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Some lorries bringing goods from the EU to the UK have been stuck at the border for four days, as logistics bosses blamed disruption on “terrible” new Brexit red tape.
‘Waste of everyone’s time’: New government video sets out Brexit paperwork mountain [4 mins]
19/07/2022
Guide makes mockery of Boris Johnson’s 2020 claim that UK and EU would ‘do even more business’.
Sky News sees figures showing that the so-called Dover TAP has been deployed on 18 of the first 32 days of the year, with hauliers expressing concern that new red tape is to blame.
Amid mounting concerns that the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is not yet fit for purpose, the UK government will likely be forced to choose “flow or regulations” when the grace period for new customs regulations comes to an end on 31 December.
New Brexit border checks causing queues at Dover and delays will get worse, says union [4 mins]
26/01/2022
The Unite union says the queues of lorries outside the town of Dover are a “direct consequence” of the introduction of additional border procedures at the beginning of the year.
The government is being urged to quickly get a grip of teething problems with a new post-Brexit IT system that has left lorries unable to get into the UK.
Brexit has been ‘big success’ says government – despite 60% of exporters struggling with red tape
31/01/2022
Top business body calls for ‘urgent action’ to ease trading barriers.
‘Brexit to blame’: Huge lorry queues at Dover as port bosses call for talks on EU checks [1 min]
21/01/2022
‘It’s entirely Brexit,’ says haulier who has been caught up in 15km queues.
Lorries are continuing to face tailbacks at Dover, which have been 'sparked by new Brexit checks'.
Grassroots charities having trouble exporting aid due to new red tape.
"Very desperate or very stupid, or both," wrote one person in response.
Bureaucratic Brexit checks have begun and are hitting British businesses when they’re at their most vulnerable
06/01/2022
Inflation is rising, worker shortages are grinding us down and consumers are hurting, but No.10 is introducing measures which will make the situation worse
“The whole thing is stupid and pointless," one business owner at London's Borough Market has said.
Food body warns of ‘post-Brexit perception problem’ over recurring traffic gridlock.
Queues of lorries backed up waiting to be processed at the Port of Dover have become so long the huge tailbacks can be seen on images taken from space.
Huge queues are "the new normal" rather than "teething problems", Unite said.
U.K. traders are falling foul of a new IT system policing goods crossing the English Channel, as companies grapple with a fresh wave of post-Brexit red tape.
Intense traffic congestion around Dover is partly down to “Brexit scenarios”, according to the head of the British Ports Association.
Unite says customs paperwork causing delays – despite government’s denial Brexit to blame.
Huge 15km queues piling up at the Port of Dover have been blamed ‘entirely’ on extra controls brought in after Brexit.
Brexit program adds shipping problems
05/01/2022
British traders are falling foul of a new information technology system policing goods crossing the English Channel, as companies grapple with a fresh wave of post-Brexit red tape.
The government agency said there had been a problem with some cameras after a 17k queue formed on the M20.
Kent's roads: Post-Brexit IT customs system, GVMS, crashes and adds to lorry delays heading to the Continent
08/04/2022
Traffic hell getting to the county's ports has been exacerbated after it emerged a major post-Brexit customs system crashed - adding extra time for lorries heading to the Continent.
"Companies are already having trouble with the system,” one reporter said. / A new post-Brexit IT system is creating huge lorry queues in the EU as vehicles are trying to bring various goods to the UK.
Minister expected to frame move as a use of UK’s independent powers despite industry reports of unreadiness.