Traffic at UK borders will suffer ‘significant’ disruption from New Year’s Day as the Brexit transition period ends, a bombshell report warns today. Government spending watchdogs said there could be queues of up to 7,000 lorries waiting to cross the Channel from Dover. Passenger traffic for Dover ferries and the Channel Tunnel could also suffer delays of up to two hours during January, with waiting times potentially worsening during 2021. The National Audit Office said that although the Government had made progress updating customs systems and other infrastructure it still expected ‘widespread disruption’. The report said a free trade deal with Brussels could reduce the problems it outlined ‘but will not remove them’.

Source: Daily Mail November 06, 2020 00:04 UTC