Tory Brexiteer dismisses cost of new food checks as ‘price you pay’ for Brexit
Conservative minister Andrea Leadsom has dismissed the concerns of business chiefs over the costly new checks imposed on imports from the EU as the “price you pay” for Brexit.
The leading Brexiteer defended the “friction” in the new system for physical checks at the border – describing it as “the costs of doing business”.
Ms Leadsom said British firms must “adapt” and could even consider “changing their trading arrangements with the EU” if they wanted
