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UK ports threaten legal action after spending millions on 'white elephant' post-Brexit border control posts
Ports across the country are threatening the government with legal action unless compensation is paid to cover the millions of pounds they've spent building new border control posts. The posts, due to be up and running this month, were designed to carry out post-Brexit physical checks on imports of plant and animal products from the EU - a measure that was to come into force from 1 July.But they may now never be used as planned. At the end of April the government announced the controls would be put on hold until at least the end of next year amid concerns about the cost of living crisis. Portsmouth is the UK's second ... (full story)