Sites being acquired as part of efforts to avoid long lorry queues at ports such as Dover.

DfT has bought site that will be used for customs clearance and holding pen for lorries, Rachel Maclean confirms.

'This is all so pointless. We are creating a vast customs bureaucracy, with costs passed on to the consumer'

Council given only hours’ notice of emergency purchase of 1.2m sq ft ‘Mojo’ site.

'It is prudent that schools begin to plan for possibility of disruption following Brexit'