transition period.The export of food and live animals to the EU plummeted by a massive 64 per cent in January, the figures show, mainly because of strict checks by the EU.The Scottish Seafood Association has reported that sign-offs on consignments are now taking six times longer than previously.The government stats also revealed a 2.9 per cent drop in GDP, the nation’s overall wealth, in the same month and a fall in imports.Labour Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds said: “Today’s figures confirm that under the Conservatives we’ve had the worst economic crisis of any major economy.“Rather than securing the recovery, Rishi Sunak’s budget last week risked weakening it through a combination of pay cuts and tax rises, and a looming cut to social.
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