Brexit plans in ‘complete disarray’ as EU import checks delayed, say businesses

The Sevington border control post in Kent, which has yet to receive formal designation to allow it to carry out checks. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Businesses have described Britain’s Brexit border plans as being in “complete disarray” after it emerged the introduction of some checks on EU imports will be delayed.

Post-Brexit border rules, due to come into force on 30 April, will require many meat, dairy and plant products from the EU to be physically checked at government border control posts (BCPs).