Ministers to issue a call to action to help firms avoid checks at UK ports if we leave the EU without a deal

MINISTERS will issue a call to action for business to avoid checks at British ports in case of a Brexit no deal, we can reveal.

Letters will be sent to 140,000 firms this week instructing them how to evade border chaos.

Companies who use UK entry points to import goods will be advised to register on the government portal from this week.

It forms part of the no deal planning process to ensure firms who use Roll-on Roll-off ports being undertaken by HMRC.

The measures would apply to goods, such as cars and cargo, but not dangerous materials that would still have to be declared.

The move comes as the Treasury have handed out funding across Whitehall to prepare for leaving the EU.

In the latest round of planning for no deal, the Home Office was given £480 million to employ more Border Force officers and boost national security.

Defra were given £410 million to guarantee trade in food products, fish and chemicals carries on as before.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has told MPs that 3,500 personnel are on stand-by to be deployed to aid government departments.

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