Car manufacturers rebel against Tories over Brexit ‘unpreparedness’
A Mini in the early stages of production receives its final inspection before being painted [Image: Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images].
The Government faces a growing revolt from carmakers in Britain unhappy at the slow pace of clarity over post-Brexit customs arrangements crucial to their business model.
Sky News has been shown internal industry memos, circulating at the Frankfurt Motor Show, expressing exasperation at the state of preparedness for changes to customs – which could come in in March 2019 and for which immediate investment and staffing is required.
The industry has watched with trepidation as the Government has downgraded reassurances, especially as businesses perceive that it does not prioritise – and in some cases even understand – its “just-in-time” manufacturing methods and its pan-European “integrated supply chains”.
The industry is unimpressed with a proposal floating around Government that factories essentially enforce customs arrangements themselves, through a massive expansion of a current EU scheme for the accreditation of “authorised economic operators”.
There is also some tension over the Government repeatedly claiming investment decisions as endorsements of its Brexit strategy.
Source: Government faces Brexit revolt from unhappy carmakers over customs
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Conservatives the party of business and corporates!
Yes it’s a shame that the eu is more intent on illegally demanding monies than actually negotiating valid items.
And there you have it, the first example of how Brexit will wipe out UK manufacturing. Boris Johnson is now parading around in his emperors £350m fig leaf, which he hints will no longer go to whatever the EU spends it on. As David Davis is keen to say how the UK farming industry will be competing with the rest of the world, farming subsidies and regional funding will be out, and we will see the farming industry collapse, along with the entire Welsh economy.