The National Audit Office has warned there remains “significant uncertainty” that new systems will be ready despite £1.4bn being spent this year. The damning official report claimed that some of the uncertainty for traders could have been avoided if ministers had acted sooner. With just two months to go until the transition period ends, key IT systems have yet to be tested and transit areas for lorries aren’t ready. There was a “high risk” traders would not be ready by the time the new arrangements kick in. In a sign of the uncertainty among businesses, the haulage industry warned it was not ready for a no-deal outcome.

Source: Daily Mirror November 06, 2020 00:01 UTC