Treasury committee says confidence in preparations has collapsed amid customs chiefs’ doubts that IT system will be ready. There will be a fivefold increase in customs checks at Dover and other UK ports after Brexit, an influential group of MPs has found.
U.K. companies exporting into the European Union will have to wait for permission from tax authorities before they can move their goods under plans being drawn up by the government.
Lorries will need permission from new HMRC computer system before heading for Dover.
International trade secretary tells PM and chancellor plans risk smuggling and damage to UK reputation.
Britain’s plans for its border controls after Brexit will depend on a new and untested IT system being ready in time, according to a 206-page government blueprint that sets out the extra burden businesses will face from the year-end.
The government has ordered a 27-acre site be transformed into a customs clearance centre
The U.K. government just presented a 206-page manual for how the country will trade with the European Union on Jan. 1, when Britain’s exit from the 27-nation bloc becomes official 4 1/2 years after the nation voted to leave.
House of Lords hears costs related to chilled and fresh goods could prove a fatal barrier.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned of "a risk of some additional friction at the border".
A 27-acre site is being built to handle trucks amid fears that new trade rules will slow freight movement. It has been nicknamed the “Farage Garage” after the pro-Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage.
UK and European negotiators are meeting later today for yet another round of Brexit trade talks.
HONDA bosses are warning of ‘unprecedented’ disruption to its supply chain if Britain leaves the customs union after Brexit.
Memo warns of ‘critical gaps’ in new IT systems – with just four months to go to end of transition.
The UK is "sleepwalking into a disaster" over its border plans for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, road hauliers have warned.
Exclusive: document seen by the Guardian says core IT system not due to be tested until November.
‘Worst case scenario’ also warns of passengers waiting hours to board Chunnel trains to continent.
First time ministers have admitted police will enforce need for ‘Kent access permit’.
‘It’s not an effective system to actually ensure someone is ready to cross the border,’ says top logistics body.
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.
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.
Brexit travel permits designed to avoid 7,000-lorry jams come January depend on software that won't be finished till April
25/09/2020
A UK government system to avoid miles of road traffic congestion in the county of Kent as the Brexit transition period comes to an end will rely on software which is not yet in its beta version.
Deal or no deal, British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the world’s biggest trading bloc when life after Brexit begins on January 1.