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Brexit poses smuggling and delay risk, says National Audit Office

Brexit could lead to delays to freight and increased smuggling of goods and people, according to a National Audit Office report published on 16 October, barely two weeks before the official date on which the UK is due to leave the European Union. NAO says that the government accepts that the border would be ‘less than optimal’ for a period with delays for goods, increased opportunities for tax and regulatory non-compliance, ... [+]