Customs passes to be allocated as part of no-deal Brexit planning

Without pass, exporter's goods could be held up at UK ports and airports after 31 October

The government will allocate customs passes to thousands of businesses over the next two weeks to prevent goods being held up at the UK border in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The chancellor, Sajid Javid, said giving unique customs numbers to 88,000 exporters was part of the Treasury's 2.1bn of extra no-deal preparations and would "ease the flow of goods at border points and support businesses to trade and grow".