Tag: EU

Wales has lost £375m a year in EU economic aid, sparking warnings from ministers of a return to austerity.

"This shows the absurd hypocrisy of this Conservative government," Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine said.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said at least 70% of EU adults will be fully-vaccinated this month - despite the bloc having exported hundreds of millions of vaccines to other countries.

“Surely, the Pfizer vaccine we have in the UK is the same as British people in Romania or Romanians getting their vaccine in Romania have."

“We negotiated a trade deal and instead of eliminating barriers, they created them," Michel Barnier said.

“Instead of pressuring drivers to drive in unsafe conditions, we should think about why these shortages exist," Labour's Alexandra Bulat said.

Jamie McMillan said his sales are down 40 per cent since Brexit.

“Brexit has caused us enormous problems with recruitment,” the TV presenter bemoaned after facing a lack of EU staff for her own hotel.

“The main problem was the lack of information we had prior to this, as it just made forward planning impossible," one takeaway manager complained.