'Exports halved after Brexit – I support new deal'

A Devon food producer has said the new UK-EU deal would reduce paperwork and the risks associated with exporting goods to the continent.

It comes after the UK and the EU reached a new agreement setting out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, trade and defence.

Newton Abbot's Westaway Sausages boss, Charles Baughan, said his export business halved after Brexit, with a typical consignment requiring 14 pages of paperwork and 49 signatures.

He said: "Everything's easier because it's not just easier for me, if you can think about the person in Malta who's importing it, who has a truck held up in Calais, that's a nightmare."