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UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project
Politics•February 17, 2026 at 11:04 AMNational

UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project

By Lauren Almeida and Joanna Partridge•The Guardian - UK News

Programme launched by last Tory government was worked on by Deloitte and IBM but was paused in 2024Business live – latest updatesThe UK government has shelved a project to simplify trade border processes post-Brexit after spending £110m on a contract with Deloitte and IBM for it, according to reports.The last Conservative government promised in 2020 to create the “world’s most effective border” by 2025 as part of its plan for a new trade system after Britain left the EU. Continue reading...

Programme launched by last Tory government was worked on by Deloitte and IBM but was paused in 2024

The UK government has shelved a project to simplify trade border processes post-Brexit after spending £110m on a contract with Deloitte and IBM for it, according to reports.

The last Conservative government promised in 2020 to create the “world’s most effective border” by 2025 as part of its plan for a new trade system after Britain left the EU.

Continue reading...

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