Kemi Badenoch has criticised the "fake conversation" on Brexit trade benefits as she suggested people need to be patient to see the economic fruits of the UK leaving the European Union. 

The Business and Trade Secretary argued that demands to see immediate improvements in trade are like asking a newly married couple "where's the baby" as she said "some things will take time and some things will happen quickly".

Asked about post-Brexit trade volumes, Ms Badenoch told Sky News: "What I can’t do is get in a time machine and go back into the EU and what I find frustrating is that we spend loads of time trying to relitigate Brexit rather than focus on solving new issues that are coming up. 

"That is what I am here to do. I am not here to go back to 2017, 2019, and do that. We wasted so much time and I am not here to waste time, I am here to fix problems for business. 

"Having a long discussion around ‘oh but it was better with this year and not that year and it has gone up and it has gone down’, it is the long term trend that I need to work towards rather than what happened this year, last year. 

"I think that that is actually, it is what I would call a fake conversation, it is like asking people who just got married ‘where’s the baby, where’s the baby?’. Some things will take time and some things will happen quickly."

Ms Badenoch made the comments as she heads to Mexico for a two day visit hoping to make progress on "post-Brexit wins" by pushing for new trading arrangements for the UK.

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