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While the Government has boasted of the new opportunities which lie ahead for the UK due to Brexit, Jayne Adye, director of Get Britain Out, claimed the Prime Minister has come “up short”.Instead of pushing forward with Brexit, the UK is yet to rip out EU legislation and divert away from Brussels.While the Government has announced plans to remove the EU’s GDPR system, Ms Adye questioned why the UK has wasted so much time since we voted to leave in 2016.

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Jeremy Hunt urges Britons to pay for NHS Ms Adye said: “The Government has been aware of the pressing need to change GDPR rules for well over 5 years, since the EU Referendum in 2016.Why is this legislation not prepared now to allow the UK to hit the ground running?

“This reluctance to embrace change and opportunity is also contributing to problems at our borders.

“Instead of streamlining the system to fit the modern digital age, we are still seeing lorry drivers required to carry as many as 700 pages of largely unnecessary paperwork when they are carrying goods for export and import.

“This will do nothing to push forward our global economy, or provide a solution to the problems with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Image: GETTY) “It’s about time the Government got on with modernising their systems, instead of tagging themselves onto the expensive, outdated EU systems, which have dragged us down for so long.”

In other news, Boris Johnson has been urged live up to his pledge to “take back control” after Brexit instead of simply “cutting and pasting” EU rules and regulations, a pro-Brexit campaigner has said – warning failure to do so is preventing the UK from “hitting the ground running”.

The cash boost will benefit about 700 pubs in Heineken’s Star Pubs & Bars operation by the end of this year.

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6.30am update: Show some empathy! Fears sick pets ‘face certain death’ under EU rule change

Fears have erupted that some sick pets will “face certain death” under proposed changes to EU veterinary drug regulations.

From the end of January, the EU Veterinary Medicines Regulation 2019/6 to try and cut down on the use of antibiotics in animals.Often the drugs are used on livestock to fatten them up before slaughter.

It has no medicinal value when used in this guise and has sparked fears that bacteria could become increasingly resistant to the drugs.

Should this happen, the drugs would be not as effective or ineffective when taken by people – costing human lives.

5.30am update: Brussels given final Brexit warning by Lord Frost in brutal ultimatum – ‘Stakes are high!’

The EU has been told it must make “significant and substantial” concessions if it wants to avoid a relationship of “cold mistrust” with Britain.

Lord Frost, cabinet office minister and former chief UK Brexit negotiator, delivered the warning to the British-Irish Association in Oxford on Saturday.

Brussels is being urged to compromise over the controversial Northern Ireland protocol, which introduced some customs checks with the rest of the UK.

This has outraged unionists, who believe the move undermines their British identity.

4.30am update: Huxit threat: EU’s plan to ‘punish Hungary’ sparks call for state to follow UK out of bloc

Hungary could soon follow the UK out of the EU as debate about exit from the bloc has broken out in the country, as Budapest and Brussels clash over the rule of law.

Magyar Nemzet, a newspaper close to Victor Orban’s Hungarian government, sparked the discussion with an article titled “it’s time to talk about Huxit”.

It was written by Tamas Fricz, a conservative academic with close links to Mr Orban’s Fidesz party.

In his article Mr Fricz accused the EU of “more and more imperial features”, and “behaving more and more condescendingly and arrogantly towards the Eastern and Central European states”.

Dame Hilary Mantel lashes out at Brexit (Image: Getty Images) 3.45am update: Hilary Mantel lashes out at Brexit Britain as she reveals plan to become ‘European again’

Dame Hilary Mantel, the historical novelist, has said she hopes to gain Irish citizenship, leave the country and become “a European again” in an extraordinary swipe against the UK.

And Wolf Hall writer Dame Hilary Mantel said she “might breathe easier in a republic” and “may be able to arrange it”.

She also said Boris Johnson “should not be in public life”, described Priti Patel’s immigration rhetoric as “ugliest side of the new ‘global Britain’ post-Brexit”, and said the popularity of the monarchy “baffles” her.

Speaking to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Ms Mantel said: “I don’t want to think that people are naturally slavish, and actually enjoy inequality, though I understand that they prefer change to continuity.

2.30am update: Alastair Campbell ‘still whining on’ about leaving EU as Remain hysterics silenced

Remainer hysterics have been silenced once again after Alastair Campbell faced a backlash and was accused of “still whining on about Brexit”.

