The Financial Times’ lead reports that ministers are locked in a “ferocious” battle over whether to give tariff-free access to Australian farmers as part of a “major” post-Brexit trade deal with Australia. Sources familiar with the internal talks have told the paper that the International Trade Secretary Liz Truss regards the issue as a “crunch point” but is being met with “stiff opposition” from Environment Secretary George Eustice and Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove. The FT reports a zero-tariff deal risks a “backlash” from the British farming industry and “inflaming” arguments over Scottish and Welsh independence as tariff-free imports of Australian lamb and beef would “likely” hit Scottish and Welsh hill farms.