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Adam Payne

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12 Nov

European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic with some warm(ish) words following his meeting this morning with Lord Frost. He says he acknowledges and welcomes Frost's "changing tone" in talks over the Northern Ireland Protocol after a fairly tense few weeks.

Sefcovic once again welcomes Lord Frost's "change in tonality," saying talk of the UK potentially triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol had featured "too often" in their discussions prior to today

And the UK statement: Frost told Sefcovic Protocol talks have been conducted in a “constructive spirit” but there must be “new energy and impetus.” Negotiations will be intensified next week, with particular focus on medicine and customs. “Significant gaps” remain, of course.

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Adam Payne

@adampayne26

19 Oct

@CommonsBEIS

Duncan Buchanan of the Road Haulage Association tells @CommonsBEIS he expects supply chain disruption resulting from labour shortages to last another 12 months

@Foodanddrinkfed

The @Foodanddrinkfed's Ian Wright: supply chain issues are "long-term" and will continue to result in "very odd shortages." He says some supermarkets are filling seasonal shelves with Lynx because they are low on stock, "not because the nation has suddenly become really smelly"

@CommonsBEIS

Wright adds inflation is the biggest thread to Boris Johnson's levelling-up agenda. It's between 14% and 18% in hospitality at the moment and "that's terrifying," he tells @CommonsBEIS

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Adam Payne

@adampayne26

13 Oct

The EU reveals its substantial offer on the NI Protocol

- reduce SPS checks by 80%
- cut customs paperwork by half
- free flow of medicines

But it's standing firm on the ECJ. "Big gap" remains if UK sticks to its line, EU source warns

Sefovic & Frost to meet next few days

@tconnellyRTE

On SPS, as @tconnellyRTE reported last night, lorries carrying mixed consignments (e.g meat, fish, cheese) would just require just one piece of paperwork to enter NI under the EU proposals, whereas now there can be any number of documents depending on the number of items

An EU source says the ECJ must stay because it has little to do with GB-NI trade issues

That key difference aside, NI business groups are encouraged by the package of measures offered by Brussels

Both sides aim to strike a deal before the New Year politicshome.com/news/article/e…

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Adam Payne

@adampayne26

12 Oct

Lord Frost in his Lisbon speech, philosophically titled Observations on The Present State of the Nation, says UK-EU relations are "fractious" and that resolving the Northern Ireland Protocol is a "prerequisite" for them improving

Frost says going for what some people dubbed a "hard Brexit" - i.e leaving the Single Market and Customs Union - was "essential" because only that form of Brexit would give the UK the freedom "to experiment and act"

Frost says too often the debate about Brexit is "technocratic" and focused on trade, rather than democracy

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Adam Payne

@adampayne26

1 Oct

@politicshome

New: I’m told the Home Office has changed the visa scheme so it no longer ends on Xmas Eve. Driver visas will last the full 3 months from the day work starts, industry told today. @politicshome reported this wk industry concern that the scheme would be <three months in practice.

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The government believes EU workers will begin arriving in early November, as @politicshome reported. A Home Office plan shown to industry figures today says ministers expect lorry drivers to be in the UK until the end of February, and poultry workers until the end of January

EU poultry workers are expected to be here until December 31, not the end of January. The slide shown to industry earlier was wrong and has been corrected.

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Adam Payne

@adampayne26

27 Sep

Ministers could decide as soon as today to deploy soldiers to drive tankers

There are reports of cars tailgating lorries on the motorway amid panic buying

Meanwhile, industry was this morning still waiting for details of how the visa scheme would work politicshome.com/news/article/m…

However, industry leaders are confident that panic buying will subside in the next few days

They have also expressed doubt over how impactful bringing in the army would be, with low numbers of soldiers actually qualified to drive tankers

Downing St confirms Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Stephen Barclay, who inherited the supply chain brief from Michael Gove, will chair a meeting of ministers this afternoon to discuss the fuel crisis

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