The government is reportedly planning a further delay in the implementation of post-EU border health and safety checks amid fears of significant disruption. Media reports say ports will not start the new arrangements for inspecting goods as scheduled later this month to avoid queues, warning it risked “big delays”. The Financial Times says ports were given a briefing from Defra which said there was a plan for a phased introduction of the new inspections and that it continued to be concerned about the challenges it faced. It would mean yet another postponement of the inspection regime, which ha…
