Government to spend £700m on readying UK border for Brexit
Money will be used to hire 500 staff and build control posts to oversee customs procedures
Ministers are ploughing £700m into a Brexit border strategy to be ready once the country leaves the single market and customs union, hiring 500 extra staff and building control posts.
The financial package comes days after a leaked letter from the international trade secretary, Liz Truss, revealed her concern that the country would not be ready for the transition period to end on 31 December.
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