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The Entry/Exit System is set to start in October but many operational details remain unclear, as fears grow of major delays at Dover and Eurotunnel.
Post-Brexit border checks coming this year will drive up prices and cause shortages, Government warned
05/04/2023
Ministers have revealed details of the inspections regime which has been repeatedly delayed and is designed to avoid excessive disruption to businesses.
The UK asked for an European Union external frontier, similar to the hard borders the EU has with Russia and Turkey, to take effect in Kent.
RE:ACT Disaster Response has agreed a £180,000 six-month contract with Kent County Council to ease stuck truckers’ nightmare waits to board ferries and Eurotunnel shuttles
A 23-mile stretch of the M20 is closed amid HMRC technical problems and a ferry shortage.
New biometric checks at EU border in Dover, Kent, will cause 'miles of traffic jams' [3 mins]
21/01/2022
ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills reports on the expected delays due to be caused when new biometric checks at the EU border in Kent are introduced.
Truck drivers tell of long delays for checks at the Eurotunnel as trade barrier goes up between UK and EU.
With less than a fortnight to go before the end of the transition period, lorry drivers face huge delays on their way to the border.
Rules on travelling to and from European Union countries will change on 1 January 2021.
M20 backlog caused by French authorities testing post-Brexit checks at the Eurotunnel
Lorry drivers were left queuing along the M20 in Kent as Brexit border control tests were carried out at the Channel Tunnel.
Car drivers face two-hour queues at Dover and Folkestone from January – and even longer waits in summer
06/11/2020
A new report from the National Audit Office reveals the range of possible issues from 1 January 2021.
'Yet a no deal outcome would still have profound implications for the uK. as we analyse in what follows, from trade to connectivity to foreign policy to cooperation in policing, a failure to strike an agreement with the eu will impact on us in numerous ways.'
New services provided to ease expected congestion at Kent ports
Boris Johnson faces Eurotunnel test
30/07/2020
UK and EU at odds over role of European court of justice in settling disputes
Council given only hours’ notice of emergency purchase of 1.2m sq ft ‘Mojo’ site.
The United Kingdom will delay the introduction of border checks on imports from the European Union by as much as six months in a bid to avoid piling on the pain for British business and choking off vital food supplies.
The latest £8m payout adds to the bill for a "sorry saga" which "encapsulates the Brexit mess perfectly".
Operation Brock to cause major disruption around M20 despite likelihood of extension from EU.
October worst time to stockpile as warehouses full of Christmas goods, says retail body. / Retailers have warned that there will be shortages of fresh food coupled with potential price rises if there is a no-deal Brexit.
A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.