Companies fear millions wasted on hurriedly built infrastructure as minister delays import checks for fourth time
Some of Britain’s biggest seaports are considering legal action against the government to recover the costs of building border control posts they fear will never be used, after confirmation that post-Brexit import checksPhysical checks on fresh food and plants from the EU were due to begin in July but have been pushed back to the end of 2023, the Brexit opportunities minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, confirmed in apublished on Thursday.
Richard Ballantyne, the BPA’s chief executive, said ports had rushed to get infrastructure ready on time: “This announcement is a major policy change, meaning the facilities will effectively become white elephants, wasting millions of pounds of public and private funding”. During a tour of Eurotunnel’s Folkestone facilities on Thursday, Rees-Mogg conceded money had been spent on facilities that now may not be needed.
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