My @UK National Audit Office colleagues have published a new report on implementing an effective UK trade border. https://lnkd.in/eHJ5Sc6r 🚛 UK government has repeatedly changed plans to introduce full import controls after Brexit 💷 £4.7bn+ estimated spend on implementing post EU exit border arrangements and improving border performance 📈 Traders face increasing additional costs and administrative burdens ❓ Unclear when full import controls will be implemented 🗓️ No clear government timetable for achieving ambition to have the “world’s most effective border” Read the report here: The UK border: Implementing an effective trade border - NAO report
Changes in the UK government’s plans to introduce full import controls following Brexit have caused uncertainty for traders and extra costs for government and ports. https://lnkd.in/ehVyCpmR Brexit has changed how goods are traded across the border between the UK and the EU. Government has already brought in some import controls - but it has delayed implementing full controls five times. There is also no date set for when all controls will be in place. The delays have presented challenges: ❓ uncertainty for business 💷 unnecessary government spending ☣️ increased biosecurity risk Government aims to have "the world’s most effective border", underpinned by cutting-edge technology and better data. But the strategy lacks a clear timetable and cross-government coordination. Government should ensure that: 🚛 full import controls are operating as soon as possible 🗓️ longer-term ambitions for the border are realised Watch report senior audit manager, Helen Holden, discuss our findings 👇 Read our report on implementing an effective UK trade border: https://lnkd.in/ehVyCpmR
Director at European Court of Auditors
5moInteresting read. Another NAO report which illustrates how expensive the UK withdrawal has become for the UK already by now …