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Trade department's Brexit soy sauce price cut claim prompts backlash

Responses to tweet during Bake Off point out that Britain pays no tariffs on product under EU deal

A government claim that the new UK-Japan trade agreement will lead to cheaper soy sauce has been shot down as it was pointed out that Britain pays 0% tariffs under an EU deal.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) made the claim in a tweet during Tuesday night’s broadcast of The Great British Bake Off, where it was Japanese week and the bakers made kawaii cakes.

28/10/2020 - www.theguardian.com

Boris Johnson Is Under Pressure To Toughen Restrictions After UK Coronavirus Deaths Hit Their Highest Level Since May

Boris Johnson has come under fresh pressure to introduce tougher lockdown restrictions after the UK's death toll reached its highest level since May.

28/10/2020 - www.politicshome.com

CBI chief fires parting shot over slow pace of Brexit negotiations

Carolyn Fairbairn says the UK economy is in ‘suspended animation’ while issue remain unresolved

The head of the UK’s leading employers’ organisation has stepped up pressure on the government to conclude trade talks with the EU so that the country can move on from the “suspended animation” of the past four years.

Reflecting on her five years as director general of the CBI, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn said her biggest regret was that the issue had not been resolved earlier and warned ministers that businesses grappling with Covid-19 were unprepared for a hard Brexit.

28/10/2020 - www.theguardian.com

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