News / 'A handful of customs clerks is not enough to prevent post-Brexit traffic chaos'

26/11/2020

The UK government has “seriously underestimated” the operability of post-Brexit customs, with the long-term effects being compared to “self-imposed sanctions”.

Forwarder John Shirley said there was a chronic level of understaffing in customs clerk roles, which he did not believe would become clear until the transition ...

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