Kirsty Hughes: The reality of Brexit has busted the pro-business Tory myth

Brexit’s new year gift to Britain was a raft of costly new customs bureaucracy arriving on 1st January. Unwelcome indeed, as companies wrestle to control supply chains in the face of the double whammy of the pandemic and leaving the EU’s single market and customs union a year ago. From car manufacturers to supermarkets to specialist small firms, no-one is exempt.

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