New Brexit trading rules could take more than two years to bed in fully

HM Customs signs direct lorry drivers to the correct lane for administration and load checks before boarding ferries at Holyhead port in Wales. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The new Brexit trading arrangements in Rishi Sunak’s revised Northern Ireland protocol could take more than two years to be fully implemented, government sources have confirmed.

Businesses in Northern Ireland say they expect a mass educational campaign to be launched across the country by HMRC and other government departments to help them put the deal announced in Windsor last Monday into operation if it is approved by parliament.