The leaders of the UK’s five largest business groups have written to Boris Johnson’s government demanding action on the “substantial difficulties” firms are facing over Brexit bureaucracy. They warned of “significant loss of business” unless ministers help ease red tape problems.
It comes as the scale of Britain’s export slump was revealed. Some 65 per cent of lorries travelling from the UK to the EU are empty, according to figures from French border authorities. “The balance of UK trade has been badly affected,” said the Road Haulage Association.
Meanwhile, the government admitted up to 142,000 tonnes of food could be wasted over the next six months because of border disruption. Labour demanded ministers “take action now to support our exporters and prevent this costly food waste”.
