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UK spent £100m on zombie Brexit border inspection posts
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UK spent £100m on zombie Brexit border inspection posts

⌖ THE GUARDIAN · LONDON⏱ ✓ SOURCE · theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov…SHA-256 D7D190E9·037F112B

THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Five of seven facilities in England and Wales never reached operational stage as Tories vacillated over plans to check goods The UK wasted at least £100m in taxpayers’ money to set up zombie Brexit border inspection posts that were never used, it has been revealed. The overall cost of Brexit was put at an estimated…

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RT-42939D
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The Guardian
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World
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08 November 2026 · 13:32 UTC
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08 November 2026 · 13:45 UTC
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/08/uk-zombie-brexit-border-inspection-posts-check-goods
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