The former Labour spin doctor wrote on Twitter: “When Brexit was a theoretical possibility, the debate raged across the media relentlessly and around the clock.Now that it is real, with real-life consequences, there is a near black out.@BBCr4today bulletin just now a classic – last item covering HGV lorry shortage, but no mention Brexit.

“It is clearly a policy decision, to appease Government, not helped by Labour position either.

“The biggest presence in the shadow cabinet right now is an elephant in the room.”

Alistair Campbell ‘still whining on’ about leaving EU (Image: Getty Images ) 1.30am update: David Jason’s admission over Brexit-backing Del Boy: ‘Nice little earner’

David Jason, best known for playing ‘Del Boy Trotter’ in BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, gave his thoughts on what his character would have thought about Brexit in an unearthed interview.

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12.30am update: Brexit fury: Irish politician mocked ‘s*** show’ in UK – ‘How did they run an empire?’

Brexit tension erupted after an Irish MEP branded the UK’s withdrawal a “s*** show” and added: Makes you wonder how they ever ran an empire.”

The EU and UK are still at odds over the Northern Ireland protocol as lorry driver shortages, red tape and COVID-19 causes havoc for imports into Britain.

UK food and drink exports to the European Union have plummeted by £2billion in the past year as Brexit frustrates key supply chains.

Exports to Germany, Spain and Italy were all down by more than a third in the past year, according to new analysis from the Food and Drink Federation.

Five moments which led to Brexit (Image: Express) 11:30pm update: Prince Charles’ call for Britain to ‘reaffirm bond’ with Germany after Brexit

Prince Charles called for Britain to “reaffirm its bond” with Germany after Brexit, an unearthed speech shows.

The UK officially broke free from the EU last year, and by the beginning of 2021, the Brexittransition period had ended.

More than five years after the country voted to leave the bloc, the EU has still tried to enact its will upon the UK.

In recent months London and Brussels have sparred over the disruption to trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.

Supply chains across the Irish Sea have been hampered by the EU’s strict interpretation of customs checks on a range of British products at Northern Irish ports.

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9.19pm update: Frost lines up ‘loaded gun’ for the EU as Brexit battle lines drawn with Brussels

Lord Frost’s speech has been branded a “loaded gun” for the EU according to one a political expert.

The speech, made by the cabinet office minister minister today to the British-Irish Association, outlines renegotiations that should be made to the Northern Ireland Protocol going forward, including a few strategic changes to be made involving the “movement of goods into Northern Ireland, the standards for goods within Northern Ireland, and the governance arrangements for regulating this.”

He claims “the issue is not settled” and that “we need to see substantial and significant change”, which a political expert claims could be a swipe at the European Union.

Mujtaba Rahman, managing director of Eurasia Group, a political risk consultancy firm tweeted the claim to followers urging them to “Read ⁦David Frost’s speech closely”.

The tweet from the political expert reads: “I’ve always argued HMG was seeking a substantive & fundamental rewrite of Protocol – not tweaks; this text makes that clear

“With a loaded gun on the table (A16 threshold has been met) for good measure.Very hard for the EU.”

Brexit news: The UK may trigger Article 16 if the issues continue in NI (Image: GETTY) 8.05pm update: Lord Frost declares threshold for Article 16 has been met – ‘simply a statement of fact’

Lord Frost has declared the threshold for the implementation of Article 16 has been met, and that for it to work “we need to see substantial and significant change” in a speech today.

In a speech given by Lord Frost at the British-Irish Association, the Brexit minister declared it was “clear” the threshold for triggering Article 16 has been met, allowing the UK Government to “take a range of safeguard measures on this basis”.

Article 16 refers to the provision for appropriate safeguard measures, and its implementation comes following burdens being placed on Northern Ireland businesses as a result of the Brexit deal.

Article 16 of the NI protocol allows the EU or UK to unilaterally suspend aspects of its operations if either side considers that aspect to be causing “serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties that are liable to persist, or to diversion of trade.”

7.05pm update: ‘We won’t back down!’ – Lord Frost sends Brussels fiery warning over Brexit deal

Lord Frost has warned the EU, Brexit Britain won’t accept “subordination”, as he demanded “significant and substantial” changes to the controversial Northern Ireland protocol.

The Cabinet Office Minister, who previously served as Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator, made the warning at a British-Irish Association conference held in Oxford.

Under the terms of the protocol, some checks now take place on trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

This has infuriated unionists, who argue it undermines their British identity.

