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Brexit red tape is the 'price you pay' for freedoms, Andrea Leadsom insists as new food checks come into force

Source: PA Archive

New trade frictions coming into force with the EU on Wednesday are the "price you pay" for sovereign freedoms, the Government controversially insisted on the fourth anniversary of Brexit.

Health minister Dame Andrea Leadsom, who was a prominent campaigner for Leave in 2016, ignited a fresh row as she denied that Britain’s divorce from the European Union was turning into a shambles despite growing public disenchantment with Brexiteers’ false promises.

"This just shows how out of touch this Conservative Government really is," Liberal

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