No-deal Brexit means return of battery eggs, farmers' union warns

NFU says government has ignored call for tariffs on cheap US imports from caged hens

Eggs from battery hens will return to British supermarket shelves if the government fails to strike a new trading deal with the EU and crashes out of the bloc, the National Farmers' Union has warned.

The NFU says the government has ignored its pleas to put tariffs on eggs to protect against cheaper rivals from countries such as the US where caging hens is allowed.