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'

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

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

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