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Chaos at ports caused by EU border closures has set back the UK’s efforts to reassure foreign customers post-Brexit, the food industry has said. Food and Drink Federation boss Ian Wright said UK exporters wanted to make sure foreign firms could rely on their supply chains after 1 January. But the current crisis had harmed .
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Kent lorry chaos could get WORSE: Officials are performing as few as 200 tests an hour - meaning 10,000 stranded truckers could take DAYS to clear threatening food shortages after clashes with police and blockades
Truckers try to force their way past police guarding Port of Dover as hundreds leave cabs and walk along road
Jeering and whistling with some shouting: Open the border , We just want to go home and F you, Boris!
France announced travel ban on all traffic from UK on Sunday night after emergence of new Covid-19 strain
Decision meant Port of Dover was dramatically closed to all freight vehicles leaving the UK for next 48 hours
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London: One of Boris Johnson s favourite cabinet ministers has claimed the British government has been ahead of the curve in managing the country s coronavirus pandemic.
Home Secretary Priti Patel made the claim before the country hit a record-high number of new daily infections - 36,804.
Britain now has Europe s second-highest death toll, after Italy, with 691 new fatalities taking the death tally to 68,307.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel.
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The government is not ruling out an even tougher lockdown in the new year and there is the possibility that students will be told not to return to the classroom.
But Patel defended the government s management as ahead of the curve.