The Government has delayed plans for a fourth time to impose further checks on EU goods entering the UK as Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted the move would cost £1bn.

Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.

Spike in imports has led to bottlenecks of containers carrying supplies for shops and factories.

Infrastructure work has taken nearly a year in the past, but just six months will be available - even if the cash is there