Cabinet row erupts over post-Brexit trade deal with Australia

George Eustice and Liz Truss are locked in an ‘absolutely ferocious’ row over the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with Australia amid fears it could result in the ‘slow death of British farming’.  The Environment Secretary and the International Trade Secretary are reportedly split on whether to grant Australian farmers tariff-free access to the UK.  Mr … Read more

Brexit booze bonus as Liz Truss claims Australian wine will become CHEAPER under new trade deal

Brexit booze bonus as Liz Truss claims Australian wine will become CHEAPER in the UK under terms of new trade deal she is agreeing with Canberra The ‘vast majority’ of a free trade deal with Australia has been agreed Ms Truss said that it included provisions that would make wine cheaper here Also opens up  … Read more

Liz Truss blasts Dom Cummings over ‘tittle-tattle’ claim that PM’s flat refurb may have been illegal

Liz Truss says Dominic Cummings’ bombshell claim that the £200,000 renovation of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat may have been ‘illegal’ is ‘tittle-tattle’ – but does not deny that Tory donors originally helped fund it By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:07 BST, 25 April 2021 | Updated: 10:17 BST, 25 April 2021 … Read more

Post-Brexit trade: US drops tariffs on whisky, cashmere and Stilton imports from UK

US drops tariffs on whisky, cashmere and Stilton as trade deal with Britain inches closer – two months after Liz Truss axed fees on American imports US said millions worth of tariffs on Scotch and other goods would be suspended Cashmere and cheese are also set to benefit from the American relaxation Comes a month … Read more

America drops tariffs on whisky, cashmere and Stilton after splitting UK from charges imposed on EU

US drops tariffs on whisky, cashmere and Stilton as trade deal with Britain inches closer – two months after Liz Truss axed fees on American imports US said millions worth of tariffs on Scotch and other goods would be suspended Cashmere and cheese are also set to benefit from the American relaxation Comes a month … Read more

Boost for Brexit Britain as Liz Truss says US trade deal is ‘in the pipeline’

Boost for Brexit Britain as Liz Truss says US trade deal is ‘in the pipeline’ as she announces the UK is applying to join a £9trillion pan-Pacific free trade area next year The Trade Secretary said that a deal with Washington is ‘in the pipeline’   Britain wants to join CPTPP tariff-free trade group of Pacific … Read more

Boris Johnson to give Liz Truss more senior role in plans to promote female ministers in reshuffle 

Boris Johnson is to give Liz Truss a more senior Government role as he plans to promote a raft of female ministers in Cabinet reshuffle Reshuffle aims to promote female ministers to address PM’s ‘woman problem’  International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to be handed more senior Cabinet post  Junior ministers Kemi Badenoch, Lucy Frazer, Gillian … Read more