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UK spent £100m on zombie Brexit border inspection posts

Headline via The Guardian · first report 8 Nov, 19:02 IST, latest 8 Nov, 19:02 IST

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What we know

So far only The Guardian has reported this (8 Nov, 19:02 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report8 Nov, 19:02 IST
Latest report8 Nov, 19:02 IST
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Five of seven facilities in England and Wales never reached operational stage as Tories vacillated over plans to check goodsThe UK wasted at least £100m in taxpayers’ money to set up zombie Brexit border inspection posts that were never used, it has been…

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