Lord Frost argued the protocol is key to EU-UK tensions and is undermining a potentially cooperative relationship.

Brexit news: Trade after Brexit (Image: Express) 6.20pm update: Time to move on!

Jayne Adye, Director of grassroots, cross-Party campaign Get Britain Out has hit out at the UK’s reluctance to maximise Brexit.

With the public voting to Leave in 2016, she questioned why the UK is yet to fully divert from some EU regulations.

Referencing the GDPR system, she said: “The Government has been aware of the pressing need to change GDPR rules for well over 5 years, since the EU Referendum in 2016.

Why is this legislation not prepared now to allow the UK to hit the ground running?

“This reluctance to embrace change and opportunity is also contributing to problems at our borders.

“Instead of streamlining the system to fit the modern digital age, we are still seeing lorry drivers required to carry as many as 700 pages of largely unnecessary paperwork when they are carrying goods for export and import.This will do nothing to push forward our global economy, or provide a solution to the problems with the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

“It’s about time the Government got on with modernising their systems, instead of tagging themselves onto the expensive, outdated EU systems, which have dragged us down for so long.”

4.40pm update: Fishing FURY: Tense spat erupts between Jersey and EU after bloc lodge complaint

A tense fishing row erupted after the European Commission lodged a complaint with the UK Government after Jersey allegedly failed to inform them about the closure of part of the English Channel for French vessels.

Eurocrats lodged the complaint about claims Jersey’s government did not fully inform their French counterparts about the closure of a fish breeding ground for Bream.

The order, put forward earlier this year but has recently come to an end, prevented all fishing vessels from fishing in the Bream-spawning grounds to the north of the British Crown Dependency.

It comes after a French vessel was sanctioned by Jersey authorities for working in the area whilst restrictions were in place.

Brexit news: A timeline of events leading to the UK’s exit (Image: Express) 3.05pm update: Frost set for EU showdown in Brexit border row as bloc to ‘press ahead’ with hated plans

Lord Frost will come head to head with EU chiefs next week in a bid to resolve a tense standoff over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.

Brussels and London are at loggerheads on how to resolve the issue of checks on over-the-counter medicines destined for Northern Ireland due to the Protocol.

The Protocol, part of the Brexit divorce deal agreed by the UK and Brussels, effectively keeps Northern Ireland in the EU’s single market for goods.

This means checks on goods being sent from Great Britain into the single market in some cases could result in prohibitions on certain products that do not comply with EU rules, causing disruption to medicines flowing from the UK to Northern Ireland.

A briefing paper produced by Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann revealed he had “deep concerns about the risk to patient health and maintaining vital medical supplies” as 910 medicines are due to be withdrawn from sale in the UK constituent country.

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1.40pm update: Anna Soubry sparks backlash after wading back into EU row – ‘Blame everything on Brexit!’

Anna Soubry has been attacked for using shortages at IKEA to wade into the Brexit row.

The former Tory MP responded to reports that the furniture chain was “facing product shortages due to Brexit and lorry driver shortages” last night.

Without referencing the temporary shortage benefitting some ordinary British workers by raising their wages, the so-called liberal claimed it was proof of Brexit “lies”.

The ardent Remainer – who lost her seat to her former party in 2019 after defecting to create the europhile Change UK group – tweeted: “#Brexit was built on lies.”

1.12pm update: Cheers! UK secures £38million injection from Heineken to create 500 new jobs

Boris Johnson has been handed a massive boost after Dutch lager giant Heineken confirmed plans to invest £38million in the UK in a move which will create 500 jobs.

The cash boost will benefit about 700 pubs in Heineken’s Star Pubs & Bars operation by the end of this year.

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Great display of business confidence in the UK as we #BuildBackStronger from Covid-19, Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade, tweeted: “Great display of business confidence in the UK as we #BuildBackStronger from Covid-19.”

12.08pm update: Le Pen to ‘threaten’ EU with French exit: Brussels membership to be used as crucial tool

French presidential hopeful and eurosceptic Marine Le Pen will use France’s membership of the European Union as a tool to get her own way, a former rear admiral has claimed.

Former rear admiral and managing director of Merl House Consultants Dr Chris Parry spoke to Express.co.uk and believes National Rally leader Marine Le Pen will seek to use France’s membership of the European Union as a political tool to get her own way.

