Mayor for Cornwall: the Government unveils its proposals for a mayoral devolution deal for Cornwall today. Cornwall promised £360m over next 30 years, “unleashing its full economic potential”. Control of the Adult Education budget to be devolved to Cornwall by 2025. £8.7m to deliver more homes on brownfield land, £10m “to support delivery of locally-determined housing and heritage priorities”. £500,000 for transport planning and smart ticketing.

"We're heading for a real disaster... if nothing dramatically changes I think our business & rest of the industry has probably got a year, 2 years...after that the industry will be gone" - Simon Gardner from UK's biggest daffodil producer, Varfell Farms, on the labour shortage. "It is possible that the labour market will change in the months ahead but if it doesn't the beauty of a controlled immigration system is you can take steps to allow people to come in on temporary visas should you want to" - Environment Secretary George Eustice.

“It could be the final straw for many businesses” - Fishing leaders warn that the bureaucratic requirements the government says are needed to export fish to the EU from 1 January will have a “seriously detrimental effect” on the industry. The full letter to Environment Secretary George Eustice.