The UK has announced further delays to post-Brexit import controls, despite warnings the move will be a boon for tax cheats and smugglers.
Full controls on animal products were due to be enforced next month and other customs declarations introduced in July, having been shelved from January to ease pressures at the border.
But Michael Gove has now delayed them until October and next January respectively – blaming Covid-19, which has led to “greater” disruption” than expected.