Dr Parry explained the eurosceptic leader had previously campaigned for a French-style Brexit agreement but has since toned down her rhetoric to be more appealing to moderate French voters.

However, Ms Le Pen still harbours a lot of animosity towards the EU with Dr Parry predicting she will have no problem threatening a pull out to get her own way in a stark shift from pro-European Emmanuel Macron .

Marine Le Pen will challenge Emmanuel Macron for the French Presidency next year (Image: GETTY) 10.48am update: Brexit Britain’s ‘sharp’ leftward turn risks realising Jeremy Corbyn’s socialist dream

Brexit Britain is in danger of realising Jeremy Corbyn’s socialist dream if it continues on its “sharp” turn to the left, a former Tory MP has warned.

Matthew Parris said that Thatcherism is now “dead” because leaving the EU “appears to be serving left-wing policy goals instead of creating the economic landscape that Brexiteers dreamt of”.

Policies such as state bailouts, tax rises and public sector pay deals which reflect labour shortages are unlikely to meet much opposition – even from within the Tory party itself, he claimed.

Writing in the Times, Mr Parris said the capitalist market principles on which the EU was founded were increasingly falling out of favour in the UK.

10.37am update: EU shamed over ‘disinformation’ as bloc has NOT hit jab target despite claim, report shows

Ursula von der Leyen was wrong to claim the EU had hit its target of vaccinating 70 percent of its adult population last week, a new report has said.

And author David Evans, of the pro- Brexit think tank Facts4EU, has suggested the revelation proves the bloc is guilty of peddling the very “disinformation” it has publicly stated its intention to crack down on.

Last week Mrs von der Leyen , the President of the European Commission, announced the EU has reached its target of double-jabbing 70 percent of its roughly 450 million adult citizens by August 31, hailing the news as vindication of Brussels’ strategy of “moving forward together”.

However, studying figures from the EU’s own medical agency, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Facts4EU ’s researchers suggested she had jumped the gun.

9.59am update: POLL – Should UK relax visa rules for foreign drivers to end the lorry driver shortage? Food shortages are hitting the nation hard as the UK is down 100,000 lorry drivers to transport goods.A furious debate has erupted over where the blame for the crisis lies and Express.co.uk want to hear your take.Vote in our poll and tell us if you’ve been able to buy your usual shop in the comments section.

Beer, chicken, fresh fruit, bread and milk are some of the many items not being delivered to major supermarkets like Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ASDA.

Popular chain restaurant chains and franchises including Wetherspoon’s, KFC, McDonald’s, Nando’s, Greggs, Costa Coffee, Pizza Hut, Toby Carvery and Subway have been forced to take items off their menus amid food shortages.

Managing Director of Iceland, Richard Walker, said: “I don’t want to scaremonger and there is no need to panic buy but that said availability has never really been so bad.

Nigel Farage pictured in the European Parliament (Image: GETTY) 9.25am update: ‘Just look at these numbers!’ Nigel Farage slams farcical Remainer warnings over Brexit

Nigel Farage has dismissed Remainer hysteria over Brexit by highlighting how the UK’s financial sector has boomed since leaving.

Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement did not include financial services – meaning that the sector has had to deal with increases in red tape since January.

Despite this, the bloc imported 1.4 percent more from UK banks, insurers and other financial firms in the first quarter of 2021 than the same period of 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Last year was left out of comparisons because of distortions caused by the Covid pandemic.

9.07am update: Growth soars – but job market soars

The UK’s service sector grew much slower than expected in August and at its lowest rate since March as demand returned closer to normal following a post-lockdown boom.

Yet businesses also said that they were hiring at a rate not seen for at least the last quarter century.

The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI reached 55 in August.It is a long way off from May’s 62.9 and a slowdown from 59.6 in July.

Duncan Brock, group director at the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, commented: “With the third monthly fall in a row, new order growth failed to impress and work from overseas barely rose.

“Brexit continued to make its mark and supply shortages and logistics difficulties will pile on the pressure in the coming months, but service companies remained buoyant about future opportunities.”

8.38am update: EU will make UK ‘wait forever’ over Brexit row as Boris urged to force bloc to the table

The European Union will leave the UK “waiting forever” for a solution to the tense border row, it was claimed last night.

Former Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson also called on the UK Government to immediately “force the EU to the [neogiating] table” to resolve issues with the Protocol.

The Protocol, part of the Brexit divorce deal agreed by the UK and Brussels, effectively keeps Northern Ireland in the EU’s single market for goods.

