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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 13th June 2022
5. Britain will propose overriding the rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland today in a move that will inflame tensions with the European Union that have simmered since the protocol came into force in 2021.
When Britain left the EU, Boris Johnson agreed a deal that effectively kept Northern Ireland in the EU single market and customs union to preserve the open border with Ireland specified in the Good Friday peace agreement.
4. Every spring thousands of seasonal workers come to harvest the UK's soft fruits, but this year they're coming from much further afield as UK farmers are now turning to Nepal and Tajikistan.
Before Brexit many came from Poland, Romania and Bulgaria and last year, Ukrainians filled the gaps, but this year Ukrainian men between 18 and 60 years o ld have been told to stay at home and fight.
3. Asian stock markets have fallen sharply as soaring prices in America triggered fears the Federal Reserve will take tougher action to rein in inflation.
At the same time the US dollar strengthened to 135 Japanese yen for the first time in over two decades as official figures showed on Friday that US inflation hit a more than 40-year high last month.
2. Backing farmers will be at the heart of England's new food strategy, the prime minister has announced.
Under the plans, farmers are set to produce more home-grown food to help guard against future economic shocks, the full details of the proposals will be published later today.
1. The UK's competition watchdog has been asked to conduct an urgent review into whether a 5p fuel duty cut is being passed on quickly enough to drivers.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has urged the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to examine the fuel market and whether there are local variations in petrol and diesel prices.