Liz Truss must beef up ‘toothless’ new trade body

Liz Truss must beef up ‘toothless’ new trade body to avoid ‘selling out’ British farmers in the rush to secure post-Brexit deals, campaigners warn People think there is ‘limited protection against cheap, low-quality food imports’ The advisory body trade and agriculture commission was launched last month There have also been protests that the commission will not … Read more

Liz Truss must beef up ‘toothless’ new trade body

Liz Truss must beef up ‘toothless’ new trade body to avoid ‘selling out’ British farmers in the rush to secure post-Brexit deals, campaigners warn People think there is ‘limited protection against cheap, low-quality food imports’ The advisory body trade and agriculture commission was launched last month There have also been protests that the commission will not … Read more

Boris Johnson hires Brexit-backing ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott to help lead global trade push

Tony Abbott, who led the Antipodean nation from 2013-15, is said to have been hired as joint president of the Board of Trade and help shape the UK’s new commerce relationship with the world A right-wing former Australian prime minister forced out of power by his own party after just two years is to help … Read more

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is made president of the UK’s Board of Trade

Tony Abbott gets a job! Former prime minister becomes a UK trade envoy 15 months after leaving politics – as Scott Morrison says he is a ‘good hire’ Ex Australian PM Tony Abbott will become president of the UK’s Board of Trade The 62-year-old will tasked with helping Britain strike trade deals around world  He … Read more

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is made president of the UK’s Board of Trade

Tony Abbott gets a job! Former prime minister becomes a UK trade envoy 15 months after leaving politics – as Scott Morrison says he is a ‘good hire’ Ex Australian PM Tony Abbott will become president of the UK’s Board of Trade The 62-year-old will tasked with helping Britain strike trade deals around world  He … Read more

Rishi Sunak to axe ‘Facebook tax’ on US tech giants deciding it is ‘more trouble than it’s worth’

Rishi Sunak plans to axe the £500million-a-year ‘Facebook tax’ on US tech giants after deciding that angering Donald Trump is ‘more trouble than it’s worth’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to ditch the ‘Facebook tax’ on big tech companies He reportedly decided The Digital Services Tax is ‘more trouble than it is worth’  The tax is … Read more

Rishi Sunak to axe ‘Facebook tax’ on US tech giants deciding it is ‘more trouble than it’s worth’

Rishi Sunak plans to axe the £500million-a-year ‘Facebook tax’ on US tech giants after deciding that angering Donald Trump is ‘more trouble than it’s worth’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to ditch the ‘Facebook tax’ on big tech companies He reportedly decided The Digital Services Tax is ‘more trouble than it is worth’  The tax is … Read more

Liz Truss is warned she faces Tory rebellion unless she guarantees protection for British farmers

Liz Truss is warned she faces a ‘brick wall’ of Tory rebellion unless she guarantees protection for British farmers in post-Brexit trade deal with the US International Trade Secretary was warned to expect a fresh revolt from Tory MPs Urged to guarantee ‘in law’ not to sell out UK’s food production standards  Comes after Ms Truss unveiled … Read more

RSPCA attacks Liz Truss’s trade panel as undermining Britain’s world-leading food standards

The UK’s largest animal welfare charity has warned that the new Trade and Agriculture Commission is a ‘Trojan horse’ that risks undermining the nation’s world-leading farm and food standards. Giving its backing to The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Family Farms campaign, the RSPCA criticised the Government’s failure to guarantee that the UK’s tough welfare … Read more

RSPCA attacks Liz Truss’s trade panel as undermining Britain’s world-leading food standards

The UK’s largest animal welfare charity has warned that the new Trade and Agriculture Commission is a ‘Trojan horse’ that risks undermining the nation’s world-leading farm and food standards. Giving its backing to The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Family Farms campaign, the RSPCA criticised the Government’s failure to guarantee that the UK’s tough welfare … Read more