Labour asks govt to reveal how much it paid for articles that suggest Brexit is going smoothly
"These adverts claim that British business is going from strength to strength.... and ignores the alarm bells they have been sounding", the letter reads.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
"These adverts claim that British business is going from strength to strength.... and ignores the alarm bells they have been sounding", the letter reads.
A letter notifying the British government of impending infringement proceedings will be issued on Monday.
A £160 charge on a case of Italian wine has got Brexiteers scratching around for British Barolo.
Hauliers worried about paperwork errors holding them up are reluctant to use the port in North Wales.
The UK suffered a 14.7 per cent fall in goods exports - one of the largest slumps of any major country - in 2020.
"I hope they will shake off any remaining ill will towards us for leaving, and instead build a friendly relationship, between sovereign equals," he said.
Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister, is reportedly considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April.
French exports to the UK plummeted by 13 per cent in January compared to the average of the previous six months.
“It’s very unfortunate that having spent 20 years building really good relations between Belfast and Dublin, between Dublin and London, we’ve thrown all that away in the context of Brexit and this latest row has made it a whole lot worse.”
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