Million-pound Brexit border infrastructure ‘scaled back’ amid UK-EU deal, Defra admits

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Local authorities and private ports are asking for compensation from government after a substantial reduction in border checks on EU goods means post-Brexit control posts won’t be needed any longer

The future of the UK’s post-Brexit border infrastructure was left upended after Defra confirmed a “decommissioning” of the facilities built for the purpose of controls on EU food and drink goods, amid an agreement between London and Brussels to scrap most checks.

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