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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

UK trade regulators struggling to cope due to poor Brexit planning, MPs say

People at work in a sausage factory
The MPs said cuts contained in last year’s spending review could have a significant impact on meat products such as sausages. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

UK regulators are struggling to cope with the post-Brexit trading environment because of “poor preparation and planning”, a House of Commons committee investigation has found.

Almost two years after the UK quit the EU, there are still shortages of vets, toxicologists, lawyers and economists to deal with the UK’s new status as a “third country”, found the public accounts committee report, Regulating After EU Exit.

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