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An earlier announcement that the Chancellor would announce five new freeports in Wednesday’s Budget are incorrect, the Government has said.
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, would instead be confirming five new ‘customs areas’ within existing freeports, not new freeports.
The chancellor will also confirm the next funding stage for some existing freeport sites.
The government says that there had been confusion between freeport s and customs areas within them.
Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir ...
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The Trader Support Service for goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been extended until December 2024. Support for businesses will remain in place while Windsor Framework measures are introduced, said the Government. It adds that thousands of businesses have now registered with the free-to-use platform since its ...
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The government is to review the national policy statement for ports, published in 2012. It says that while the statement continues to provide an appropriate framework for planning decisions on ports infrastructure and associated development, such as road and rail links, it is important to ensure the statement continues to ...
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The Seafarers' Wages Bill, introduced in the wake of P&O Ferries’ mass sackings of workers earlier in the year, has passed to the House of Commons for examination. It follows completion of its third reading in the House of Lords on 7 November. The legislation seeks to improve pay for ...
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The Government introduced an Electronic Trade Documents Bill on 12 October. The legislation aims to end the need for paper-based trading documents and will include the bill of and bills of exchange by modernising old legislation such as the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 and the Carriage of Goods by ...
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The government has published Northern Ireland Protocol Bill in which it plans to reduced the number of checks moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In doing so, it is likely to face opposition from the EU which says that the UK will be disregarding international law, and it could ...
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The UK government has set out new details of the new Covid testing regime that will apply to international arrivals in England from 6 April, including truck drivers.
They will be one of a limited number of professions that will be exempt from quarantining in order to keep freight and other ...
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The government is to set up a £20m fund for green innovations in the UK’s maritime industry, reports BDaily. It will support the development of prototype ships and port infrastructure, such as hydrogen-powered vessels and charging points at ports. If trials supported through the fund are successful, the aims if ...
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The government has released details of the one-off £8 million funding scheme for customs intermediaries and traders announced in September.
Customs intermediaries and traders completing customs declarations can now apply for grants to support training and IT with applications open from 4 December.
The government says it has engaged extensively ...
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A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published today (28 November) has warned that there is “a real risk” of the UK’s transport system being unprepared for Brexit on 29 March and that the Department for Transport has been unnecessarily secretive in its planning
It says that risks are increasing “as time runs ...
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