Johnson to impose full customs checks on goods from EU – report

Whitehall source says plans would 'double the practical challenge at the border'

Boris Johnson intends to impose full customs checks on all goods coming into the UK from the EU in a break with previous government policy, according to reports.

"We are planning full checks on all EU imports - export declarations, security declarations, animal health checks and all supermarket goods to pass through border inspection posts," the Daily Telegraph reported a senior Whitehall source as saying. "This will double the practical challenge at the border in January 2021."