Ministers accused of 'fiddling the figures' to disguise true level of no-deal Brexit chaos at British ports

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Ministers accused of 'fiddling the figures' to disguise chaos from HGVs being prevented from reaching the border in the first place

“One hundred per cent of non-compliant vehicles will be turned away, which means the resulting flow rate is 29 per cent at Holyhead, Heysham and Liverpool, and 32 per cent at Portsmouth,” one states.

 

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