# UK spent £100m on zombie Brexit border inspection posts

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-08T13:32:58+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/nov/08/uk-zombie-brexit-border-inspection-posts-check-goods
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/uk-spent-100m-on-zombie-brexit-border-inspection-posts-42939d/

Five of seven facilities in England and Wales never reached operational stage as Tories vacillated over plans to check goods The UK wasted at least £100m in taxpayers’ money to set up zombie Brexit border inspection posts that were never used, it has been revealed. The overall cost of Brexit was put at an estimated £4.7bn by the National Audit Office last year but this included years-long transfor

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