Businesses are exaggerating their concerns about the additional customs declarations needed after the UK ends the Brexit transition period on 31 December, according to cabinet minister Michael Gove.
He told parliamentary committee chairman Hilary Benn businesses were “amplifying their requests as a way to make government listen”.
Mr Benn asked why organisations such as the Cold Chain Federation would say the sector was “hopelessly ill-prepared”.
“Any organisation preparing for the change would want …

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