Theresa May will open Britain's borders and abandon customs checks under a no-deal Brexit

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• The government would throw open Britain’s borders to all but high-risk goods from March next year under a no-deal Brexit, according to reports.
• The extraordinary arrangement would risk flooding the UK with potentially dangerous goods and dramatically increase the risk of large amounts of fraudulent goods entering the country.
• Thousands of British people who live in work in Europe could also lose access to their pensions overnight under a no-deal scenario.
• The news comes as Brexit secretary Dominic Raab publishes the first batch of no-deal contingency plans on Thursday, who will say the measures are "a sensible, measured, and proportionate approach."

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LONDON — The government would "unilaterally" throw open Britain’s borders to all but high-risk goods from March next year under a no-deal Brexit in a bid to avoid chaos at Britain’s ports, according to a report.

The government, which would face a massive increase in customs checks if it failed to secure a deal with Brussels, would set up new "technical options" which would "minimise risk" at the borders and digitally collect VAT, introducing spot checks on some goods but waving most through, the Sun reported.

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