Brexit border checks will cost UK firms £470m a year, says watchdog

Brexit border checks will cost UK firms £470m a year, says watchdog

‘More than three years after end of transition period, it is still not clear when full controls will be in place’

Post-Brexit border checks will cost UK businesses £470m a year, the government’s public spending watchdog has said.

Plans to bring in border checks on goods coming from the EU faced “significant issues” including critical shortages of inspectors before their introduction last month, the National Audit Office said in a report.

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