EXCLUSIVE - Caroline Voaden: "How many more businesses will go under before this veterinary agreement gets over the line?"

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"We need to be brave enough to say that Brexit has been a total disaster and it is time to enter a new customs union with the EU. Study after study has shown the boost this would give businesses across the UK."
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"We need to be brave enough to say that Brexit has been a total disaster and it is time to enter a new customs union with the EU. Study after study has shown the boost this would give businesses across the UK."

The UK's long-awaited summit with the EU last May spawned plenty of debate, headlines, and policy changes, with old divisions over fishing and free movement rearing its head once again. But one policy...

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