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MPs have backed proposals to create a new UK-EU customs union, raising the question of whether a key Brexit pledge could soon be undone. In an “historic” parliamentary vote on Tuesday, the Customs ...

It is frequently reported that consumers are switching to online shopping in ever greater numbers, with one in every four people now estimated to be an online shopper. What isn’t as well reported, of ...

HM Revenue & Customs has announced it will officially turn off its legacy customs management system in early June 2024. The Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) system, which has been ...

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The Brexit debate has been revived in Britain, after more than 100 MPs backed a bill tabled by the centrist Liberal Democrats party — which holds the third most seats in the UK Parliament — calling ...

Downing Street said later in December that the UK government will be sticking to its “red lines” on the EU relationship, ...

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Experience has shown that many organizations are struggling with the changes arising from Brexit to the process for bringing goods to the UK, the consequent requirements for customs declarations, and ...

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