Plans to move forward with controls on goods from the EU face “significant problems”, including a shortage of inspectors, according to the agency responsible for monitoring public spending in the UK.
According to information provided by the National Audit Office (NAO), which oversees public spending, post-Brexit border controls will cost British companies £470m a year.
Plans to move forward with controls on products from the European Union face “significant problems”, including a shortage of inspectors, the NAO said, as quoted by “The Guardian”.
A report released by the agency says there are difficulties with recruitment and training to move forward with border control, with the government admitting that “authorities will not have all the staff they need from day one”.
The United Kingdom hopes to have “the world’s most effective border control” by 2025, but those responsible for overseeing public spending say there is no “clear timetable and implementation plan” within the government. Every department will play.
“The UK’s exit from the European Union created a major change in the arrangements for moving goods across borders. However, more than three years after the end of the transition period, it is still unclear when these restrictions will be fully implemented,” says Gareth Davies, head of the NAO.
