Dover, UK: The port of Dover, which handles the much Britain imports and exports, is not ready for Brexit because it is still waiting for government money to carry out the necessary work.
Tim Reardon, the head of EU exit at the port, said at a parliamentary committee meeting today that the government was “cutting it quite tight” with just 100 days to go before Brexit is implemented on 1 January.
“The government has a funding scheme which is due to open for application later this month. Clearly that’s cutting it quite tight for stuff to be actually delivered and in place, when significant civil works are involved, by early next year,” he told MPs on the Treasury select committee on Tuesday morning.
The money needed to be “issued rather than talked about”, Reardon said. He was confident the port itself would be ready but that not everything was in its control.
