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Coaches asked to rebook as port braces for more 'horrible' traffic

Coaches asked to rebook as port braces for more 'horrible' traffic

05 April 2023

Port and travel bosses are taking steps to avoid chaotic scenes at the port of Dover this Easter weekend.

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Brexit 'played a role' in Dover chaos, No.10 admits

Brexit 'played a role' in Dover chaos, No.10 admits

03 April 2023

Downing Street has conceded that Brexit played a part in the chaos seen at the Port of Dover over the weekend.

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Brexit not to blame for Port of Dover delays, insists Braverman

Brexit not to blame for Port of Dover delays, insists Braverman

02 April 2023

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has rejected suggestions Brexit is the cause of delays at the Port of Dover as passengers continue to face long waits.

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Twice as many staff hired for often empty border facility

Twice as many staff hired for often empty border facility

02 March 2023

Council bosses recruited twice as many staff to run a post-Brexit border facility as advised by government officials at a site sitting largely empty.

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'Hard to look past Brexit when it comes to Sainsbury's salad shortages'

'Hard to look past Brexit when it comes to Sainsbury's salad shortages'

28 February 2023

Brexit can't be blamed for everything, writes columnist Lauren Abbott, but it's contributed to the lack of vegetables in supermarkets.

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Plans for crossings to Europe at 'under-used' port

Plans for crossings to Europe at 'under-used' port

22 February 2023

Proposals have been revealed for a "modern cross-Channel freight service" at the Port of Ramsgate for the first time in a decade.

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‘Brexit red tape is endangering our rarest animals’

‘Brexit red tape is endangering our rarest animals’

05 February 2023

An animal conservation boss has warned delays in moving animals could prove fatal and is hampering work to protect endangered species.

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'Giant Brexit lorry park risks becoming white elephant'

'Giant Brexit lorry park risks becoming white elephant'

27 January 2023

Paul Francis says it's red faces all-round as the giant Brexit lorry park, built with minimal planning scrutiny, starts to look like a white elephant.

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Controversial biometric border system at ports is delayed

Controversial biometric border system at ports is delayed

18 January 2023

The launch of a new EU border regime planned for the start of the summer holidays but feared will bring huge delays has been postponed again.

Further port delays feared as M20 reopens

Further port delays feared as M20 reopens

25 July 2022

Following a weekend of chaos motorists are being warned to expect delays to worsen as the day goes on.

'Delays will not be at Dover'

'Delays will not be at Dover'

24 July 2022

Anti-Brexit campaigners have joined the queues of hauliers in Kent as they blame the county's congestion chaos on Britain's departure from the EU.

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Brexit checks site axed month after construction started

Brexit checks site axed month after construction started

16 June 2022

A post-Brexit customs site which would have created 400 jobs and eased pressure on the Port of Dover has been scrapped a month after work started.

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Government 'out of touch' with fruit growers

Government 'out of touch' with fruit growers

01 June 2022

A lack of seasonal pickers and increased bureaucracy have halted the fruit industry's export drive.

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'We should be ready for more traffic hell this summer'

'We should be ready for more traffic hell this summer'

09 April 2022

The county's senior highways manager fears the travel chaos in Kent will hit again in the summer if changes are not made.

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Security concerns over post-Brexit customs checks in Kent

Security concerns over post-Brexit customs checks in Kent

09 February 2022

Smugglers could take advantage of post-Brexit arrangements and offload goods in Kent before official customs checks, a watchdog has warned.

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Lost lorry drivers 'wreaking havoc' in residential street

Lost lorry drivers 'wreaking havoc' in residential street

03 February 2022

Neighbours who have had their cars damaged by HGV drivers getting stuck down residential roads are calling for better signs to stop them getting lost.

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MP steps in human poo in layby on Brexit trip to Kent

MP steps in human poo in layby on Brexit trip to Kent

28 January 2022

An MP on a trip to Kent experienced the traffic difficulties post Brexit first-hand when he stepped in human poo in a layby.

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More of this mess? New Brexit checks could make queues even worse

More of this mess? New Brexit checks could make queues even worse

28 January 2022

A port boss warns there could be more traffic gridlock in his town if problems from new European border rules aren't prevented.

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M20 to close overnight as year of Op Brock works begin

M20 to close overnight as year of Op Brock works begin

28 January 2022

Highways bosses will start a year of works on the M20 tonight as they move the Operation Brock barrier away from the hard shoulder.

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Brexit, roadworks and fewer ferries an unholy trinity in Dover

Brexit, roadworks and fewer ferries an unholy trinity in Dover

25 January 2022

Dover TAP has been used 12 times in 18 days with Brexit, roadworks and less ferries combining to cause traffic chaos.

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