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UK spent £100m on zombie Brexit border inspection posts

Five of seven facilities in England and Wales never reached operational stage as Tories vacillated over plans to check goodsThe UK wasted at least £100m in taxpayers’ money to set up zombie Brexit border inspection posts that were never used, it has been revealed.The overall cost of Brexit was put at an estimated £4.7bn by the National Audit Office last year but this included years-long transforma

Published Sunday, 8 November 2026 at 13:32
UK spent £100m on zombie Brexit border inspection posts
Five of seven facilities in England and Wales never reached operational stage as Tories vacillated over plans to check goodsThe UK wasted at least £100m in taxpayers’ money to set up zombie Brexit border inspection posts that were never used, it has been revealed.The overall cost of Brexit was put at an estimated £4.7bn by the National Audit Office last year but this included years-long transformation of the software used for customs declarations and other systems built to cope with the UK leaving the single market. Continue reading...

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