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Strong question from @hilarybennmp to Michael Gove on Brexit: food supplies in NI threatened, border prep `frankly pathetic' per hauliers, IT systems won't be ready. Why is he optimistic, when others aren't?
Gove: I'm meeting businesses, there are challenges but opportunities 1/
Gove: I'm meeting businesses, there are challenges but opportunities 1/
Benn's question referenced the situation in Northern Ireland, where industry say changes to the Customs Declaration Service have come too late, and new software won't be delivered 2/ https://twitter.com/Joe_Mayes/status/1321023029678379008
And here's the `frankly pathetic' comment from the Road Haulage Association's @RHARodMcKenzie 3/ https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1326670121352503296
And another week where @RachelReevesMP presses Gove on how many customs agents have been hired for Brexit. (Remember, if there aren't enough agents, companies won't be able to move goods UK-EU because of the new paperwork). And again Gove declines to give a specific figure 4/
It's in this context that government has agreed to weekly meetings with big 5 business groups ( @fsb_policy, @CBItweets, @britishchambers, @MakeUK_, @The_IoD) - though doubts about how much help that will be with ~30 working days to go until Brexit.. ends/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-12/u-k-steps-up-talks-with-industry-as-brexit-disruption-closes-in?sref=yMmXm5Iy
