Britain delays post-Brexit border checks on EU goods till 2024

FILE PHOTO: Lorries disembark from a cross channel ferry at the Port of Dover, in Dover, Britain September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will delay imposing full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union by a further three months, it said on Tuesday, pushing the start date back to January 2024.

Britain left the EU's single market in January 2021 and has delayed full implementation of border controls several times due to worries about disruption at ports and the risk of adding to a cost-of-living crisis.