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UK-EU deal long overdue, says garden centre owner

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New agri-food deal with the EU will mean reversal of ban on some British -grown plants being sold in Northern Ireland .

Some common varieties have been prohibited since 2021 under the terms of Northern Ireland's original deal.

That deal meant Northern Ireland continued to follow the EU 's strict rules on plant health.

Under the new deal the UK as a whole will realign with EU plant health rules, which will mean the ban can be dropped.

Critics accuse the Labour government of betraying voters as the UK will have to follow EU agri-food rules without having a say in how those rules are made.

There are also concerns about a 12-year fishing deal granting the EU access to UK waters.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the UK was "becoming a rule-taker from Brussels ".

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