Dominic Cummings wields axe over Cabinet ‘leakers’ Liz Truss, Ben Wallace and Robert Buckland – who are at the top of Boris Johnson’s hitlist in his next reshuffle Friends of Ms Truss are feeling very pessimistic about her career prospects It followed the leaking of a letter she wrote to Rishi Sunak and Michael Gove … Read more
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
Food panel ‘must have teeth’: Tory MPs tell Liz Truss to beef up post-Brexit plans to safeguard British farmers from sub-standard US food imports Tory MPs say a panel to advise on post-Brexit trade deals must have real teeth The ‘trade and agriculture’ commission was announced by Liz Truss last week The Mail on Sunday … Read more
Chlorine-washed chicken is NOT on the table: Trade Secretary Liz Truss insists a ban on controversial US farm produce is ‘already in law’ and will not be changed Activists warned a post-Brexit US trade deal could let in chlorinated chicken Miss Truss said a ban on controversial US farm produce was ‘already in law’ She … Read more
A new free-trade deal could make it easier for workers and young travellers from Australia to stay in the UK long-term. UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss, who is responsible for building post-Brexit economic deals, said revising the visa requirements between the two nations would be an important step to growing the … Read more
Boris Johnson is to make a last-gasp attempt to get as many primary children as possible back to school before the summer holidays amid rising fury at the social and economic cost of the lockdown. Under new plans expected to be unveiled this week schools will be given the green light to return as many … Read more
Liz Truss has been challenged to eat a ‘set menu’ of cheap American food which her Cabinet critics fear will flood Britain under the terms of a US trade deal she is trying to strike. The International Trade Secretary, who has been accused of risking the future of our farmers by allowing lower-quality so-called ‘Frankenfood’ … Read more
Knives out for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson after back to school fiasco as International Trade Secretary Liz Truss also faces the axe The Education Secretary is tipped to be a casualty of the PM’s next reshuffle Former Ministers think he let leftist teaching unions dictate when school returns International Trade Secretary Liz Truss is also … Read more
Boris Johnson has overruled Cabinet Minister Liz Truss in a crucial battle over the future of British farming – siding with his fiancee Carrie Symonds instead. The Prime Minister last week vowed to stem a feared flood of sub-standard American products into the UK by insisting controversial foods such as hormone-fed beef and chlorinated chicken … Read more
Ministers plot to allow chlorinated chicken and other poor-quality US imports in to UK supermarkets under ‘dual tariff scheme’ as they seek quick trade deal with Donald Trump Scheme would allow heavy duties on low-quality imports like chlorine chicken But better quality imports would face lighter duties if the US agreed to terms Trade Secretary … Read more