UK border checks on fruit and vegetable imports from EU scrapped
The UK government has said Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Brexit reset deal will stop the proposed controls coming into force on July 1
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Planned border checks on fruit and vegetables imported into the UK from the European Union will be scrapped.
The UK government has said Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Brexit reset deal will stop the proposed controls coming into force on July 1.
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