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Farmers fear a no-tariff deal could see the UK flooded with cheap and lower-quality meat (Getty Images)
Opposition to the UK government’s prospective Australia trade deal continues to rage, with farmers claiming the proposals are “wholly irresponsible” and the SNP throwing down a gauntlet for Scottish secretary Alister Jack to “fight back” or resign.
Reports this week that – following fierce opposition within cabinet – international trade secretary Liz Truss had been given the go-ahead by Boris Johnson to offer a 15-year transition period eventually allowing Australian exporters unfettered access to the UK market, free of protections requested by British farmers, were immediately met with outcry.
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18 May 2021
An employee stands before a costume for the Queen of Hearts by Bob Crowley on display at the Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
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17 May 2021
Passengers prepare to board an easyJet flight to Faro, Portugal, at Gatwick Airport after the ban on international leisure travel for people in England was lifted following the further easing of lockdown restrictions in England
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16 May 2021
Emergency workers at the scene of a suspected gas explosion, in which a young child was killed and two people were seriously injured, on Mallowdale Ave Heysham which caused 2 houses to collapse and badly damaged another