This means checks on goods being sent from Great Britain into the single market in some cases could result in prohibitions on certain products that do not comply with EU rules.

Peter Robinson, pictured in 2015 when Northern Ireland’s First Minister (Image: GETTY) 8.25am update: Johnson and Rutte discuss Northern Ireland Protocol

Boris Johnson and Dutch counterpart Mark Rutt discussed the Northern Ireland Protocol, part of Britain’s Brexit deal with the EU, during a call yesterday, with Mr Johnson reiterating the problems the current operation of the agreement was causing.

The pair also agreed to work with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on re-establishing an international diplomatic presence in Afghanistan as soon as the political and security environment allowed, Mr Johnson’s office said.

8am update: Frexit NOW! France ‘paralysed’ by EU as ‘authoritarian’ Macron savaged over jab blunder

France now finds itself “paralysed, inert, bound hand and foot to the European Union”, a leading Frexit campaigner has raged, as pressure builds on Emmanuel Macron over his latest major blunder.

The European Union and President Emmanuel Macron have been savaged for not securing early pre-orders of the Valneva vaccine after talks collapsed earlier this year on the grounds “the French company had not fulfilled the conditions” for marketing in Europe.

But in a huge Brexit embarrassment for the bloc and France , the UK Government has reportedly secured a total of 190 million Valneva doses, with the first 60 million of the 100 million doses set to continue into the first quarter of next year.

The remainder are scheduled to be made available in 2022.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron (Image: GETTY) 7.30am update: Boris warned ‘horrendous’ Brexit legal battle with EU looming – and UK will likely LOSE

Boris Johnson has been warned any attempt from the UK to backtrack on its commitment to post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland could be challenged in the courts by the European Union – something his Government would likely lose.

Brexit frictions will erupt again later this month when the UK and European Union reopen talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol – a crunch issue both sides have failed to make progress on during the summer.

As part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement signed last year, the required customs checks were pushed back by three months at the end of June to allow Britain and the EU some time to find a solution to the ongoing problem.

Earlier this year, the UK had threatened to take unilateral action against the EU to extend the agreed grace periods to ensure the frictionless passage of goods from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland.

7.20am update: Sturgeon under pressure – Polling guru explains Boris has upper hand in independence row

Nicola Sturgeon will find herself under increasing pressure to “move the dial” in favour of independence over the course of the next five years, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson can afford to play a waiting game, pollster Sir John Curtice has said.

However, the Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde also said Mr Johnson himself needed to tread carefully when questioning First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s referendum mandate – pointing out similar questions could be asked of him in relation to Brexit.

Sir John was speaking after Ms Sturgeon claimed the case for a referendum was now “undeniable” after the confirmation of a historic landmark agreement between the SNP and the Greens, which are also pro-independence.

He told Express.co.uk: “She’s right that she has got a pro-independence majority in Parliament but it is less clear as to whether or not there is a majority for independence at the moment.”

Dame Hilary Mantel plans to seek Irish citzenship (Image: GETTY) 6.55am update: Mantel plans to seek Irish citizenshop as she takes a swipe at the UK

Novelist Dame Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, has said she hopes to gain Irish citizenship, leave the country and become “a European again”.

According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, the novelist said she “might breathe easier in a republic” and “may be able to arrange it”.

Dame Hilary said the popularity of the monarchy “baffles” her.

“I don’t want to think that people are naturally slavish, and actually enjoy inequality, though I understand that they prefer change to continuity,” she said.

“I might breathe easier in a republic, and may be able to arrange it.

“I hope to loop back into my family story and become an Irish citizen.”

6.45am update: Stop “cutting and pasting” EU rules, Boris urged

Boris Johnson must live up to his pledge to “take back control” after Brexit instead of simply “cutting and pasting” EU rules and regulations, a pro-Brexit campaigner has said – warning failure to do so is preventing the UK from “hitting the ground running”.

Jayne Adye, director of Get Britain Out, was speaking as Parliament prepares to get back to business – with numerous issues related to Brexit still unresolved, notably rules governing the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol.

Ms Adye said: “With the United Kingdom now outside the European Union, we have heard so much from many in Government about the ability to divert away from the EU’s invasive rules and regulations and embrace the full opportunities of Brexit .

“Time and time again, however, when it comes to making decisions and implementing this separation from the EU, this country comes up short.”

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