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It’s one of the labour shortfalls that has emerged partly because of border friction following Brexit.
The end of the transition period late on New Year's Eve brought into force the different regulatory and customs arrangements to the rest of the UK.
MPs told of how Brexit bureaucracy leaves lorries stranded for hours without right paperwork.
Spike in imports has led to bottlenecks of containers carrying supplies for shops and factories.
Cabinet Office minister attacks refusal to adopt a ‘laissez-faire approach’ to border controls.
Hauliers have claimed there will be "mayhem" at Holyhead port when the Brexit transition period ends.
Fresh border chaos fears as ‘haulier handbook’ to prevent meltdown on 1 January is delayed
11/11/2020
Work on inspection posts for animal products crossing Irish Sea ‘has not yet started and will take up to six months to complete’.
Essential post-Brexit freight software is unlikely to be ready on time for 1 January, those building it have warned.
Weekly shop will become ‘much more expensive’ in event of a no-deal Brexit, ministers warned
26/10/2020
Households will be particularly hard hit at start of next year and into spring.
Brexit border-line issues: Would you want to still be 'testing' software designed to stop Kent becoming a massive lorry park come 31 December?
04/09/2020
New supply chains, brand new system, and ... oh dear, it's still not ready yet.
Cabinet Office minister warned hauliers that unless they get their post-Brexit paperwork in order there could be queues of up to 7,000 lorries.
Memo warns of ‘critical gaps’ in new IT systems – with just four months to go to end of transition.