Government considering relaxing post-Brexit plans next month for border checks on food and other imports from the European Union because of fears of severe shortages
UK government Ministers are preparing to potentially relax post-Brexit plans for border checks on food and other imports from the European Union because of fears that they will further damage trade and could lead to severe shortages in UK supermarkets, according to a report in yesterday’s The Observer newspaper.
The publication reports it has been told by multiple sources that the government’s new Cabinet Office Minister, Lord Frost, is considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April than are currently planned, and scaling back plans for full customs checks, including physical inspections, which are due to begin on 1 July.
One source said he had been told that Frost was preparing to put the plans, which could mean imports being allowed in even if...
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