News / 'Too little, too late': haulage groups hit back at Whitehall's 'no-deal scenario'

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Road hauliers have slammed the latest Brexit developments after the UK government issued a technical notice setting out its no-deal contingencies.

Should a deal fail to materialise, hauliers would be responsible for all required declarations – a move described by RHA chief executive Richard Burnett as “too little, too late”.

“Hauliers have been waiting for practical advice on the worst-case scenarios for many months,” said Mr Burnett. “And yet the UK government is leaving it to the eleventh-hour and giving businesses little time to prepare.”

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