 yesterday publicly dismissed suggestions that there may be a Brexit element to Mr Macron’s … Read more
No Deal Brexit looms as the EU mounts a last-minute ‘ambush’ over fishing rights and negotiations are ‘expected to finish by Christmas one way or another’ Government sources said it was ‘widely accepted’ no agreement was imminent No 10 was infuriated by ultimatum from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier Would have allowed Brussels to impose … Read more
No Deal Brexit looms as the EU mounts a last-minute ‘ambush’ over fishing rights and negotiations are ‘expected to finish by Christmas one way or another’ Government sources said it was ‘widely accepted’ no agreement was imminent No 10 was infuriated by ultimatum from EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier Would have allowed Brussels to impose … Read more