Council on hook ‘for £10m’ over border post left in limbo by Brexit

The 25m port facility was built to fit government plans but stands empty while new border strategy is delayed

As white elephants go, few come larger than 25m. That is the cost of the hi-tech border control post, built to government specifications to handle post-Brexit checks on goods entering the UK, that sits near the waterfront at Portsmouth international port.

The building has sat empty and unused for almost a year since its completion, after the UK government announced in April last year that the introduction of post-Brexit import checks would be delayed for a fourth time.