The government is keen for the British public to start seeing the benefits of the new agreements soon.

It comes as the European Commission on Wednesday published its draft negotiating plans for the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement, which is intended to remove cross-channel border checks on plant and animal products by aligning Britain with EU standards.

Ah yes, the great benefit of Brexit: the ability to… comply with the exact same kind of standards as before, but without actually getting a say in it, and after a lot of time and effort.